Internal-Colonial Model Age of Destruction by David Perley

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David PerleyDavid Perley

David Perley, Tobique First NationDavid Perley, Tobique First Nation

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• European settlers e.g. French, European settlers e.g. French, English, Spaniards, Dutch, and English, Spaniards, Dutch, and GermansGermans

• Settled on Wabanaki territory and Settled on Wabanaki territory and other Aboriginal territories; other Aboriginal territories; eventually assumed control of the eventually assumed control of the territoryterritory


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• Aboriginal/Indigenous people e.g. Aboriginal/Indigenous people e.g. Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Maoris, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Maoris, Aborigines, and IncasAborigines, and Incas

• Originated within Wabanaki territory Originated within Wabanaki territory and therefore have strong ties to the and therefore have strong ties to the landland


Colonial MentalityColonial MentalityColonizersColonizers

Members maintain they are superior Members maintain they are superior to the Natives of the territory they to the Natives of the territory they are invading. Colonizers believe that are invading. Colonizers believe that the culture and all aspects of the the culture and all aspects of the Colonizer’s culture is better than the Colonizer’s culture is better than the culture of the colonized.culture of the colonized.


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Members accept the colonizer’s evaluation Members accept the colonizer’s evaluation of the Aboriginal people’s culture. The of the Aboriginal people’s culture. The colonizer’s evaluation is that the Native colonizer’s evaluation is that the Native people are inferior and they should people are inferior and they should therefore reject their culture and ways of therefore reject their culture and ways of life. Their self-esteem is extremely low. life. Their self-esteem is extremely low. They have been conditioned to accept the They have been conditioned to accept the views of the colonizers.views of the colonizers.



• Refers to the establishment of domination Refers to the establishment of domination over a geographically external political over a geographically external political unit i.e. colonized nationunit i.e. colonized nation

• Colonized dominated economically and Colonized dominated economically and politically and therefore subordinated to politically and therefore subordinated to and dependent upon the colonizersand dependent upon the colonizers

• Colonizers usually exploit the land, the raw Colonizers usually exploit the land, the raw materials, the labor and other resources of materials, the labor and other resources of the colonized nationthe colonized nation



• Colonizers establish certain mechanisms Colonizers establish certain mechanisms to maintain their dominationto maintain their domination

• Forced involuntary entry of the colonized Forced involuntary entry of the colonized people into the colonizer’s societypeople into the colonizer’s society

• Colonizers adopt policies which suppress, Colonizers adopt policies which suppress, transform, or destroy values, orientations, transform, or destroy values, orientations, and ways of life of the colonized nationand ways of life of the colonized nation



• Manipulation and management of the Manipulation and management of the colonized by agents of the colonized groupcolonized by agents of the colonized group

• Domination, exploitation, and oppression Domination, exploitation, and oppression justified by racism which views the justified by racism which views the colonized people as inferiorcolonized people as inferior

• Displacement due to European expansion, Displacement due to European expansion, land alienation, isolation and containment land alienation, isolation and containment in the “reservation system”in the “reservation system”



• Colonized are excluded from Colonized are excluded from participation in the development participation in the development process and also experience obstacles process and also experience obstacles to social mobilityto social mobility

• Emerging institutions of the colonizer’s Emerging institutions of the colonizer’s society exclude the colonized people society exclude the colonized people from access to power and from from access to power and from participation in resource exploitationparticipation in resource exploitation

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Internal-Colonial Model Age of Destruction by David Perley