HIS395H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Communities First, Manitoba Act, New Iceland
Document Summary
Immigration is a part of the colonial project. Colonial a non-indigenous person working toward colonialism. Colonialist - people who fight against indigenous people for their own interests. Goal is self survival the reality is very different. Person who is most historically significant is the pioneer focus on anglo and francophone pioneer. There is a switch during the time of multiculturalism in 1970s who is considered a pioneer. We take images of 19th century people and make them into myths. In the 1970 multiculturalism was a way to defuse the want for political power from the indigenous communities responding to the power movements from the indigenous and french communities. Treaty rights are not applicable to non anglo or french immigrants because they were not involved this is used to lobby against these obligations. If you came after 1890 you are not connected to the colonial project in.
