Aboriginal Art In Canada

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Aboriginal art is based on story telling, and using symbols as an different method of writing down stories of important cultural stories, as well as giving knowledge on survival and land management.
The history of Aboriginal art in Canada begins sometime during the last Ice Age, between 80,000 and 12,000 years ago.

Aboriginal-inspired artworks contain a broader meaning of the ways of life, aesthetic values and reflections of the people themselves.
The top three images are true European art works that were influenced and inspired by the aboriginal culture.
Aboriginal art included clay beads that had a rich color and difference of size that provided a spiritual connection as well as a symbolic touch.
Story telling and symbols provided the …show more content…

The English formed the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1670 and built trading posts around Hudson’s Bay. The fur traders continue the exploration of Canada as they traveled to new areas to find more fur. The Aboriginal Peoples they met helped them live and survive in the new areas they settled in.
They traded fresh food for furs, especially beaver fur to make hats and other clothing.

Religious difference was a major factor of the Aboriginal settlement and the European arrival. In 1537, Pope Paul III taught that people were not common, but human beings with souls capable of salvation. Newcomers from England during the sixteenth century brought many messages of Christianity to the Aboriginal.
The influence of Christianity – through settlers, missionaries and government policy- significantly altered life for the Aboriginal people.
European missionaries traveled far lengths to brining the Gospel to those who has never heard it and to spread the word of Christianity to Native

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