Indians and Europeans - Contact/Relationship between

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American History

 

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Paul O

 

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November 2, 2011

 

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University

 

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A group of native Haida paddled out to the ship and threw feathers all about over the water. Although meaning could in this case be presumed as peaceful, as it was, the ambiguity within each side's communication was ever-present and loomed over negotiations and interaction, allowing room for doubt and suspicion...
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In Black Robe, Father Laforgue introduces the Indians to the written word by an example of a written message that is able to be relayed to another without the use of voice. The Indians were amazed, yet fearful; they claimed that he must be a demon. The sign language such as the feathers on the water was not used for the European's sake and to aid their lack of understanding, it was used throughout their people as well; speaking was reserved for comfortable situations where the relationship is established and understood...
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