We Were Not the Savages
Collision between European and Native American Civilizations
Paul, Daniel N.
Publisher: Fernwood
Year First Published:
Year Published: 2006
Pages: 368pp Price: $27.95 ISBN: 978 1552 662090
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX23646
The title of this book speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi'kmaw lands in the 17th century.
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Table of Contents
Civilization, Democracy and Government
Mi'Kmaq Social Values and Economy
European Greed and the Mi'Kmaq Resolve to Fight
Persecution, War, Alliance and Terrorism
The Treaty of 1725 and Proclamations
Flawed Peace and the Treaty of 1749
More Bounties of Human Scalps and the Treaty of 1752
The Futile Search of a Just Peace, 1752-1761
Burying the Hatchet Ceremony of 1761 and the Royal Proclamation of 1763
Dispossession and the Imposition of Poverty
The Edge of Extinction
Confederation and the Indian Act
Twentieth-Centry Racism and Centralization
The Struggle for Freedom
Afterword
