Colonization idek Flashcards
Relation to land is based on
Stewardship, not ownership(private property)
Oldest culture
Australian Indigenous
What is wrong with celebrating canada day>
it marks the day of the british proclamation of sovereignty over land base
Colonization
Who was involved
What isn’t colonization
What is the goal
-many European countries engaged in this,
the goal was to acquire lands and resources
-contact isnt colonization –> early indian-european relaitons
Early indian european relations
-indians taught europeans how to survive here
-fought for british and france as allies
- not victims, however their control diminished over time
Colonization involves
-large scale pop movements
-the settler gains privileges over the indigenous
-settlers often a minority group
how and why do settlers gain control over territories and people
-to gain access to and cultivate resources
-can involve killing, assimilation, or driving mfs away
Doctrine of discovery
when why what by who?
-1493 papal bull
-issued by pope alexander 6th
-response to columbus ‘discovering americas’
-claims that land not held by christians was free game
-christianizing locals
-nullified indigenous “right of occupancy”
What is the basis of all european claims in the americas
Doctrine of discovery
Terra Nullius
“Nobody’s land”
-underlies canadas claim to sovereignty
indigenous ppl assert their sovereignty not effected by doctrine
What is the issue with Terra Nullius
-Who gets to make decisions about what happens
-who benefits from land
Indigenous world
Diverse peoples and cultures that share core ideas, philosophies, and worldviews about the relationship betweens humans and environment