After over 500 years of colonial history

After over 500 years of colonial history the ‘Aboriginal’ has now come to the fore. Whereas the old Anglo-American-Canadian versions of history saw Indians, Native Americans, First Nations, Innu, Métis or Mestizo on the periphery, sidelined, sequestered, assimilated or assassinated these old approaches to Aboriginal Peoples and their affairs wane.

                 

SYNOPSIS:    

‘Doctrine of Discovery’ Our America, 1492 – 1898 is a compendium of colonialism and native resistance across the centuries. It tells of the European conquest and those who resisted; the Aboriginal leaders, warriors, peacemakers and prophets. It is a review of their stories as they challenged the persistent pressure of the Europeans and then the Americans and Canadians to take their lands, lives and legends. It is a respectful, yet incomplete, examination of their social, political and military campaigns. It reviews their lives and their careers while looking at their colonial adversaries; kings and conquistadores, priests, pilgrims, presidents and prime ministers who orchestrated the largest genocide and biggest land theft in history.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Aboriginal Issues May, 2012

        A Manuscript

          

                           David Doyle (M. Ed.)