Contributions of First Nations

Questions: 1. Explain how the relationship between First Nations and European settlers changed after 1850.2. List 4 new industries that depended on First Nations workers.3. How did Christianity change aboriginal culture? Answers: 1. The individuals of First Nation lived quite melodiously with the fur merchants who came into their territory from Montreal in order to acquire furs. The Canadian fur merchants were previously not interested in taking up the lands of the First Nation however; they only made the use of the skills of Native tracking and trapping to make the furs available for sale in the European markets. After 1850, the individuals of the First Nation and European settlers started a long fight for land. The relationship between the individuals of the First Nation and European settlers during the era of British Columbia were not completely unfriendly (Snelgrove, Dhamoon Corntassel, 2014). 2. The list of four new industries that depended on First Nations workers are fishing, fish canning, lumber mills and cattle ranching. These industries were equally important to both the workers as well as the owners. With the development of the new industries, most of the First Nations became engaged in the labor force, leaving at the back conventional hunting and collecting activities. 3. Christianity influenced aboriginal culture by several ways and most of the aboriginal individuals are Christians. Since most of the native people have been in missions and subject to Christianization, it would astonish if these manipulation had not manifested in their religious studies. By practicing Christianity, Aboriginal people will enhance as an individual. They will stop smoking and promote preservation of land. Christianity mostly incorporates components of Aboriginal culture that includes smoking leaves as well as conventional song that are performed alongside liturgical Christian prayers (Frykenberg, 2013). References Frykenberg, R. E. (Ed.). (2013).Christians and missionaries in India: Cross-cultural communication since 1500. Routledge. Snelgrove, C., Dhamoon, R., Corntassel, J. (2014). Unsettling settler colonialism: The discourse and politics of settlers, and solidarity with Indigenous nations.Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education Society,3(2).