The other side of the ledger1
"The other side of the ledger" is an Indian view of the Hudson's Bay company. The Hudson's Bay company's 300th anniversary celebration where Queen Elizabeth II among the other guests was present, was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. During the past 300 years, the history has been written by white men. They have only focused on the generosity of the traders and the benefits brought to the Indians. However, there is a sharp contrasting view from what Indians have to say about their lot in the company's operations. At the time of the history, Hudson's Bay company was expended over 1 million square miles of land which is now known as Canada. The Rupert's Land at that time was occupied by the Indians. They (Indians) believed that the land belonged to all men and hence, the land owned by the individual was unknown. However, they failed to recognize that the white men had felt superiority to impose power over their identities. Hence, they just drifted bit by bit into white men's monopoly and never got out of it. Overall, I think, the film has covered up all the basic arguments of the Indians and has helped to understand the period and the people of that tim
threatening and impersonal to them. Not only this, but since Indians were a minority, were paying double the price then what was being paid in the outside world. to go to city just like other Canadian, but in order to do so they had to give up their
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Approximate Word count = 982
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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