Canada and, especially, Quebec have traditionally been considered prototypes and examples of a multicultural society.
The present investigation tries to demystify this topic through a historical analysis of the national construction of Quebec centered mainly in the relations between the natives and their dominators throughout the time. This analysis ends up showing that, in fact, the current Quebec has been built on the destruction of the culture of the first settlers.
The main objective of this study is to present the current situation of the Amerindians residing in Quebec. However, the history of the so-called “First Peoples” has also been studied, while a review has been made of the formation of Quebec from its origins to the present day. The relationships between the aborigines of Quebec and their rulers over time have also been reviewed. The treaties, pacts, conventions and laws elaborated during centuries between the “First Peoples” and the colonizers have been analyzed.
Because this work could be cataloged, as a whole, as a sociohistorical investigation, we have not been able to ignore aspects as important as the autochthonous and foreign culture. The most significant elements of both cultures have been discussed in everyday life. The status of dominated and dominated have also been reviewed, now and in the centuries after the discovery.
Taking into account that the work has been developed within the parameters required by the subject “Gender and Multiculturalism”, two concepts on which all the research has revolved have been taken as the guiding thread: the status of the Amerindians and the Quebecois multiculturalism.
