Essays on Indigenous People

Cultural appropriation is constantly hitting headlines. Every day: another story, another controversy, another issue. Cultural appreciation is where elements of a culture are used while honouring, respect and valuing the source. In contrast of this, cultural appropriation is where the culture is taken from people...

During World War I, Canada’s Indigenous and First Nations communities had always been the target for racism by European settlers. The novel ​Three Day Road​, written by critically acclaimed author, Joseph Boyden uses the literary lens of critical race theory to further focus on racism...

Although New Zealand was originally discovered by a Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman in 1642, his crew were shortly killed by the native Maori warriors seeing the intrusion as an attack. It was not until 1840 that British naval captain, William Hobson, formally annexed the Bay...

During the period of the late 1830s, it was noted that there was an increasing population of British immigrants entering and settling in New Zealand. As a result of the substantial influx of British migrants, there was a great demand for land in order to...

Present-day New Zealand is being shaped by the Treaty of Waitangi, signed on 6 February 1840 by more than 500 Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown, named after the place called “Waitangi” in the heart of the bay of islands, where it was...

Indian Horse is a fictional novel written by Canadian Ojibwe author Richard Wagamese. Set in Northern Ontario in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it follows protagonist Saul Indian Horse as he uses his extraordinary talent for ice hockey to try and escape his traumatic...

This comparative essay will examine the differences and similarities in Saul’s life as portrayed in Richard Wagamese’s book entitled, “Indian Horse”, the 2017 movie written by Stephen.S Campanelli, and present-day life. Indian Horse is a very realistic and heart-wrenching story about the horrors of residential...

The colonization of the Caribbean, by the Europeans, brought about massive changes not only to the architectural landscape of the islands but to the economy, language, and much more. I will explore how the Europeans, looking to not only stake claim to these islands for...

The period of reconciliation in Australia between 1997 and 2008 shed a light on many new differing perspectives on the stolen generation. Many newfound perspectives began to arise during this time of reconciliation where Australia had been torn among many sides of the nation. To...

While a lot of people follow and believe in certain ideas and views solely because of the fact that the mass agrees, I completely disagree with that type of thinking and find it extremely unreasonable to consider something to be knowledgeable when the only thing...