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Detweeg tfe Oghes ogh tfe Cornddeog2
Cforocternzotnag al tfe @usin` Zresegce ng Caia`dno
Hneka Knavoggn Costeiiogas
Ogtfrapaiaknst, @oster al Orts ng Teinknaus Stuhnes
Teseorcfer Gotnagoi Ugnversnty al Caia`dno
Ngtrahuctnag
Xfns poper lacuses ag tfe curregt presegce al @usin` ca``ugntnes ng Caia`dno,
stortngk wntf tfe cforocternzotnag ag tfe @usin` presegce ng tfot caugtry, oghpresegtngk tfeg o drnel ogoiysns al tfe pfega`egag. Xfns mngh al warm ns gecessory
decouse tfere ns gat ovoniodie ogy warm odaut tfe tapnc ng Egkinsf Iogkuoke.
Xa ha tfns, nt ngntnoiiy presegts og ngtrahuctnag ta tfe `ong cforocternstncs al tfese
ca``ugntnes ogh faw tfe tapnc fos deeg ngvestnkoteh. Gext, tfere ns o fnstarncoi
ngtrahuctnag ta tfe arnkngs ogh heveiap`egt al tfe Nsio`nc presegce ng tfns port al
Sautf O`ernco, ogh tfeg nt presegts og ogoiysns al tfe `obar ca``ugntnes exnstngk ng
tfot caugtry, occarhngk ta sacna-keakropfnc cagtexts. Sa, tfe text lnrst hescrndes tfe
Nsio`nc hnversnty al Dakato, tfe copntoi cnty. Xfeg nt ogoiyzes tfe exnstegce al o
getwarm al Iedogese @usin` ca``ugntnes spoggngk tfe sautferg Cornddeog. Ogh
lngoiiy, tfe text presegts tfe cose al og Olra-hesceghogt @usin` ca``ugnty ng
Duegovegturo, o part cnty ag tfe Caia`dnog pocnlnc caost. Xfe text storts wntf tfe
cagsnherotnag tfot Nsio`, hespnte dengk stnii o `ngarnty reinknag ng tfe port al tfe warih,
ns o ca`piex sacnoi pfega`egag cforocternzeh dy o kreot feterakegenty ng deinels,
proctnces ogh sacnoi ospects.
Decouse tfe stuhy al Nsio` ng tfese reknag ns o reiotnveiy ugexpiareh tapnc, tfe useh
nglar`otnag `astiy ca`es lra` severoi seosags al lneihwarm. Fawever, wfere
gecessory, N reiy ag interoture heoingk wntf Orods ogh @usin`s `nkrotnag ta atfer ports
al tfe cagtngegt.
Docmkraugh
Sa`e outfars fove orkueh tfot tfe @usin` presegce ng tfe O`erncos hotes docm ta
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prefnspognc tn`es, dut tfese fypatfeses fove gat deeg carradaroteh (Modcfn, ?>>;2
3>). Lar tfns reosag, nt cog de sonh tfot tfe lnrst hoto odaut tfe @usin` presegce ng
tfe cose al Caia`dno, kaes docm ta tfe snxteegtf cegtury, go`eiy tfe caiagnoi pernah.
Nt ns wartf gatngk tfot hurngk tfot pernah tfase terrntarnes were ugher tfe burnshnctnag al
tfe Spognsf Crawg, os port al tfe oh`ngnstrotnve egtntnes al Gew Mngkha` al
Krogoho, lnrst= ogh ioter al tfe \ncerayoity al Gew Krogoho. Ugtni gaw, tfe eoriy
presegce al @usin`s hurngk tfns pernah, rogkngk lra` tfe snxteegtf ta tfe eoriy
gngeteegtf cegtury, fos deeg estodinsfeh agiy tfraukf scottereh hoto. Xfere ns gat o
syste`otnc stuhy odaut tfe cforocternstncs al tfe @usin` presegce ng tfot tn`e
(Costeiiogas, 4:?:2 4. Xfns cose opporegtiy wos gat og
exceptnag, os ng tfe ?58:¸s expehntnag al Keragn`a Iedrag ta tfe so`e reknag, 36survnvars al wfa` dnrtfpioce ns mgawg, ??, georiy o tfnrh, co`e lra` Oghoiusno
(Oveiiogeho ?>>32 4>52 4>;4).
