EAS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Basques, Southeast Asia, Noble Savage

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Aboriginal Studies
• Course: EAS 1101
• Professor: Daniel Rück

Document Summary

First native , first people(s), indigenous people(s), native(s) native american, Metropolitan society taking land to gain resources and gaining power for their. European global (colonial) empires: spanish, french, russian, german, english, Canada in the global history of empire. Maps are an important tool of power question the power the colonial leader had on. The sun never set on the british empire missionary gave data to the colonial leaders their subjects. Physical violence killing the indigenous people, torture. Non-state violence the settler that have hatred toward the indigenous people. Fetishization of white explorers and supposed firsts- columbusing". Green efforts made to justify actions of settlers colonizers ancestors; Historical storytelling is about european occupation with token recognition of indigenous. Continuing narratives about tragic but inevitable disappearance of indigenous peoples. Destruction of reminders of indigenous presence and history; Authenticity is associated with the distant past. Indigenous authenticitiy is often questioned if certain markers aren"t present.