“Your People Live Only Upon Cod”: An Algonquian Response to European Claims of Cultural Superiority (gmu.edu)

Please post a response to Dr. B.’s questions below in standard, grammatically correct sentences. (i.e., no “textese”) Be sure to answer all questions in the prompt in your very first post. Then, respond to a post from one of your classmates with which you disagree. (Remember to disagree with each other respectfully.) You will not be able to see your classmates’ responses until you make your first post. Your first post should be at least 150 words long and is worth 20 points; your response to a classmate is worth 5 points.
Postings will be graded based on the quality of your argument and support with specific examples from the text. (Paraphrase your examples in your own words. No direct quotations.) Keep in mind that your postings should convince me that you read and understood the readings in their entirety. No citations are necessary. Here is your prompt:
In the document “Your People Live Only on Cod,” (link is found in Course Schedule):
a) Per the French priest’s conversation with a Micmac native American leader, the natives feel superior to the French for several reasons. In your opinion, what was the native Micmac’s single most compelling reason for their perceived superiority? Why?
b) Today, do you think that a person’s diet can contribute to a feeling of social or personal inferiority? Why/why not?
c) Complete the following: “This document made me wonder about…..”

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