I did not simply learn from Paul Michelle’s presentation– I was moved.

My lack of Indigenous knowledge really made me rethink what I find historically important. All my years of education have been European dates, wars, and people and very little on Indigenous history.

What did I learn from Paul Michelle?

1.) The 7 Aboriginal languages/ peoples: Salishan, Tsimshian, Hadaii, TLingit, Wakashan, Kutenaii, Dene

2.) 400,00+ Aboriginals before Europeans came/ 42,000 once they came

-This created severe mourning and devastation among their people

-No accountability by Canadians

-genocide?

3.) Things to keep in mind when studying Aboriginal people

-Attitudes of homogenous: they are not all the same, they are diverse

-Attitudes of static: they do not stay the same, they are flux

-Attitudes of inferior: they are dynamic