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    Colonialism, Aboriginal peoples, and racism in Canada In this research paper, I will be explaining how western colonialism and racism destroyed the reputation of aboriginal peoples in Canada. The reason why I chose this topic because it shows the strong relationship to anthropology and after taking aboriginal studies 30, it also shows that I have a clear understanding about the history of aboriginal peoples in Canada, the struggles they have been through over the past decade and the challenges they

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    Saskatchewan and Manitoba into the confederation. And he wrote up the list of rights. Louis Riel was disappointed with the way the natives were treated and so he took it upon himself to represent the Métis and their rights. The Métis had been living at the Red river for years, when the Hudson Bay Company sold their rightful land away to the Dominion of Canada. After Riel had been exiled to the United States of America for 12 years, he was asked by the Métis to come back and help them to win their rights. He

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    Métis Resistance

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    In the mid-1850s, Métis petitioned the Imperial Government in London through Red River-born lawyer Alexander Kennedy Isbister to limit the Council of Assiniboia’s power. On the ground, the Council rarely commanded enough of a constabulary to compel Métis to follow its laws, so the Council was often forced to compromise with the community to ensure the enforcement of its laws. Other events overshadowed Métis-Company disputes in the 1860s: the intensifying eastern interest in developing the West and

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    I am writing to inform you that my troops and I have arrived in Battleford from Swift Current, Saskatchewan. We brought with us 200 loaded wagons, 600 horses, and 500 soldiers. However, I do fear that this number could decrease throughout the rebellion. Upon arrival, it was the first time my troops and I have experienced such a vast land mass. Acres upon acres are left unoccupied and frozen over. The bitter dry winds sweep both low and high in the prairies, leaving the troops frostbitten from

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    The story of Louis Riel starts off with the young Louis leaving the Red River Settlement at the age of 13 to become a priest. This came from the fact that the people he looked up to were religious people, His mother and his father. A month before his 14th birthday he began his studies at the collage of Montreal. After a few years of collage in 1864 the 19 year old Louis learned that his father passed way but decide to stay in school so he could get a good job to support his family back home but be

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    anger with the unmerciful death of metis leader Louis Riel, Nova Scotia’s campaign to divorce Confederation, and BC wanting to back out of Confederation due to the broken promises faced with the finishing of the Railway. The following of the Red River Rebellion, led Quebec to blame the Prime Minister with an unfair trial of Louis Riel. They stated that he shouldn’t have been found guilty for his actions. The later result louis hero or not? Quebec finds Louis a hero for his actions of defend his land

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    Essay On The Métis

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    The Métis: Past Political and Military Issues in Conflict With Their Culture Introduction The Métis indigenous group has faced many economic struggles, oppression, assimilation of their culture, and religious conflict in the past, as well as in the present. Currently, aboriginals in Canada, specifically the Métis, are dealing with lower employment rates, high levels of incarnation, lower income levels, and poorer education compared to non-aboriginal Canadians (Joseph, Bob. 2012.). The Métis reside

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    Benedict Arnold: A Hero

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    Benedict Arnold was a notorious traitor. He was an American general during the Revolutionary War. He was a traitor because he attacked his own country and was disloyal. He defined who a traitor is. However, Louis Riel was not what Benedict Arnold was. When the Canadian government was trying to abate Metis rights, Louis Riel voluntarily coped with anguish to protect them. He was a hero because of all the pain that he tolerated for a noble cause of preserving Metis rights that benefited the greater

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    throws off his hat, and by the “Act One Finale” song he has forgone the coveralls entirely. Instead he wears a grey shirt with a button up V-neck and the long sleeves rolled up to his elbows, grey jeans, and bright red suspenders. With this set of clothes, his confidence is shown through the red color,

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    The Yellow Depict

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    Roy sets up the association when she writes that Rahel’s red-tinted glasses made the world “angry colored”. Most notably, the oncoming surge of the communist party was described as a red wave. “The air was red with flags, which dipped and lifted as the marchers ducked under the level-crossing gate and swept across the railway tracks in a red wave.” When Estha decides to escape to the History House on the other side of the river, the reader is unaware that this is what indirectly causes Velutha’s

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