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Indigenous Peoples Of Canada
White men introduces the rifle to First Nations
Hudson bay compony refuses to supply first nations with rifle supplies like gun powder if they do not trade with them.
First nations become reliant on rifle for hunting for food
The queen gave a very large portion of land to a group of English men. Along with the land came all the First Nations that lived in it.
In 1869 the decision was made to sell Rupert's land to Canada
Note that it was the company who made the decision not First Nations
In 1670 Charles II started trading in Hudson Bay otherwise known is Hudson Bay Company
The company was prospering, the governors were living very well
Under ranking employees who didn't get paid as much would charge First Nations Double the pelts and keep the extra for themselves as profit
First Nation, however, were driven into poverty, because they lost all their independence and relied on the company for all of their material
First Nations had no voice, even in their own land
After the land was sold, the government convinced on tribe after the other to sign of all their rights to the land.
All the first nations were given was 100 pounds of tobacco, $3 a year, and a few other material goods. (Which later turned in to $5 a year.)
First nations were then pushed into isolated areas unwanted by white man
They were given very little, only enough to survive
First Nations life expectancy was 36 years
First Nations were the lowest income earning group in Canada
While the company had yearly turn over around 500 million
The company still supplied fur coats, and the trappers for these fur pelts were still first nations
Those Trappers received as low as $500 a year