ID120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Running Antelope, Jay Silverheels, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
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As soon as colonies were established and people found the time, indians began appearing in literature, art, and pop culture. Indians were a potent military force and important players in colonial economies in the early years. In the early years, explorers referred to indian-white relationships in good terms. Colonists, who had to live with indians, dwelled on their darker side because they were upset that the land was already occupied. In the 17th-century, christianity featured a deity who might hurt you as a way of demonstrating his love. Indians accepted the hardware of civilization iron pots, blankets, guns but not the software of. Protestantism and catholicism original sin, universal damnation, atonement, etc. Europeans were angry and offended that native peoples would take their goods and return their gods. Whites (cid:271)elie(cid:448)ed that whites (cid:449)ere a part of god(cid:859)s (cid:373)aster pla(cid:374) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)dia(cid:374)s (cid:449)ere (cid:374)ot.
