1. Cultural Contact

2. Cultural Contact
Prior to contact between the First Nations people of Canada and the European explorers, both nations were living in very different Worlds
Cultural Contact:
Interaction of diverse cultures and perspectives, which may result in changes in values, beliefs and traditions.

3. European World
Many powerful nations were competing for economic and military supremacy
Motivated by Power and wealth
Eager to claim lands in name of Monarch
Spread Christian faith and values

4. First Nations World Many nations across Americas
Differing in language, governments, spiritual beliefs
Long standing alliances and rivalries
Similar philosophies
Lived in harmony with nature, shared land

5. The Grand Exchange
Transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, diseases, technology and ideas between European explorers and the Aboriginal Peoples.

6. Legacies and patterns of historical change
Displacement – the involuntary dispersal of a people, from their homeland. Ex – Indigenous people were forces off land for colonizers wanted for settlements, railways and plantations.
Depopulation – the reduction of a population because of conflict, disease, loss of resources, cultural change, or assimilation
Migration: Many people moving from the home country of a European empire to one of its colonies (or from colony to colony). Ex – fleeing famine or conflict, or in search of a better life.

7. Possible results of contact
Cultural Genocide – an act committed with the intent to destroy the cultural practices of a group of people
Genocide – an act committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group