Historical Conflicts Between First Nations and European/Canadian People
- The government put First Nations children in residential schools.
- Giving flood plains as a reserve (Attawapiskat)
- They traded alcohol for furs.
- Jacques Cartier kidnapped some First Nations people.
- Land treaties were unfair.
- Europeans brought diseases that killed up to 50% of First Nations people.
- They claimed / stole First Nations land.
- They fought with First Nations.
- Canadians tried to get First Nations to forget their culture.
- Early explorers raised a flag (and cross) on First Nations land and claimed the land.
How First Nations were treated
- like garbage when the settlers first came, when they made unfair land treaties. and took advantage of them.
- very poorly when settlers took land.
- like children when they made decisions for First Nations
- in Residential Schools, they were not able to speak their own language.
- like they were unequal when missionaries tried to convert them to European ways of life.
