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We Were Not The Savages, First Nations History : The Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations, Paperback / softback Book

We Were Not The Savages, First Nations History : The Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi'kmaw lands in the 17th century.

Prior to the European invasion the Mi'kmaq lived healthy lives and for thousands of years lived harmoniously with nature in the land they called Mi'kma'ki.

This book sets the record straight. When the Europeans arrived, they were welcomed and sustained by the Mi'kmaq.

After they became well established, over the next three centuries, they turned on the Mi'kmaq; their language, culture and their way of life was systematically ravaged by the newcomers to whom they had extended human kindness.

The murderous savagery of white supremacist policies that begot residential schools, Indian reserves, scalping proclamations, etc., all but wiped out the Mi'kmaw people.

Yet the Mi'kmaq survived and today stand defending the land, the water and nature's bounty from the European way of life, which threatens the natural world we live in and need to survive. Since the first edition was published in 1993, Daniel Paul's ongoing research puts the lie to the mainstream record of Canadian settler colonialism and reveals that the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas is not confined to the past.

In this 4th edition the author shares his research, which catalogues not only the historical tragedy but the ongoing attempts to silence the Mi'kmaq and other Indigenous Peoples.

Paul's work continues to give the Mi'kmaw people a voice that must be heard.

It is a guiding light in a dark world.

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