When the fog clears, the ship is attacked by an unseen band of natives, who fire arrows from the safety of the forest. The African helmsman is killed before Marlow frightens the natives away with the ship's steam whistle. ... Kurtz speaks to them, and the natives disappear into the woods. ... A beautiful native woman, apparently Kurtz's mistress, appears on the shore and stares out at the ship. ... Kurtz disappears in the night, and Marlow goes out in search of him, finding him crawling on all fours toward the native camp. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the years following the Berlin Conference the British and French governments sought to covert their grandiose territorial claims into valid title by effective occupation. ... To insure that British requirements were fulfilled, a resident was appointed to the court of each native ruler of the first rank. ... The British as well as the Germans used the idea of "Imperial monarchy" to govern their colonies, allowing little governmental rule from the natives opposing French colonial rule. ...

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The white paper dismissed treaties as of little significance and denied any legal character to aboriginal title claims. ... The first major case showing the shift was the Nishga aboriginal title case, Calder v Attorney General of British Columbia, decided by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1973. Technically the Nishga lost, but the court divided equally on the question whether the Nishga had aboriginal title to their traditional territories. The case became one reason for the federal decision to negotiate settlements of aboriginal title claims in parts of Canada, a policy announced ab...

• Word Count: 4016
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• Grade Level: High School