10 Points To The Best AnswerHow was Life changed for the indigenous people after the Europeans arrived?
Europeans took over their land.
Europeans killed about 90% of them,
Some Europeans made them slaves.
They were tircked to trade gold for useless stuff. Ex. Mirrors.How was Life changed for the indigenous people after the Europeans arrived?
Honest Answer: The Europeans screwed them over big time. Seems to be a common theme in History.
Europeans come in
Europeans screw the people over
Europeans leave
Europeans say look how poor those people are (after they stripped them of all their goods, and kill their people), and say we are much better than them.
See how many things in History fits this description, it is a lot.
I am European, but I admit that my ancestors treated others like crap.How was Life changed for the indigenous people after the Europeans arrived?
Which indigenous people? When Europeans arrived where? DO YOUR OWN DAMNED WORK AND STOP TRYING TO GET OTHERS TO ANSWER YOUR CLASSWORK!!! You are the reason American kids are so lazy and dumb!How was Life changed for the indigenous people after the Europeans arrived?
Negatively speaking, Native Americans and First Nations:
* Endured Reservation life rather than on their traditional territories
* Given numbers to identify Indian Status and governed by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and the Department of Indian Affairs and various
other federal, provincial and state governments because of this Indian
Status. Read the Indian Act for Canada and the US.
* Forcefully removed from their traditional homes via:
- Out Hunting and Gathering - If you did not see colonists' posters
put on trees where aboriginals were known to travel through, you
lost your Indian Status. Then various government departments went
to the traditional territories where either longhouses or cabins were
burned down to claim these lands for the colonists and the Queen.
- Indian Residential Schools - Most children were abused and
murdered by the missionary priests, nuns, teachers and other
workers for students not being able to speak English, learn
Christianity, clean up the school, running away to find their families.
A lot of these Residential School Survivors and their families are
still living with the abuses suffered in these schools.
- World War II - If you fought in this war, you lost your status for not
being available to sign an Indian Status document.
- Indian Status Lost - If you married a man who lost their Indian
Status through one of the means noted above, you lost your Indian
Status as well. Read on the history of Bill C-31 in Canada.
On the positive side, a lot of changes have happened for the better and below are some examples of aboriginal history in Canada and the US:
- Delgamuukw Court Case - Read more information on this case with
the National Centre for First Nations Governance. The President
was the Speaker for the Wet'suwet'en and Gitksan during the trials.
- Elijah Harper - He voted against the Meechlake Accord, which did
not have aboriginal input.
- Ted Nolan - Once a Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders'
coach. I remember watching hockey on tv and seeing a lot of white
people shouting racist rants at Ted Nolan. What a bunch of trolls.
Check out the five volumes of a report entitled the %26quot;Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996)%26quot;. There is a lot of detail and recommendations to the federal and provincial governments of Canada.
Dr. Olive Dickason authored several books on the history she researched throughout the world because of the books that are currently in circulation in schools are biased towards the %26quot;Founding Father's%26quot; version of North American history.
Check out the National Centre for First Nations Governance here in Canada. They have an excellent timeline that you can scroll through or just click on the dates. They also have legal documents, research papers and other sites of interest.
Personally, I prefer living in my community even though it is challenging economically. We have to travel 20 miles to local stores, doctors, hospital and our favourite thrift stores. We get to go to our House territories to pick berries, fish and hunt to prepare for the winter. Find traditional medicine, pray in the mountains, meet with tourists around the world, run into wildlife or watch them from your lawn. We have bears, mostly black bear sows with their cubs, foxes, wolves, coyotes, eagles and other wildlife. Most Native Americans or First Nations either have pow wows or feasts. We have feasts where we conduct our business, death, wedding feasts, etc. And, obviously, we surf the net too and watch tv and fall asleep in front of it. LOL. Except with America's Funniest Home Videos or Don Burnstick, a stand up comic, on APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network).
One of our hereditary chiefs jokingly called buy Keno lottery tickets our %26quot;Indian Stock Market%26quot;. LOL. Just thought I would share that with you as well. Although, I don't buy into such games. They are too statistically impossible to win after a few bucks. You would have to invest a lot of money to win at least ten bucks and that sucks. LOL.
Take care and God bless. Keep safe.
