The Oka Crisis

I don't even remembering hearing about the Oka Crisis. It never been said around so i am guessing it not that popular. I think it has some good points how it was violent to Canada. I think these things that I'm going to talk about has value to this essay

Armed members of the Mohawk first nations did a protest in March 1990. They were protesting plans to build a golf course on the land. They claimed was one a burial ground and contained a bunch of pines trees planted by their ancestors. They think they that the golf course is the only way to make their land more welcoming.

The Mohawk wasn't consulted with the plans of the golf course idea. The land was part of a larger piece of land that is owned by the Mohawk since 1717. The claim has been turned down be federal offices of Native claims in the 1980'a on technical grounds across the land. The Mohawks still maintained it by their own rights and keep. Then they started to go insane.

You want us to look at points from the crisis. The Soldiers were criticized a lot through this problem. People In Eastern Canada were scared for their lives during this. I can for sure understand their fear because If some people from first nations or any nation barricade the roads i'll be worried and scared to leave my home. When this happened in Quebec the first nations were threatening verbally and with weapons. This caused a very bad problem to the province.

I think most of the problem in the Oka crisis wasn't the golf course but the barricading. I think that's when people were scared for their lives and worried that they will get in trouble. People didn't leave their home because of fear. I think this gave a bad name to the Kanesatake people and they didn't receive any respect. People in General are violent people. The Oka Crisis was a very unfortunate event that took place in the history of Canada.

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RED RIVER RISING

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North Korea

I Voted that North Korea should not be allowed to have a space program developing nuclear weapons. because their people don't know their government well enough to know that he could turn his back on any country with nuclear weapons.  

EarthQuakes

1.North american Plate

2. Where plates collide, rock layers are forced upwards creating mountains. Where plates Diverge. Plates Move very slowly alongside each other. Plates locked together. Potential Energy builds in the locked plates. 

UNPFII

In the UNPFII, The Permanent Forum is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council with a Mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to most of the economic development and social development, culture, the environment, education, and heath and human rights makes the Permanent Forum what it is.

According to its mandate, the Permanent Forum will provide a lot of expert advise and a lot of recommendations on indigenous issues to the Council. As we as to programs, agencies and funds of the United Nations, through the Council. It also will raise Awareness and promote the integration and coordination of activities related to indigenous issues within all of the Un system. And the mandate will also prepare and disseminate information on  indigenous issues.

Indigenous populations and other Indigenous peoples in the working groups felt that the structures of the United Nations were not well-suited to consider issues of concern to indigenous peoples comprehensively. In addition, all of them felt that the participation of indigenous representatives in the in the United Nations was limited. In Bright and light concerns, the Indigenous peoples and others proposed establishing a new body  that will focus on global and economic issues related to all of these aboriginal people.

The Main issue that is produced through these people are dealing with the fact that their ways of life and society are being taken from them in a very short time. Indigenous people feel like their culture and life style is being taken away from them. And they are no longer able to participate in their special culture activities and things. I think that they should be free to have a point, but I also think that they should adapt to different cultures that are important around them. Maintaining a culture is extremely important but i think they should  at least adapt to other important cultures.

The UNPFII, The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues, theme is Partnership for Action and Dignity", The program is an advantage for the indigenous people to have. The UNPFII allows them to organize and keep their culture traditions. It also helps in keeping all of the Indigenous people aware of their present situations. This is a good thing because, Everybody can step up to the plate and speak, so they can have their own opinion and input from what the heard.

Imperialism and Eurocentrism

Imperialism is an association between peoples that intentionally benefits one people over another. Laying claim to territories inhabited by Indigenous or non-indigenous peoples, seizing land and resources through conflict and warfare, and then imposing political control often accomplish this. The peaceful definition for imperialism is “the belief in the desirability of the acquisition of colonies and dependencies or extension of a countries influence through trade, diplomacy, ect.”

Eurocentrism is a belief that the European worldview is superior to others. This is also called European imperialism. The difference between the two is that Imperialism and Eurocentrism is that Imperialism benefits people to one and another. Eurocentrism finds that Europe is more superior to the rest of the countries in the world.

Europeans were very competitive with one another during the 17^th and 18^th centuries. Each nationality wanted to be bigger and better then the others that were against them or an ally with another. Any way each nation was very competitive. They believed that to gain prestige, a country needed to be both very wealthy and extremely powerful. And to gain their prestige, a country has to have colonies. The more territory that they controlled or able to control, the more powerful and important they thought they could become.

