First Peoples in Canada
Indigenous movements
Introduction
Leadership
Governments always have the power to make people recognize another power or group of people. However, if the government and it's workers are corrupted with the thoughts of racism and such nothing can prevent the outcomes. In the case of Donald Marshall, the mind of these authoritative people seemed to of been plagued already. Once they found out who was really guilty for the murder Marshall still had to wait until everything was sorted out and he was freed.
Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015. <http://www.danielnpaul.com/scan_image/DonaldMarshall.jpg>.
Human Rights
Human rights are things everyone is born with. As stated in Article 1 of the www.un.org page "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." If this is the case and many other articles are, why is there so many people who are judged upon race. In the Marshall case, once more, we can read how just for being native he is degraded and stripped of rights and recognition. I'm sure that there are many other cases in which we can see such happen, for that happens even here.
Digital image. Https://rememberingletters.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/canada-first-nations-people.jpg. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
Enviroment
The environment seemed to have to do a few things. While the natives tried to keep the land that was theirs, the Canadians took it away. The lands were vast and abundant while the natives used the land to hunt, get food, have their powwows and traditions and such, the others took it and made such things illegal for a while.
Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015. <http://www.michellehenry.fr/bgCanada.jpg>.
What was the Oka crisis? What happened?
The Oka crisis was a standoff between the Mohawk, police, and army.The main problem was that a golf course wanted an extension, this extension, however, went past land that included a Mohawk burial ground. Although it sounds a bit odd, it was a standoff that took about 78 days. The Mohawk were trying to get the government to notice that they had rights to those lands. The government, however, ignored them. After heated protests from mad citizens and a blockade, the government bought the land to settle things. The golf course extension was canceled and the crisis established the Royal Commission on Aboriginal peoples. This group went on to search/address the many problems with the aboriginal peoples rights.
Annotated Bilbliography
"Aboriginal Rights." Aboriginal Rights. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
"DONALD MARSHALL JR: 1971 WRONGFULL MURDER CONVICTION." DONALD MARSHALL JR: 1971 WRONGFULL MURDER CONVICTION. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015. <http://www.danielnpaul.com/DonaldMarshallJr.-1971.html>.
The page was made by Daniel N. Paul. I don't believe he is very well known, but he could count as a source I suppose. This article explains how wrong the law was in prosecuting Marshall for a crime he never committed. Although the person goes into detail about it, I believe that it is a bit biased toward what happened. It could have been helpful if there was more information on the guy and if they added the point of view from the court and government.
"The Life and Death of Donald Marshall Jr." The Globe and Mail. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015. <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-life-and-death-of-donald-marshall-jr/article4283981/?page=all>.
It seems that "The Globe and Mail" website is like a virtual newspaper in Canada. The article seems to try not to take a bias but it does say a few things that make it seem like the native people were destructive and caused nothing but problems. This article shows what happened and several other times in which he (Marshall) was taken to court. It doesn't say much about the case itself because it went on to when he went to court for eel fishing. I think it would have been a better article if in some way Marshall could have added his own perspective, not only that but if other natives did too it could make this article have both sides of the same coin.
"THE MURDER." THE MURDER. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015. <http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumell/chapter3.html>.
This article explains the death of Helen Betty Osborne. Betty Osborne was a native who was violently punched to death. It holds enough information to help people understand what happened. It doesn't really explain the thoughts the natives had, or if there were other cases in which similar things happened to other natives. I know this is about one specific case but it could have added inks to others.
"Oka Crisis, 1990." Warrior Publications. N.p., 11 June 2014. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
"Oka Crisis." The Canadian Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
"Recognizing Indigenism: Canadian Unity and the International Movement of Indigenous Peoples."Recognizing Indigenism: Canadian Unity and the International Movement of Indigenous Peoples. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
"Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples." The Canadian Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Declaration, Human Rights Charter, The Un and Human Rights." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.