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Roots of Our Population. Textbook Page 55 + 56. The population of Atlantic Canada is made up of many different cultures. . Aboriginal Peoples. While there is some dispute about the origins of Aboriginal people in Atlantic Canada, all lived in harmony with their environment. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Roots of Our Population
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Textbook Page 55 + 56
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The population of Atlantic Canada is made up of many different cultures.
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Aboriginal PeoplesWhile there is some dispute about the origins of Aboriginal people in Atlantic Canada, all lived in harmony with their environment.
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Different groups developed distinct spiritual traditions, languages and cultures.
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The Innu
• Lived in Newfoundland and Labrador between 9000 and 3000 years ago.
• Today the Innu call their land Nitassinan and do not recognize political boundaries of Quebec and Labrador.
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Algonquin Nations
• Three Algonquin nations lived in what is now called Atlantic Canada.
• Mi’kmaq - NS , NF, PEI, and NB
• Passamaquoddy - NB. • Maliseet - NB.
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• Hunting, fishing, trapping and trading were their livelihoods.
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A Mi'kmaq Settlement in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia during the late 1800s
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The Inuit
• Some archaeologists believe that they crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia reaching Labrador about 3800 years ago.
• They are ancestors of today’s Labrador Inuit.
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Inuit Throat Singers
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The Beothuk
• Lived in Newfoundland.
• Suffered complete extinction as a race, the last dying tuberculosis in 1829.
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Mary March Desmasduit
After her death, her body was returned to her people and was buried beside her husband who had been killed at the time of her capture.
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Mary March Desmasduit
The tribe became extinct in 1829 due to the ravages of European encroachment, slaughter and diseases to which the Beothuks had no resistance.
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A list of Beothuk words obtained from Shanawdithit, the last known Beothuk, by W.E. Cormack.
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Effects of Contact
Aboriginals helped the first Europeans to cope with the harsh environment.
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• As a result of conflicting cultures, struggles developed.
Ethnocentrism:The belief that one culture and beliefs are better than those of another culture.
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• Regulated by Canadian law and some were forced by treaties off traditional lands and onto reserves.
• Many aboriginals are beginning to claim back lands and the right to self-government.
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• Aboriginal leaders and
federal and provincial governments continue to negotiate settlements to such claims.