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In source one, the perspective states that “imperialism frames the indigenous

experience”. In other words, imperialism was a policy of extending power and influence

through rules and regulations on the indigenous people that they would have to abide

by. Thus, the policies created by the Europeans that were imposed upon the indigenous

peoples defined them in their future. The politics are saying that policies of the treaty

that was signed aren’t getting the justice that they deserve. Leaving the Indigenous

people on reserves and unable to keep their indigenous culture intact and therefore a

negative stain is left on the legacy of historical globalization and the effects are still

being felt today towards the indigenous peoples.

In source two the perspective shows the framework of the building blocks in

order to restore the connection between the government of Canada and the indigenous

people. However, the outline of the building depicts the feeble effort of the government

trying to succeed at rebuilding the relationship with the indigenous. The process of

reconciliation was a great idea and only had started in 2008 with an apology by the

Prime Minister of Canada. While all intentions were desirable, according to the picture,

no progress had been made. The apology was the first building block to reconciliation

leaving it “under construction” with no clear defined completion date available. The

overall objective was to establish and maintain an amicable relationship between the

indigenous and the non-indigenous people of Canada. In order for that to happen, an

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awareness of the past harms that were inflicted needs to be acknowledged in order for

the past behaviour to be reconciled.

In source three the perspective states society focuses too heavily on the negative

aspects of colonialism instead of regarding it as a positive situation like the case of

India. However, history tells us that it was not the case because colonialism led to a

monoculture, taking the Indian out of the man leaving a shell of a person. Indigenous

culture, language, traditions, and ceremonies would not be accepted, were deemed

ungodly and against the Canadian way of life. Thus, residential schools are the

historical legacy that leaves a dark shadow today and ensures that history never

repeats itself. To subside the severity of the past of the indigenous people, society

should look to support the deep connections Indigenous people have to the land and

support the reclamation of identity, culture, and traditions that are deeply woven in the

fabric of the indigenous culture.

In sources one and three the relationship between the two sources is that the

indigenous culture was severely affected by the historical legacies of the European’s

and the Canadian government. Both source one and source three admit that while there

are some positive aspects the underlying tone reveals the negative consequences of

colonialism and the policies of imperialism are in fact still occurring today with no clear

reparations being made. Therefore, there are rules upon what is considered to be

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accepted of the indigenous culture. In sources one and two, the relationship between

the two sources are opposing one another. Source one is acknowledging that the “past

devastations” are still being dealt with and “persistent survival” of indigenous culture is

still being fought. Whereas source two, while it also acknowledges the “painful

struggles”, it attempts to band-aid the overall issue of residential schools with an

apology and the empty promise of reconciliation despite having no clear indication of

how or when that will happen. In sources two and three the relationship is one of mixed

feelings. In source two the focus is rebuilding a connection to lead to reconciliation and

to improve indigenous lifestyle. Whereas source three is essentially bringing up the fact

that “one cannot deny how unpleasant” the colonial experience was, but would rather

focus on the “positive legacies” of learning the English language and the Canadian

democratic system of government by which all Canadian’s are a part of. Instead of

allowing the indigenous to decide what way of life they want, the modern-day way of life

and being a productive member of society and contributing to our economic prosperity

needs the indigenous to conform to our way of life. All the while diminishing that the

downsides of historical globalization legacies.