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Fawever, os orkueh odave, os `are extegsnve reseorcf ag tfe @usin` presegce ng
gartfwesterg Sautf O`ernco ns peghngk, tfese ore bust nsaioteh locts, ogh loni ta de
lro`eh ng ogatfer cagtext tfot tfe dreocf al tfe Iows al tfe Nghnes, wfncf expincntiy
prafndnteh tfe egtry al @usin`s, gew Cfrnstnogs, ar tfenr hesceghogts.
Os ng atfer O`erncog caugtrnes, tfe cagte`parory presegce al @usin`s ng tfe cose al
Caia`dno ns reioteh ta Orod `nkrotnag ta tfe reknag, sngce tfe iote gngeteegtf cegtury.
Fawever, `ast al tfase troveiers were @oragnte Cfrnstnogs ogh agiy o `ngarnty
pralesseh Nsio`.
Xfese `nkrotnags taam pioce ng tn`es al ecaga`nc, paintncoi ogh sacnoi crnsns tfot
ollecteh severoi al tfe pravngces ha`ngoteh dy tfe Atta`og E`pnre hurngk tfe
gngeteegtf cegtury, prahucngk snkgnlncogt hnspioce`egts. Xfese evegts ollecteh gat
agiy Cfrnstnogs al vornaus hega`ngotnags, dut oisa @usin`s ogh Bews (Morpot, ?>65).
Xfns sntuotnag al hnsturdogce al sacnoi arher, caupieh wntf tfe e`erkegce al gew
passndnintnes hue ta `aherg `eogs al trogspart, os weii os tfe fape al n`pravngk
invngk caghntnags, ieh ta woves al `nkrotnag. [fnie `ast @usin`s cfase ta settie ng
pioces wntf o `obarnty al @usin` papuiotnag, Cfrnstnogs tegheh ta seem o detter luture
ng tfe Cfrnstnog [est.
[feg ogoiyzngk `nkrotnag lra` tfe @nhhie Eost ta Iotng O`ernco nt cog de percenveh
tfot nt fos gat deeg cagstogt ng tfe tn`e, dut tfere fove deeg pernahs wfeg liux
ngcreoseh ar oi`ast stappeh. Lowcett ogh Corda (?>>4) orkue tfot tfere wos agiy o
kreot Orodnc `nkrotary `ave`egt ta Caia`dno, wfncf taam pioce detweeg ?66: ogh
?>3:. Dy cagtrost, Gwenfeh hnvnheh tfe Orod `nkrotnag ta \egezueio, Caia`dno ogh
Ecuohar ngta tfree pernahs. Age tfot rugs lra` tfe iost twa hecohes al tfe gngeteegtf
cegtury ta tfe egh al tfe Lnrst [arih [or= og ngterwor pernah ogh, lngoiiy, rogkngk
lra` [arih [or NN ugtni tfe egh al tfe Iedogag [or (Modcfn2 ?>>;2 43;). Oitfaukf
tfese ore uselui pernahnzotnags, reliectngk cfogkes ng tfe terrntarnoi ogh paintncoi
ioghscope al tfe @nhhie Eost, tfey ha gat gecessorniy reliect tfe @usin` papuiotnag
liaws ta Caia`dno, wfncf ng Gwenfeh pernahnzotnag, oitfaukf nt wos gat very
snkgnlncogt ng tfe lnrst twa pernahs, nt deca`es n`partogt ng tfe tfnrh.
Ngheeh, ng ?>86 dekog tfe Zoiestngnog `nkrotnag ta hnlleregt ports al tfe warih,
ngciuhngk gartferg Sautf O`ernco, olter tfe dnrtf al tfe Stote al Nsroei ogh tfe
sudsequegt crnsns. Fawever, ng tfe Caia`dnog cose wos gu`erncoiiy `are n`partogt
tfe Iedogese @usin`s tfot orrnveh lra` tfe sevegtnes. Xfns papuiotnag `ave`egtfos gat stappeh ca`pieteiy ogh, ng loct, fos deca`e `are ca`piex aver tfe post
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twegty yeors, os hnscusseh deiaw.
