I agree with many historians who don’t like to describe historical people as victims but instead prefer to picture them

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I agree with many historians who don’t like to describehistorical people as victims but instead prefer to picture them asactive “agents” who had at least some power to make decisions abouttheir own lives and their future. In this chapter we clearly seethe Aboriginal people of Canada being active “agents” in the earlyyears of contact as they chose to enter the fur trade for their ownpurposes and also to form some military alliances with theEuropeans. We also see Aboriginal leaders and others becomingactive “agents” since the late 1960’s. However, for the most part,in the period between the 1860’s and the 1960’s, Canada’sAboriginal people were strongly discouraged from being active“agents” who had much responsibility for their own lives anddestinies. Describe specifically several of the more important waysin which the Canadian government from 1867 onwards effectivelyremoved much of the abilities from Aboriginals to make and act ondecisions for themselves and their people.