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HISTORY 2HI3 - Historical Inquiry: Immigrants Experiences in Canada & US, 1880-1960

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Welcome to the History 2HI3: Historical Inquiry Immigrants Experiences in Canada & US, 1880-1960 Research Guide. The goal of this guide is to help you develop effective research questions, teach you how to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources as well as how to properly cite these sources.

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Land Acknowledgement

McMaster University stands on the traditional territory shared between the Haudenosaunee confederacy and the Anishinabe nations. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties, is within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement and is directly adjacent to Haldiman Treaty territory.

We must acknowledge a debt to those who were here before us, and recognize our responsibility, as guests, to respect and honour the intimate relationship Indigenous peoples have to this land. 

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