Week 5

I think that these are considered to be the indigenous revolutions due to a lot of these events and movements being the first significant stride of opposing the colonists. For a large amount of time all the native population knew of the colonists was oppression, pain, and suffering. It’s only natural to see that after years and generations of oppression and their ways of life being destroyed and replaced and even themselves being pushed away or killed, they would be quick to join any large movement of resistance. They had to fight not just for themselves but for each other and their future descendants and for the future of their people, that’s what was at stake. That’s why I think these “revolutions” and movements and events were so large because within Native communities they all have a sense of honor and responsibility to their families, nation, and their strong spiritual beliefs. I think the best representation of hypocrisy and ignorance of taking away liberty is when we looked at Joesph Brant’s letter to the King. These colonists were so caught up in pursuing freedom from their countries that they didn’t realize they were the ones taking liberty and freedom from all the Indigenous communities that land they took. I can’t emphasize enough how fascinating and confusing it is to think how strong the colonists’ sense of superiority over the native communities they encountered, I think about how could they not see what they were doing as wrong. 

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