This article details how Aboriginals and Metis were an essential part of the early historic period of Canada, serving as suppliers of furs and as explorers for the Europeans. After the mid-19th century, when the economy changed to industrialization and farming, aboriginals and Metis were no longer necessary. Adams foresees decolonization being achieved by building a power base through political and psychological struggle.
The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, Third Series, April 1969, pp. 267-286
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Reviews historic relationship with Native Americans through works by Helen Hunt Jackson, Annie Abel, William N. Fenton, Grant Foreman and Wilcomb E. Washburn.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
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Federal government publication relating to Aboriginal life in British Columbia, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, colonization, missions, post-Confederation, education and economic development.
Paper presents 3 objectives: to determine factors which encouraged the Hudson Bay Company and Church Missionary Society to offer education and Christian instruction to Indian children; to look at students experiences, acquisition and treatment; to assess changing priorities and focuses of educational programs in Rupertsland.