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Why did Europeans use treaties with indigenous people?

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Why did Europeans use treaties with indigenous people?

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WS: To make promises with people.
LG: I think that in their minds they wanted something official to make sure that both of the groups would do what their promise was. They wanted it more official.
GAM: They wanted to make a promise but it broke into a million pieces.
They wanted the land and the resources.
KA: These were kind of like contracts, but Indigenous people signed them without fully understanding what was in them because they didn't speak the language, and so sometimes the Europeans could sneak in things that would only benefit themselves.
MJM: They wanted to share and care for the resources on this land.

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What was the Two Row Wampum? What did it represent?

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What was the Two Row Wampum? What did it represent?

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MJM: It's from when the aboriginal people said they would be two boats and they would be sailing side-by-side with the Europeans and they would never cross.
TT: We won't interfere in each other's business. They would live in harmony. We are equals.
KA: This is the original treaty. They said we won't crash into each other.
EUROPEANS CALLED WAMPUMS TREATIES.

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How did First Nations settle disagreements with each other?

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How did First Nations settle disagreements with each other?

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LM: Wampum Belts which are like treaties made out of shells and it shows different pictures of people holding hands.
SG: It was done with like a treaty.
ES: I think they used to also settle differences by trading and also the Wampum Belt.
GM: The Wampum Belt has everyone holding hands and there is always one hand off the belt to make sure that people could always join.
KA: They would use these as very valuable objects. They would also meet and come to compromises.

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Who held the balance of power originally?

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Who held the balance of power originally?

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GAM: The indigenous people started with the power, but it started to shift as time went on.
MJM: It shifted with GUNS and the introduction of different weapons.

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At first, when the French first started coming over, what was the relationship like between aboriginal peoples and Europeans

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At first, when the French first started coming over, what was the relationship like between aboriginal peoples and Europeans

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LM: Needed resources.
ES: Food
KA: They needed the indigenous people for SURVIVAL
LI: At first, the relationship was good because the Indigenous people were really welcoming, but as time went on and they started taking land, that changed.

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After the fur trade was established, THEN why did they stay?

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After the fur trade was established, THEN why did they stay?

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GAM: They wanted to start a new life - they brought over settlers and starting claiming land and setting up places for them to live.

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DM: The Europeans wanted to trade goods with the Indigenous people so that they could get beaver pelts to make hats in Europe.
MG: They wanted to trade for fashion.
LG: At first they wanted the beaver pelts because they had used all of their resources in Europe, but then they realized that they could make money for fashion, so they decided to keep using it.

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AS: To trade with indigenous people and because the land was bigger.
JH: They ended up taking the land.
JQ: Resources on the land.
LK: Maybe they stayed because there were more animals and they wanted food.
TS: BEAVERS!

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Why did the French come to North America originally?

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Why did the French come to North America originally?

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TS: To find gold and diamonds.
ADem: They came because they thought the land had better resources than in France.
WS: They were trying to get from there to there (France to Asia), so they went around and they hit land, but they were looking for a direct path
RJ: They wanted more land.

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Q: How was the European idea of the land different than the Indigenous people's view?

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Q: How was the European idea of the land different than the Indigenous people's view?

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LG: The Europeans felt like the land was something they could live on and take the resources and it doesn't affect anything else
SG: They thought that every resource was renewable; they could use it endlessly
MJM: They took the things they needed at that moment, not only what they needed
GAM: They did the opposite of the indigenous
SE: They thought that they could OWN the land.

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Q: What was or is the Indigenous people's relationship like with the land?

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Q: What was or is the Indigenous people's relationship like with the land?

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KA: They never pictured the land as theirs, the pictured that everything had a soul and they respected the land
GK: They wouldn't take more than they needed
LK: They respected the animals who lived on that land
LI: If they took something they needed, they returned something back as an offering
RJ: If they killed an animal, they would pour tobacco leaves
SG: If they would take from the land, they would take but they would use everything