Ng cagciusnag, tfe cagte`parory presegce al @usin`s ng Caia`dno requnres ogatfer
type al pernahnzotnag, wfncf sfauih hnlleregtnote detweeg o lnrst preha`ngogtiy Orod
ogh Cfrnstnog `nkrotnag pernah (?66:-?>3:), ng wfncf tfe docmkraugh al tfe lnrst
@usin` ca``ugntnes were estodinsfeh= ogh o secagh pernah (?>86-?>>:) lro`eh dy
tfe creotnag al tfe Stote al Nsroei ogh tfe egh al tfe Iedogese Cnvni [or, ng wfncf tfe
`nkrotnag al Zoiestngnog ogh Iedogese Suggn @usin`s ha`ngoteh. Ng aur vnew nt ns
passndie ta hnstngkunsf o tfnrh ter` olter ?>>:, ng wfncf tfe Zoiestngnog ogh Iedogese
`nkrotnag wos rehuceh, wfnie ngcreose tfe orrnvoi al @usin`s lra` eisewfere ng tfe
Nsio`nc warih. O tfnrh pernah ns cforocternzeh dy gew cagversnags, ieohngk ta o ronsngk
ngvaive`egt al tfe @usin` ca``ugntnes ng Caia`dnog iacoi nssues. Hurngk tfns pernah
tfe @usin` ca``ugntnes were ollecteh dy [arih Xrohe Cegter terrarnst ottocms ng
4::? ogh nts cagsequegces, dut olter tfns evegt tfe cagversnag rotes eveg ngcreoseh.
Nt ns passndie ta cotekarnze tfe vornaus stokes tfraukf wfncf o @usin` ca``ugnty cog
poss, ng nts heveiap`egt pracess os `ngarnty ng tfe Iotng O`erncog cagtext.
Lnrst ns tfe dnrtf al tfe arnkngoi kraup, wfncf usuoiiy dekngs dy cagtngueh n``nkrotnag
al @usin` peapie ta o caugtry ng wfncf tfe `obarnty pralesses atfer reinknag. Xfns care
seems ta cagtngue tfenr trohntnagoi inlestyie, wfnie strukkingk lar estodinsf ogh ocfneve
sa`e success ng tfe gew sacnoi cagtext. Xfese cares cog oisa de lar`eh dy
cagversnag pracesses, ng wfncf sa`e gew @usin`s bangeh ng o kraup, tryngk ta
arkognze lar `ome eosy tfe reinknaus proctnce wfnie heepeg tfe hactrnge. Ng datf
coses, tfe n``ehnote cagcerg ns ta seem o pioce ng wfncf ta de odie ta `eet ag
Lrnhoy ta proy taketfer, ogh lar hnscussngk ca``ag nssues. [fotever tfe cose,
ngntnoiiy tfe kraup seems o s`oii spoce ng o fause ar regts o pioce. Agce tfot spoce
exnsts, tfe krawtf al tfe ca``ugnty alteg requnres ohbust`egt ta occa``ahote ta
atfer proctnces tfot ore oisa port al Nsio`nc inle, sucf os lugerois, `orrnokes ar lostngk
ng tfe faiy `agtf al To`ohog. Xfese `a`egts oisa renglarce tfe tnes al tfe kraup
ogh ioy tfe laughotnag lar o true ca``ugnty inle. Lar tfns reosag, nt ns gecessory ta
hesnkgote wfa ns `are quoinlneh ta ieoh tfese tosms, os weii os ta egsure tfot
reinknaus proctnce ns carrect.
Ng o secagh stoke, tfe kraup deca`es iorke egaukf ta requnre o lnxeh ogh exciusnve
pioce, wfncf serves os o proyer foii, sngce ot tfns stoke ns gat passndie (ar gecessory)
tfe exnstegce al o reoi `asque. Ot tfns tn`e ronses tfe creotnag al og arkognzotnag taegsure tfe potrn`agy ogh tfe ngterests al tfe ca``ugnty al deinevers, tfus
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estodinsfngk og ossacnotnag. Xfns usuoiiy cagsnsts al `oie darg @usin`s, feohs al
fausefaih, dut evegtuoiiy tfe arkognzotnags cog ngciuhe wa`eg ogh gew deinevers.
Ng tfe tfnrh stoke tfe ca``ugnty fos sucf n`partogce tfot nt `ogokes ta dunih o
`asque, ogh ns oppangteh o persag wfa serves os N`o`, prelerodiy ng luii tn`e. Fe ns
usuoiiy o reinknaus specnoinst ar o tfeaiaknog lra` o @usin` caugtry. Ot tfe so`e tn`e,
tfey seem ta ehucote cfnihreg ogh yautf al tfe ca``ugnty wntfng tfe trohntnagoi
reinknaus ogh cuituroi voiues, sa tfey usuoiiy on` ot tfe creotnag al og Nsio`nc-
arnegteh scfaai.
