Indigenous History (Canada)
The following is the essay question: Essay (Please choose one option) Using research gathered from readings and additional scholarly sources, lectures in class, and discussions amongst your colleagues, explore the impacts of early colonial activity in North America on one (or more) dimension of Indigenous life. Specifically, address one of the following questions: 1. Explore how three policies and legislations in Canada’s early federal Indian policy created situations and issues we can see in today’s Canada and what many call a dysfunctional relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. 2. Examine how the process of treaty-making, from the Kaswentha to the numbered treaties, provided a (potential) path for mutual benefit and “family.” Articulate what is contained in these treaties, what was promised from each side, and speculate what Canada would look like today if these had been fulfilled. Essay will be minimum 1500 words and will be written in APA referencing format, double spaced & 12-point font. The essay will explore one of the above questions, engaging the course readings and external sources to develop a critical argument. A minimum of 4 References are required Papers must provide evidence on how your piece provides a perspective, and suggest ways in which your reading illuminates the issue for others. Students will be evaluated on research skills, writing, accurate referencing and topic discussion, and a rubric will be made available. I have attached the rubric below:
Indigenous History (Canada)
The following is the essay question: Essay (Please choose one option) Using research gathered from readings and additional scholarly sources, lectures in class, and discussions amongst your colleagues, explore the impacts of early colonial activity in North America on one (or more) dimension of Indigenous life. Specifically, address one of the following questions: 1. Explore how three policies and legislations in Canada’s early federal Indian policy created situations and issues we can see in today’s Canada and what many call a dysfunctional relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. 2. Examine how the process of treaty-making, from the Kaswentha to the numbered treaties, provided a (potential) path for mutual benefit and “family.” Articulate what is contained in these treaties, what was promised from each side, and speculate what Canada would look like today if these had been fulfilled. Essay will be minimum 1500 words and will be written in APA referencing format, double spaced & 12-point font. The essay will explore one of the above questions, engaging the course readings and external sources to develop a critical argument. A minimum of 4 References are required Papers must provide evidence on how your piece provides a perspective, and suggest ways in which your reading illuminates the issue for others. Students will be evaluated on research skills, writing, accurate referencing and topic discussion, and a rubric will be made available. I have attached the rubric below: