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The Idea of the "Indian"
Learn about the ideas the first Europeans brought with them to Canada that determined their responses to the Indigenous Peoples they encountered.
L'idée de « l'Indien »
Apprenez-en plus sur les idées que les premiers Européens apportèrent au Canada, celles-ci ayant déterminé la façon dont ils ont répondu aux Peuples Autochtones qu’ils ont rencontrés.
From "Noble Savage" to "Wretched Indian"
Examine the differing ideas about Indigenous Peoples conveyed in a painting by George Catlin and an excerpt from Charles Dickens.
De « noble sauvage » à « Indien misérable »
Découvrez les idées divergentes qui existaient sur les Peuples Autochtones, comme en témoigne un tableau de George Catlin et un extrait d’un livre de Charles Dickens.
Race Theory
Learn about the development of race science in the nineteenth-century and its role in the history of racism.
La théorie des races
Apprenez-en plus sur le développement de la « science de la race » au XIXe siècle et sur son rôle dans l’histoire du racisme.
They Have Stolen Our Lands
Read this 1910 statement by chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan, and Couteau nations that sheds light on how Indigenous Peoples viewed Europeans during this period.
Ils ont volé nos terres
Lisez cette déclaration faite en 1910 par les chefs des nations Shuswap, Okanagan, et Couteau qui met en lumière la façon dont les Peuples Autochtones percevaient les Européens pendant cette période.
Killing the Indian in the Child
Learn about the goal of assimilation held by many in colonial Canada and its influence on the creation of the Indian Residential Schools system.
Tuer l'Indien dans l'enfant
Apprenez-en plus sur l’objectif de l’assimilation des Peuples Autochtones, tel que préconisé par plusieurs personnes au Canada à l’époque coloniale ainsi que sur son influence sur l’élaboration du système des pensionnats autochtones.
The Role of the Churches
Get insight into the complicated role the Christian church played in the Indian Residential Schools system.