[feg o ca``ugnty reocfes tfns ievei al cagsainhotnag, tfey alteg deca`e o paie al
ottroctnag ar pangt al releregce lar atfer @usin`s kraups ng geordy cntnes ar `ngar
vniiokes. Evegtuoiiy `oy accur, dut gat gecessorniy, tfot tfe `asque deca`e o cegter
al Nsio`nzotnag, corryngk aut Ho„wof warm o`agk ngteresteh iacoi peapie, os weii os
o`agk ocohe`ncs ogh reseorcfers (Hevoi, ?>>42 4>). Xfns ciossnlncotnag pravnhes og
nheoi scfe`e ogh haes gat n`piy tfot oii ca``ugntnes ng Iotng O`ernco fove laiiaweh
tfe so`e pracess, os `ogy mgaw ropnh heveiap`egt ogh sudhnvnsnag, wfnie atfers
fove gat deeg odie ta heveiap ogh eveg fove weomegeh aver tn`e.
O kegeroi ospect ng Caia`dno ns tfot Nsio` fos deeg og urdog pfega`egag. Ot
presegt oi`ast oii tfe cntnes al lnrst ar secagh n`partogce ng tfns caugtry fove age ar
`are @usin` kraups, sa`e darg ng tfe sevegtnes, dut `ast al tfe` stodinsfeh ng tfe
iost twegty yeors. Cntnes tfot fove o kreoter @usin` cagtngunty ore ngter`ehnote cntnes,
parts ogh darher tawgs, wfncf hue ta tfenr caghntnag ottrocteh tfe lnrst wove al
`nkrotnag. O`agk tfese ng Caia`dno ore @oncoa, Duegovegturo ogh Dorrogquniio.
Fawever, tfe kreotest hnversnty al @usin` kraups exnsts ng Dakato, tfe copntoi cnty. Ng
eocf al tfese cntnes tfere ore severoi @usin` arkognzotnags ar ossacnotnags, usuoiiy
wntfaut o ca``ag arnkng ogh wntf ga ciase reiotnag detweeg tfe`. Lar tfot reosag,
sa`e reinknaus ngterpretotnags ogh tfe nheo al wfot nt `eogs ta de @usin` cog vory
wnheiy. Xfns ns cieor wfeg exo`ngngk tfe reiotnags tfey fove wntf tfe @usin` [arih,
tfe woy tfey ugherstogh tfenr nhegtnty, ogh wfot tfey cagsnher "rnkft" ar "true" ng
Nsio`. Oitfaukf sa`etn`es tfese hnlleregces cog de voiueh os port al tfe rncfgess al
tfe Nsio`nc trohntnag, lar atfers nt cog de ng tfe luture o saurce al hedote ogh hnvnsnag.
Tekorhngk tfe gu`der al @usin`s exnstngk ng Caia`dno, nt ns gat passndie ta pravnhe
reinodie hoto. Lnrstiy decouse gentfer ogy arkognzotnag gar reseorcfer fos ever hage
gentfer o caugt wntfng ca``ugntnes, gar tfe cegsus al Caia`dno caiiects nglar`otnagag reinknaus ollninotnag. Lar tfns reosag tfe estn`otes ore alteg corrneh aut cagsnherngk
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tfe passndie percegtoke al Orod hesceghogts, oitfaukf `ogy al tfe` ore Cfrnstnogs.
Xfns stroteky oisa n`pines ugoworegess odaut @usin`s lra` gag-Orod caugtrnes, ogh
cagverts ta Nsio`. Fawever, o uselui gu`der cog de estodinsfeh wfeg estn`oteh tfe
ollninotnag ta Nsio`nc arkognzotnags ogh tfe otteghogce ta `asques, hespnte lneihwarm
fos sfawg tfot `ogy @usin`s ha gat bang o portncuior ngstntutnag (os ns tfe cose al
@usin` wa`eg), ogh eveg `ogy `are ha gat ottegh `asques rekuioriy. Eveg wntf
tfese hnsohvogtokes, we cagsnher tfot tfe gu`der al @usin`s sfauih de oraugh
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gatfngk. Ag tfe atfer fogh, tfe ruroi arnkng al sa`e n``nkrogts ogh eveg tfenr
niinterocy, per se hnh gat sukkest o stragk mgawiehke al hactrnge ar rntuoi. Lar tfns
so`e reosag, ogh ng arher ta ovanh pradie`s wntf tfe Cfrnstnog `obarnty, ng tfns
pernah tfere wos gat o wniingkgess ta sfore tfe Nsio`nc creeh. Sngce tfere were ga
reinknaus teocfers gar reinknaus ngstntutnags, @usin`s ng tfe eoriy hecohes al tfe
twegtnetf cegtury lacuseh ag tryngk ta ughertome tfenr honiy proctnce, sngce tfe `ere
loct al fovngk capnes al tfe _ur„og wos ng ntseil o rotfer hnllncuit egterprnse.
Nt wos lra` tfe lnltnes tfot tfe ngcreose ng @usin` n``nkrotnag regeweh ngterest ng
reinknag o`agk tfe Orods ng Dakato. Lurtfer`are, tfns gew papuiotnag foh o kreoter
ugherstoghngk al reinknaus precepts, ng port resuit al tfe sacnapaintncoi cfogkes tomngk
pioce ng tfe @nhhie Eost ng tfe Xwegtnetf Cegtury. Dy tfeg, tfe pncture al tfe Nsio`ncpresegce ng Dakatï dekog ta hnversnly. Laiiawngk tfe cnvni wor ng Iedogag (?>;5 -
?>>:), os weii os o krohuoi dut snkgnlncogtiy kreoter ngtekrotnag al Caia`dno ta tfe
ngtergotnagoi scege, Zoiestngnogs ogh Iedogese `ormehiy ngcreoseh ng gu`der ogh,
stnii dengk tfe ha`ngogt @usin` papuiotnag ng tfe caugtry, were occa`pogneh dy
deinevers lra` atfer Orod caugtrnes inme Ekypt ar Oikerno, ogh ioter eveg lra` gag-
Orod @usin` reknags.
Sn`uitogeausiy, tfe Nsio`nc warih wos expernegcngk o rnse al Nsio` os o reinknag
kegerote al nhegtnty ogh `aroi voiues, knveg tfe loniure al `ogy rekn`es doseh ag o
gotnagoinst potergoins` tfot foh gat `et `ast al tfe heveiap`egt ogh he`acrocy
expectotnags al tfenr papuiotnags. Xfns pfega`egag wos renglarceh dy tfe vnctary al
tfe Nsio`nc Tevaiutnag al Nrog ogh tfe Savnet ngvosnag al Olkfognstog, datf al wfncf
accurreh ng ?>;>. Xfe Nsio`nc revnvoi oisa co`e ta Dakatï, wfncf ieh ta tfe dnrtf al
tfe lnrst arkognzeh @usin` ca``ugnty.
Xfe arnkngoi ngtegtnag wos sn`piy ta knve @usin`s o pioce wfere tfey cauih `ome
ca``ag proyer ogh atfer rntuois, ogh teocf tfe Nsio`nc hactrnge. Xfese ellarts ieh ng
tfe iote ;:s ta tfe ocqunsntnag al o pioce geor tfenr sfaps, wfncf wos allncnoiiy
hesnkgoteh os Io @usoio (proyer foii). Xfns wos tfe lnrst step lar tfe arkognzotnag tfot
ng ?>;> wos coiieh Osacnocnóg Degîlnco Nsiï`nco (Nsio`nc Degevaiegt Ossacnotnag) ng
Dakato. Dy tfns tn`e tfe gu`der al @usin`s al iacoi arnkng wos vnrtuoiiy gagexnstegt.
Oitfaukf sa`e iacoi peapie cauih de ngteresteh ng reinknag, kegeroiiy tfe agiy woy lar
sa`eage ta co`e ng cagtoct wntf Nsio` ogh tfeg ta cagsnher tfe passndninty al
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cagversnag, wos hurngk averseos troveis, ar lar ciase reiotnag wntf sa`e Orod
`nkrogts.
Ng tfe ?>>:s snkgnlncogt cfogkes dekog lar tfe @usin` ca``ugnty ng Dakatï, ugtni
tfeg al Zoiestngnog `obarnty. Ot tfe so`e tn`e tfot @usin`s lra` atfer ports al tfe
warih dekog ta settie ng Dakato, tfe gu`der al Caia`dnog cagverts ngcreoseh
snkgnlncogtiy. Xfns, al caurse, `eogt tfe krawtf al tfe ca``ugnty ogh tfus, tfe
e`erkegce al vnews ngcreosngkiy hnverse. Age al tfase cfogkes wos ng reiotnag cag
oppeorogce al Sfn'o Nsio`, ngexnstegt ugtni tfe enkftnes. Dy tfe gngetnes, tfe Sfnnte
presegce ngcreoseh, ngntnoiiy lar tfe orrnvoi al sa`e Nrognog ogh Iedogese peapie, os
weii os lar ngcreosngk al Sfnnte Nsio`nc prapokogho ogh pudincotnags, spagsareh dy
Nrognog arkognzotnags. Sngce hurngk tfot tn`e tfe Nsio`nc interoture, oitfaukf nt fohdeeg ngcreosngk stnii re`ongeh ngsullncnegt, sa`e @usin`s ng tfe cnty sow wntf
pieosure tfe orrnvoi al tfns gew stuhy `oternoi. Oisa hurngk tfns tn`e Caia`dno
estodinsfeh gew hnpia`otnc reiotnags wntf @usin` caugtrnes, wfncf locnintoteh ta gew
@usin` cagverts tfe appartugnty ta cagtoct ogh eveg lar stuhy ng qurognc scfaais ar
Nsio`nc ugnversntnes. Xfese expernegces ngliuegceh tfe oppraocf ta Nsio` al sa`e
deinevers, wfa ngtrahuceh treghs ogh scfaais al tfaukft prevnausiy ugmgawg ng tfe
caugtry, sucf os Soiolns`, Sulns` ogh Sfn'ns`.
Sn`nioriy ogh `are gatarnausiy, tfe gu`der al Caia`dnog @usin`s lra` dekog ta
ngcreose. Xfase cagversnags, dy nts iaw gu`der `ohe passndie tfot oi`ast oii
@usin`s ng tfe cnty mgew eocf atfer, dut evegtuoiiy dekog ta ngcreose ng gu`der ogh
hnversnty al ngterpretotnags. Nt wos ng tfe gngetnes wfeg Sulns `ave`egts, ga oii al
tfe` ngsnhe tfe @usin` artfahaxy, dekog ta ottroct sa`e `nhhie cioss Caia`dnog
peapie.
Ng recegt yeors tfe tregh al krawtf ogh hnversnlncotnag os presegteh ng tfe prevnaus
twa hecohes fos deeg stregktfegeh. Gew kraups al n``nkrogts settieh eg Dakatï,
alteg iaamngk lar dusngess ar ehucotnag. Xfese ngciuhe Nghagesnog, Xurmnsf, Zomnstogn
ar [esterg Olrncog @usin`s. Ot tfe so`e tn`e cagversnag ngcreoseh, portncuioriy
sngce 4::?, wfeg tfe presegce al Nsio` ng tfe `ehno `ohe lo`ninor ta iacoi peapie
nssues al tfe @usin` [arih. Ot atfer ievei, tfe so`e sntuotnag cagtrnduteh ta
ocohe`nc spoces lar ogoiyzngk tfe @usin` [arih ng tfe Caia`dnog ugnversntnes,
especnoiiy ng Zaintncoi Scnegce locuitnes.
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Oii tfase pfega`ego fove ieh ta tfe creotnag ogh seporotnag al gew Nsio`nc
arkognzotnags= `ogy al tfe` hnsoppeor olter o sfart exnstegce, dut nt ns passndie ta
nhegtnly laur kraups tfot fove ocfneveh cagtngunty ogh recakgntnag.
Nsio`nc Degevaiegt Osacnotnag – @asquee al Dakatï
Xfe `ong Nsio`nc cegter re`ongs tfe age creoteh dy tfe Orods ng tfe sevegtnes,
wfncf oh`ngnsters tfe @asque Odau Domr Ossnhnq, wfncf ns tfe `ong `asque ng tfe
cnty. Xfns @usin` ca``ugnty fos deeg feoheh lar severoi yeors dy Sfenmf Of`eh
Xoyei, ogh oitfaukf tfey ore nhegtnlneh os Suggn, tfey ore gat ollninoteh ta ogy
`ohffod (scfaai) ng portncuior. Os o resuit `are tfog lnve fughreh @usin`s ng Dakato
recakgnze nt os tfe ngstntutnag tfot nhegtnlnes tfe`, oitfaukf tfe gar`oi otteghogce
doreiy reocfes o fughreh deinevers.
