HISB40H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Edgar Dewdney, Plains Indians, Indian Act
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Nation-building, 1867-1885, a(cid:374)d the fi(cid:374)al e(cid:454)a(cid:373): what to e(cid:454)pect: an emerging nationalism, the national policy, aboriginal treaties and the indian act, rebellion in the northwest, 1885, the final exam: what to expect, course evaluations. Based on economic development and inter-ethnic cooperation. A nation-(cid:271)uildi(cid:374)g poli(cid:272)(cid:455) i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) ma(cid:272)do(cid:374)ald"s co(cid:374)ser(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) 1(cid:1012)(cid:1011)(cid:1012). It had three components: high protective tariffs (import duties) on goods entering canada (textiles, iron and steel products, coal and petroleum products). Ca(cid:374)ada"s (cid:373)a(cid:374)ufa(cid:272)turi(cid:374)g i(cid:374)dustries a(cid:374)d foster east-west trade: transcontinental railway, linking eastern and western canada. Between 1871-1877, seven treaties concluded between the canadian government and. Native peoples living east of the rocky mountains. Under the treaties, natives were granted reserves where they could farm, and they were also promised implements, seed, and training to help them in their agricultural endeavours; acknowledgment of traditional hunting and fishing rights. The a(cid:272)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)solidated the ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s poli(cid:272)ies (cid:449)ith regard to nati(cid:448)e peoples.