During the 1800s a global economy began to develop. The activities of European capitalists spread far and wide. They sought out the raw and natural materials to feed their factories and other companies. The entrepreneurs in Europe did well, and so did the managers as well. The objectives of the Europeans were Eurocentric-each country focused on gaining power, advantages and benefits over another European Country, at the expense of Indigenous peoples in the lands they controlled.

In the late 19^th century various nations entered a phase of territorial expansion often called the Second great era imperialism. Britain and other European countries and united states were very territorial and wanted to impact their religious values and other values that they had to other countries.

This imperialism coincided with growing concern in Canada about its relation ship to the British Empire. The responsibility for External Relations was under Britain, and Britain funded Canada and other public domains. But still these countries were so loyal to the British Empire but a fear that lead to total absorption haunted them from Britain.

Though Canada is one of the very few countries that was under imperialism from the British Empire, though we are now a very independent country we still ne lot’s of support and needs from Britain, even when they have no control over our country anymore. This is almost the type of imperialism that our culture, it self, is similar to Britain’s culture. We are also imperialized by the culture, support, and needs from the United States of America. We share their culture and almost everything with them as well.

Overall, imperialism has a good impact on Canada-from the time when Canada was under the rule of Britain where all the taxes and fur trades went back in the day and until now when we are free and very strong we still need the support that comes from the other countries that are very imperialized.

Silk Road

The Silk Road has a great impact on medieval Europe. The Silk Road is an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean, 4,000 miles between each other; followed by Marco Polo in the 13^th century to reach Cathay. China trades with West Europe past the Mediterranean. This made life easier for the different people from both sides of the Mediterranean.

The first change that Silk Road brought was to enable people to transport trade goods to other cultures and countries. They usually sell spices and natural resources type of things, and clothes. Trade on the Silk Road was a significant factor in the development of the great Civilizations. And in several respects helped lay the foundations for the modern world. The Silk Road also divides into the northern and southern routes bypassing the Taklimakan Desert.

Another change that occurred by the Silk Road was that it started to trade with countries that only could be reached by the sea. The sea routes were around southern Asia to reach to countries like the Philippians, Japan and others.

A negative change that happened because of the Silk Road was Social Consequences.  The social consequences effected china and Europe in a negative way through people who need different kinds of things. 

Sudan

On the year of 1881 Britain colonized and ruled Sudan. But as soon 1889 came around Britain made an agreement to own Sudan with Egypt. In 1920’s, they created a “closed door policy to separate the peoples and cultures of north and south Sudan from one another. In the Northern part of Sudan was populated primarily to people of Arab descent. Southern part was home primarily to Africans.

Sudan gains independence from Britain and Egypt, in 1956. The former colonial rulers agreed to abandon the closed-door policy that had separated the north and the south. North and the south of Sudan were reunited, and power was handed over to the Arabs in the north. Arabs made it believable that Sudan was an Arab country. They began to impose Islamic culture and religion and the Arab way of life, so the Africans didn’t have a choice to impose their culture.

The continued British occupation of Sudan fueled an increasingly strident nationalist backlash in Egypt, with Egyptian nationalist leaders determined to force Britain to recognize a single independent union of Egypt Sudan. With the formal end of Ottoman rule in 1914, Husayn Kamil was declared a Sultan of Egypt and Sudan, as was his brother Fuad who succeeded him. After years the Sultan of Egypt and Sudan became just Sultan for Egypt. Sudan became it’s own country on January 1, 1956. 

Potlatch

Potlatch is a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen an others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, Formerly, to his own impoverishment.)

During the event, different events take place. Like either singing or dancing, sometimes with masks or props of any kind, it makes the Potlatch more entertaining. It is kind of similar to parties and the potlucks we have now. Except the host gives the presents at potlatches instead of the guest. The guest gives the presents at the parties.

The reason why potlatches are similar to modern societies entertainment is that they have the gathering like a potluck. Everybody from around gather around enjoys the food the chat between one another and watch good entertainment. But today’s society we are kind of different. The guests bring the presents for the host instead of the host giving presents to the guests.

Within it, hierarchical relations within and between clans, villages, and nations, are observed and reinforced through the distribution or sometimes destruction of wealth, dance performances, and other ceremonies. The status of any given family is raised not by who has the most resources, but by who distributes the most resources.