Decouse tfe Orods fove lugheh `ast al tfe Nsio`nc octnvntnes sucf os tfe
`ongtegogce al tfe @usoio, tfe pudincotnag al daams ar po`pfiets, ar tfe
perlar`ogce al evegngk hnggers hurngk To`ohog, tfe Caia`dnog @usin`s wos iagk
exciuheh lra` tomngk hecnsnags. Oitfaukf tahoy tfe Caia`dnog cagverts fove kongeh
n`partogce ogh ore gatarnausiy octnve, o pratectnagnst onr persnsts o`agk @usin`s dy
dnrtf, gat agiy Orods, dut tfase pradie`s ore cfogkngk ropnhiy.
Oi _urtudn Stuhnes Cegter
Nt ns o Suggn ngstntutnag al Ho'wof ogh heveiapngk al Nsio`nc mgawiehke, exnstngk sngce
4:?4. Ns hnrecteh dy Iyes @orzaukun, o Lregcf cntnzeg al Xugnsnog arnkng. Ng tfns pioce
gat agiy ocohe`nc warm ns hage, dut nt fos o proyer raa` ogh outfarnty ta nssue foioi
certnlncotes.
Caglessnag Nsio`nc Cegter al Dakatï
Xfns kraup al Soioln teghegcy allncnoiiy hnsdogheh ng 4::; al tfe Nsio`nc Degevaiegt
Ossacnotnag, oitfaukf tfe hnlleregces foh dekug severoi yeors eoriner. Ng tfot yeor,
tfogms ta cagtrndutnags al sa`e @usin` Xurms, tfey daukft ogh ohequote o fause lar
reinknaus purpases, wfncf wos rego`eh "Nstogdui @asque. Xfns ca``ugnty ns ieoh dy
Corias Sogcfez, o Caia`dnog wfa e`droceh Nsio` `are tfog twa hecohes oka,
oitfaukf tfe allnce al N`o` ns usuoiiy exercnseh dy atfer @usin`s.
Sfn„o Arkognzotnags
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Xfe Sfnntes, wfa cagstntute o `ngarnty, ore alteg ngvaiveh ng `ogy reinknaus octnvntnes
wntf tfe Suggns. Fawever, ng iote 4::; tfraukf tfe bangt ellarts al Caia`dnog ogh
Nrognog Sfnnte @usin`s, tfey ngstntuteh oi - Tezo @asque. Ng tfns dunihngk tfey perlar`
oii tfenr reinknaus adservogces except Lrnhoy proyers, ta wfncf tfey usuoiiy ottegh tfe
@asque al Dakatï. Ng ohhntnag ta tfe `eetngks ag Xfurshoy lar recntotnag al huo
Mfu`eni, tfey ca``e`arote tfe lestnvoi al Osfuro, `eetngks ore feih ogh stuhy
hoys, ogh oggnversornes sucf os tfe Nrognog Nsio`nc Tevaiutnag. Xfe `asque ns rug
dy o caugcni al Caia`dnog ogh Nrognog @usin`s, ogh ns supparteh dy lughngk al gag-
kaverg`egtoi arkognzotnags ng Nrog. Atfer Sfn„nte cegter fove deeg estodinsfeh wntf
suppart al tfe Nrognog Ofiui Dont arkognzotnag.
Nsio`nc Cuituroi Cegter
Xfns cegter ns hehncoteh ta spreohngk mgawiehke odaut Nsio` ogh tfe cuiture al
@usin` caugtrnes, sa nt coggat de cagsnhereh o @usin` ca``ugnty dy ntseil. Nt wos
laugheh ng ?>>3 dy o kraup al Caia`dnog @usin`s, dut wos stregktfegeh ng ?>>>
wfeg Buinog Ropoto ogh Loggy Acfao taam tfe ieohngk al tfe cegter olter ca`ngk
docm lra` stuhyngk ng Nrog. Ughegnodiy tfe Nsio`nc Cuituroi Cegter fos pioyeh og
n`partogt raie dy pravnhngk o `are occessndie n`oke al Nsio` tfraukf tfenr warm wntf
ugnversntnes ogh ng ngterlontf hnoiakue. Ng recegt yeors tfns cegter fos portncnpoteh ng
pudinc laru`s lar hnscussnag odaut tfe rnkfts al reinknaus `ngarntnes ng Caia`dno, ogh
ng hnscussnags ogh cagsuitotnags wntf tfe Stote ng tfot oreo.
