NO202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mcleod Lake, Fort Benton, Montana, Canadian Shield

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Unbroken geographical entity that changes from north to south and east to west. Natives roamed freely all over the area (not restricted to one country) Buffalo herds slaughtered to try and reduce the natives to starvation- buffalo jump. Newcomers used government to separate even more land from aboriginals. Frontier was the process of transforming europeans into new people (americans) West is a process that leads (eventually) to the pioneer farmer. Same subjugation of natives but just in a different way- they waited for starvation and disease to reduce the native population and dispossessed them of their land. West is separated from the east by the canadian shield. Euro-american traders traversed canada for centuries (ideally) symbiotic relationship with. Prided themselves with avoiding war with the natives. Fort benton, montana and the territory of the north-west in 1871. In novel, seen by charles before he is introduced as a character with a point of view chapter.

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