The Inconvenient Indian Analysis

Canada like Laurence, was forced to face the hardships involved with growing up. However, the black marks in history does not define Canada , it is how Canada learns from their mistakes and moves forward. Laurence explains through her microcosm of a prairie town that along with growth comes the formation of perspective that will forever affect one's future decisions .

Confederation, also known as the Constitution Act of 1867, served as a political purpose and alliance in which made it particularly difficult for European settlers to coexist with preindustrial societies; hence, the years after confederation resulted in confusion about how Canadian government policies would address and affect Aboriginal populations. In contrast to the spiritual and traditional lives of the Aboriginal people, the new European settlers sought to conquer nature and shed traditional values in order to contrive industrialization in Canada; hence, post-confederation policies were largely based on the upper Canadian model. Furthermore, the failure of European settlers to coexist with the Aboriginal populations led to several attempts at civilizing the indigenous people; in other words, the federal government attempted to solve the Indian problem by assuming complete dominance over the Aboriginal populations of Canada. Having said that, the Canadian government’s harsh, prejudiced and paternalistic view of the indigenous people began a cycle of social, physical and spiritual destruction in which fundamentally resulted to economic, social, health and gender inequality. With that being said, the following paper will examine the long, and often bitter series of cultural encounters and exchanges that took place after confederation, such as the brutality of residential schools, health inequality and the Oka crisis dispute.

On october,8 of 1855, our tribe was getting scared of being forced out of land like most of the tribes.

The historical literature of First Nations and Peoples’, within North America, have shown inaccuracies and a lack of certain components. This being said, the contents of written history often reflect the points of view of those who have written it; the majority of the historical records composed appear to be homogenized, and

There is an old African saying, “when an elder dies, it is as if an entire library has burned to the ground.” This happens to be the case when it comes to my family history. Unfortunately, my grandparents on both sides of my family have past away and the rest live across the world which can be difficult to contact. My parent’s are going to be my sources for this assignment. They both have provided me with information about their childhood and the lives of my grandparent’s. By using the stories provided from Deborah A. Miranda’s book Bad Indians, I will compare and contrast the lives of my family to hers.

In writing Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland, Thomas Berger faced the challenge of articulating the interests of Northern Canada's native peoples, who adamantly protested the proposed establishment of a pipeline in their region. He was motivated by the desire to present their concerns and perspectives in a way that could not be trivialized by the Canadian government. (Berger 3) According to Berger, “the industrial system is now impinging on the northern native people. History and perceived economic necessity have brought the white and the native societies into contact on our northern frontier...” (161) Due to the nature of the conflict between indigenous and industrial interests, Berger's emphasis on native testimony, and the social justice

Born in 1943, to a Greek mother and a Cherokee father, Thomas King moved to Canada in the late 1970’s to take a teaching job at the University of Lethbridge. There, he met his wife, Helen. Together they delved into Canadian society and its multicultural essence. However, being of First Nation descendant, King noticed that in Canada, the Aboriginal population was not as integrated into Canadian society as it was preserved. Canadian society had a reputation of being multicultural, accepting and seeking to add other cultural values, practices and morals too it 's own. However, King held the perspective that Canada misrepresented and undermined its Aboriginal inhabitants. Therefore in 2012, King wrote a history book, that attempted to bring to light the Canadian-Aboriginal relations and a First Nation perspective of their representation, history and political desires to the forefront of readers attention. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, was the end result that encompassed King’s beliefs, findings and objectives. Therefore, it is the purpose of this essay to discuss and analyze The Inconvenient Indian by identifying its key aims, highlighting and analyzing its major themes and core arguments, and identify any of the book’s shortcomings.

In this essay I will be discussing the effects of colonialism and it’s and impact to not only the history and progression of Canada and its identity, but how it affected different groups in society. The colonization of First Nation people has giving Canada a historically greedy belligerent reputation. Various topics in relation to colonialism can be discussed in detail, but in regards to this essay, I will be specifically analyzing the relationship between the concept of colonialism and missing and murdered aboriginal women. The lack of knowledge and awareness of this topic is the main concern to why it is present in today’s society. In this essay, I will first define the concept of colonialism and how it really molded Canada’s appearance.

In 1534, when Jacque Cartier first voyaged to Canada, the first disrespectful action against the Indigenous community took place. Due to a geographical error, the European’s addressed the persons as ‘Indians’, which, unfortunately, is a term still used today. Today, the Canadian Government is still not respecting the Indian Act Peace Treaty, taking away the FNMI communities rights and unsatisfactorily providing the group financially, socially, and environmentally.

“Inconvenient Indian”, by Thomas King sounds as though Indians are considered more of an object than people. As I looked over the cover and title I anticipate this book will be based around how Indians are treated by the Europeans and not considered equals in the western civilizations views. I envision the “Inconvenient Indian” book will explain in detail how the Indigenous people have been considered a danger to society instead of helping the society which will improve our world. I amuse the author is a native Indian and he will express his ideas on stereotype caused by Europeans on the Native Indian society.

History Lesson is a poem depicts the European expansion through the perspective of an indigenous North American by the name of Jeanette Armstrong. She shares the history, through a poem, of how the European’s came to North America attempting to civilize a perfectly well-functioning society. The point of the poem is to inform readers about the tragic history, how the “civilized” societies came and ruined the Canadian nature. More specifically brought death and destruction.

For the purpose of this essay I am relating what little I know based on Indigenous Orality in Canada. Indigenous people are and have been recognized as a people who come from oral traditions. The traditions associated with Orality encompass several different aspects of Indigenous realities and ways of being (Wilson & Taylor, 2005). Orality could be argued to have shifted through technology and our connected world and has become the incorporation of traditional Indigenous stories and teachings that can be displayed throughout different mediums. With this contemporary definition in mind Orality plays a large role in Indigenous resurgence, and thus is relevant and needed in this digital world. The Concepts and teachings associated with Orality

Although neither region experienced tremendous stability, the early states of China and modern-day India consistently followed their own styles of state-building practices. These powerful states in East and South Asia, respectively, used quite different methods of state-building, with their techniques greatly mirroring their different levels of desired interaction with outsiders. While the Chinese focused on state-building from within, the empires of modern-day India were more open to outsiders and their potential contributions to Indian society.

In the Novel, "The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian", we follow our main character Junior, or as he is also called, Arnold Spirit. In the beginning of the novel I predicted that the meaning of the title was that he was living in two worlds, one on the Indian reservations and the other in a primarily white washed public school. Throughout the book, we have seen all of his reservation companions calling him by his name, Junior. "Junior," he said. "Carry Oscar outside." (Page 8). As we all know, Junior is our main characters nickname, which shows a kind of comfort between him on those on the reservation, whether they are actually close with him or not. I think that on the reservations, they know each other by man made names to kind

Nora Naranjo-Morse’s poem, “Mud Woman’s First Encounter with the World of Money and Business” portrays the internal struggle of Mud Woman, a contemporary Native Indian woman attempting to balance the traditions and ideals of her native culture with the outside consumer culture. When Mud Woman sells her art to a outside gallery owner, she comes to a realization that she may be exacerbating the commercialization and exploitation of her own Pueblo culture.