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Colonialism in A Short History of Indians in Canada
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“We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart.”
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Then, too, Granny wasn’t at all sure that Juan was really an Indian. She had lived a long time, she said, and she was sure we had killed off all the Indians.
Juan was a professional boxer as well. “He fights for Kickapoo culture,” Beth wrote. All the money he made in the ring, she explained, went back to the tribe and that was why they were too poor to travel and why Beth loved him.
Granny snorted whenever Beth started about sacrifices and commitments.
What is Colonialism?
Colonialism is the basis of the concept of mercantilism, which is an imperial idea that suggests that colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country and should be governed accordingly. When a country develops colonies, or acquires them, it becomes an empire.
“Married six times," Granny would say, suddenly, and shake her head. "Seven times, Granny," Geraldine or Phoebe would correct. "Just looking for attention”.
“Why’d you marry all those wrong ones?" "They didn’t seem right at the time," Beth laughed. "What was the Indian like?" said Phoebe. "He was the best," said Beth.
NOT COUNTING THE INDIAN, THERE WERE SIX
Grandpa had hit Granny, knocked her down and that he only stopped because he was too drunk to continue
After Grandpa stopped hitting her, he collapsed in the easy chair and fell asleep and Granny went to the kitchen, took down a ten-inch cast-iron skillet, and broke his arm with it.
She preferred not to count the Indian, because Beth and Juan “Kid Savage” McTavish were married in Mexico. It was an Indian ceremony; Beth sent back pictures but there was no doubt in Granny’s mind about the legitimacy of a “pow-wow" as she called it. “Can’t call that a marriage”, she said.
He rented a small apartment above the firehouse and was found that winter, frozen in a hard lump behind the Chinese laundry, dead of a broken heart or dead drunk.
Auntie Beth loved Grandpa and she hated Granny for killing him.
Beth said she did it just to see what Granny would do, and what Granny did was to pull all of Beth’s clothes out of the drawers and wad them into three suitcases and place the cases on the front lawn.”
“Isn’t that romantic," said Phoebe. "She was looking for him when she died." "What was she doing looking for him underwater? snapped Granny.”
Maybe it was Granny she saw just before her lungs burst.