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A 3 page review of L.F.S. Upton's 1973 article on Native American policy in Canada. Upton presents the thesis that by 1814 Canada's indigenous peoples were no longer of any particular value to Canada. He then reviews the tactics that were employed to essentially rid the country of a perceived problem. No additional sources are listed.
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The relationship that has existed throughout history between those of European descent and the indigenous peoples that inhabited the
Americas since ancient times has been tenuous at best. This relationship has been complicated by geographical, historical, political, constitutional, cultural and even racial considerations. When it comes to
Canada, these considerations are no better illustrated in the literature than by L.F.S. Uptons "The Origins of Canadian Indian Policy". Upton
(1973) provides an invaluable overview of Canadas historic relationship with its indigenous inhabitants. That relationship was based solely upon the relative degree of usefulness the Native Americans presented to
Canada. Upton (1973) presents the thesis that by 1814 Canadas indigenous peoples were no longer of any particular value to Canada. Upton (1973, 296) contends, in fact, that:
"The only economic interest that the Empire had in the Indians was to arrange for
the peaceful transfer of the land to which they had possessory title". By that time
the Indians were no longer valuable allies in the ongoing struggle for continental power, the importance of their contributions to the fur trade had waned, and the family farms that
became Canadas unit of settlement had no need for Indian labor (Upton, 1973). Canadas Native Americans did not even represent a substantial customer base for the products being imported
into the country from Britain (Upton, 1973). By pursuing control on the lands that had been in the rightful control of
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