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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribe" data-source="post: 9517414" data-attributes="member: 6807152">I have the utmost respect for folks who can do work in those kinds of areas, its way way beyond my capacity to manage.In somewhat distressing but completely unrelated areas.I've been reading today instead of this site, the earlier history of Canada in the 1800-WW1 era, and as I kept going over page and article, over and over, peeking into rabbit holes, and expanding I came across something of a realization that I guess I never considered, or simply never came up.The settlement of Canada, the 'creation' of the nation, via the various methods and activities, either Fishing (early East Coast) or Fur Trade (big) and then eventual immigration to push into the West (Prairies) and the Rail (coming at it from the West Coast)...you know what you read about?Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Russian, Ukrainian, obviously the British/French, and then you have these bursts of activity, development, labour, being performed by Chinese, Japanese, and Indians (Sikhs) for example.Notice whats missing?The people who where here, are hardly even a footnote. The Native/First Nations, had by the late 1800's at least seemingly based on the various documents I've been reading, largely been erased to the point of not even being a labour force for the young nations efforts at development.I watched a sobering video on the creation of Vancouver, and these people were just erased, either through dedicated effort, or illness/disease as we all are likely aware.I've been aware of this story in part, my whole life, as it used to be covered in Elementary School what with the trading, furs, Hudsons Bay Company, all that, but that there wasnt even enough left as a labour force, and instead the country brought in people from overseas...eye opening and not something I've ever considered.</blockquote>

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