Even though the indigenous peoples who inhabited Canada and Guatemala are very different, both had many beliefs and much history in common. The Maya and Cree and other First Nations of Canada have seen their development interrupted by European colonization. Many lives have been lost in the process.
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Henry Kelsey, a young Hudson Bay Company employee, travels to the west, what today is known as Saskatchewan, in search of new routes to trade with the First Nations. -
On October 7 the Queen proclaimed that Indigenous nations to the west of the established colonies should not be disrupted by colonization. In 1776-1782 the Cree of the plains suffer an epidemic that killed many of its members between 1776 and in 1781. The Chipewyan suffer an epidemic in 1781 that almost wiped out the whole tribe.
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Sir Peregrine Maitland created residential schools where indigenous children were taken to and separated from their families. There they were subjected to abuse with the argument that it was necessary in order to educate them within the Christian faith.
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The hunting of bison by the colonizers significantly affected the indigenous population of the plains forcing them to migrate to the reserves. By 1880 the bison had disappeared from the region.
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Worried about the lack of animals to hunt in the region, the indigenous and Métis of Saskatchewan signed Treaty 4 which covers much of the south of the province. As part of the agreement every indigenous person would receive 7 dollars a year from the Crown (government). Today they still receive the same amount.
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More than half of the indigenous population that lived on the reserves died of diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria and roseola.
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The first Maya-Quiché founded the city of Jakawitz in the Chujuyup Valley. During this period the Cakchiqueles, Rabinal and Tz'utujil were subordinates of the Quiché.
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During the Ahpop Empire, K’otuja rebels against the authority but is defeated. K’otuja strengthens by marrying a member of his family to a noble from the Cakchiqueles and Tz’utujil family.
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Q'uq'umatz is converted to Nagual, the great Quiché king. It’s said that he could transform himself into a snake, an eagle, a jaguar and into blood.
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Q'uq'umatz sends his daughter to marry K’oja leader of the Chuchumatan Mountains. Instead of accepting the Quiché-Cakchiquel alliance, King K’oja kills his rival’s daughter. This gesture unleashed a war where Q'uq'umatz dies.
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The Quiché attack the Tz’utujil and the Cakchiqueles, recovering the power in Q’umarkaj.
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Pedro de Alvarado arrived at Guatemala with 135 horses, 120 Spanish soldiers, and 400 Aztec warriors. The Maya-Cakchiqueles helped them attack the Quiché. After several days of battle, Alvarado defeated the kings of Q’umarkaj and burned them alive.
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