HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 1969 White Paper, Oka Crisis, Fee Simple
31 Mar 2017
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Themes of forgiveness, reparations, conquest in canadian context. One sovereign nation conquering another sovereign nation (conquering power can take resources from that land, enslave the people material economic military aspect) Example: in roman empire; the more successful rulers were able to manage the multicultural society (aggregate differences, tensions, work with people, assimilate, co-op, etc) Colonialism is apse civic area of this (modern states conquering / expanding across globe) Practicing this conquest as repeating the glory of the roman empire. Conquest of one sovereign nation with its own culture, historical sense of self, mode of relating to others (political awareness), moral culture, way to teach and thrive and survive. Settler colonialism is continuing to do this after you have conquered. History of residential schools (part of colonial project) They were inseparable from the project dis possessing the indigenous people (control over their own territory) Dismantled them so they could no longer control themselves; diminish this.
