The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada : historical relationships, settler colonialism, and stories of a shared space
This dissertation is a study of the relations of Saugeen Ojibway Nation in Southwestern Ontario with British and other European settlers, the British colonial state and Canadian nation. It is committed to an illumination of the experience of Indigenous peoples as waves of migrants surrounded and enclosed them in new ways of life. The dissertation draws partially on unpublished sources, and some material culture, in particular wampum, but is principally based on published primary sources including government letters, documents, and reports; settler diaries; newspaper articles; school texts books; and Indigenous created records, testimonials, and collections of interviews. The Anishinaabe ways of living made them appear to be an obstacle to the aims of settlers, the British Crown, and later Canadian government. The sections of the dissertation examine key episodes: initial engagements between the Saugeen Ojibway Nation and early settlers (1830s-1880s), pre-confederation land treaties and the discontent they engendered (1836-1861), and the tragedy of the Residential Schools (1830s-1960s), seeking to map a the evolution of relationships between Canada and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation as Canada increasingly sought
Wright, Christopher James
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada : historical relationships, settler colonialism, and stories of a shared space. This dissertation is a study of the relations of Saugeen Ojibway Nation in Southwestern Ontario with British and other European settlers, the British colonial state and Canadian nation. It is committed to an illumination of the experience of Indigenous peoples as waves of migrants surrounded and enclosed them in new ways of life. The dissertation draws partially on unpublished sources, and some material culture, in particular wampum, but is principally based on published primary sources including government letters, documents, and reports; settler diaries; newspaper articles; school texts books; and Indigenous created records, testimonials, and collections of interviews. The Anishinaabe ways of living made them appear to be an obstacle to the aims of settlers, the British Crown, and later Canadian government. The sections of the dissertation examine key episodes: initial engagements between the Saugeen Ojibway Nation and early settlers (1830s-1880s), pre-confederation land treaties and the discontent they engendered (1836-1861), and the tragedy of the Residential Schools (1830s-1960s), seeking to map a the evolution of relationships between Canada and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation as Canada increasingly sought
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