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I believe this is important part of the talk I attended because it furthered my knowledge in many part of Mi’kmaw history. It devolved into aspects that I have never considered, nor had I realized the struggles they went through to the extent between the talk last night and the guest speaker in class. When considering the treaty of 1752 when the colonization had started and the foreigner had realized they could not fight with the aboriginal or Mi’kmaw as they keep fighting back and had the resources to do this. The Mi’kmaw became resilient as well as persistent and to continue in their communities today. The idea that despite the struggle, if you look today there is resilience, creativity, in the Mi’kmaw communities. However the treat that …show more content…

At one point in time the government had even taken their children away to schools and changed them, these children when they had gone back to their society they were not accepted. The Mi’kmaw survived all this. They survived through colonization in where there were bounties on their heads, the colonizers did not want them here and it was not until they realized that the Mi’kmaw were fighting back and they could not win did they ask for peace. Mi’kmaw communities are still here and they are still celebrating their community and sharing their knowledge with us. The biggest thing is that the treaty of mi’kmaw where based on peace and friendship, yet they were a considerable fighting force which the colonizers realized and created the treaty with them, yet their basic rights were still threatened in the future. Bring this information into the schools like the talk spoke of is quite important. A lot of history is skipped over or mis-told in favor of the white people who came over. Teaching the children can also be the start in teaching their

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