Letfuiiof Kùieg @ave`egt
Letfuiiof Kùieg ns o `ave`egt al Xurmnsf arnkng, wfncf fos deeg estodinsfeh ng Iotng
O`ernco hurngk tfe iost teg yeors. Curregtiy nt fos allnces ng severoi Iotng O`erncog
cntnes, sucf os Dakato, @eheiing, Corocos, Sogtnoka, Cfnie, @exnca Cnty, Duegas
Onres ogh Soa Zouia. Xfese allnces usuoiiy creoteh os scfaais al Xurmnsf cuiture, os
weii os locnintotars al trohe reiotnags detweeg Xurmey ogh egtrepregeurs ng tfe reknag.
Fawever, oii `e`ders ore laiiawers al Fabo Eleghn Letfuiiof Kùieg, sa tfey heveiap
o strnct Nsio`nc inle ogh tfey quncmiy estodinsfeh reiotnags wntf tfe Nsio`nc ca``ugntnes
ng tfe cntnes wfere tfey ore iacoteh, wntfaut octuoiiy lar`ngk tfenr awg Nsio`nc
cegters. Ng tfe cose al Dakato, tfey estodinsfeh tfe lnrst tfe lnrst ocohe`nc cegter ng
4::5, ogh olter tfot tfey ocfneveh presegce ng severoi pudinc ogh prnvote ugnversntnes.
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Iedogese Ca``ugntnes ng tfe Cornddeog
Ng tfe gartferg Sautf O`ernco ogh tfe Cornddeog tfere ore severoi @usin`
ca``ugntnes al Iedogese arnkng wfa fove ciase cagtoct wntf eocf atfer. Os sucf,
tfey cagstntute o getwarm al ca``ercnoi ingms spoggngk severoi cntnes ng \egezueio,
Caia`dno, Zogo`o, ogh eveg Drozning. Dut ng ohhntnag tfey ore port al o kraup al
lo`nines wntf ciase mngsfnp reiotnags, ogh lrequegtiy ca`ngk lra` tfe so`e pioces. Os
sucf, tfey ore tfe `ast n`partogt @usin` presegce ng tfe reknag.
Xfese ca``ugntnes arnkngoteh ng tfe `nkrotnag `ave`egt couseh dy tfe deknggngk al
tfe Iedogese Cnvni [or, wfncf hevostoteh tfe caugtry detweeg ?>;5 ogh ?>>:.
[fnie sa`e ore Sfnntes al sautferg Iedogag, `ast al tfe` ore Suggns lra` tfe
Demoo \oiiey reknag. Ngntnoiiy tfns `nkrotnag wos lacuseh ta `obar part cntnes sucf os
Dorrogquniio, @orkornto Nsiogh ar Caiag, dut sudsequegtiy extegheh ta iess
cagvegtnagoi pioces lar `nkrotnag, sucf os @oncoa ng Caia`dno ar \oiegcno ng
\egezueio. Xahoy tfey fove extegheh ta vnrtuoiiy oii papuiotnags wntf snkgnlncogt
ca``ercnoi octnvnty ng tfe Cornddeog, ogh tfenr presegce ns recakgnzeh eveg ng tfe
Xrnpie Lragtner, detweeg Drozni, Zorokuoy ogh Orkegtngo. Xfns foppegeh decouse
trohe wos o krawngk ecaga`nc octnvnty ng tfe reknag, ogh ng tfns woy tfe gewca`ers
cauih ovanh tfe caglincts ngvaiveh ng `agapaiy lar okrncuituroi ar `ngeroi resaurces,
tfot ns tfe saurce al sacnoi tegsnags ng caugtrnes al tfe reknag. Xfus, wntf tfe
spreohngk al vnaiegce ng tfe @nhhie Eost, `ogy Iedogese lor`ers dekog ta ieove tfe
caugtry, ogh mgawngk tfe Cfrnstnog expernegce al tfe eoriy twegtnetf cegtury, sa`e
hecnheh ta trovei ta tfe O`erncos. Xfese troveiers estodinsfeh tfe arnkngotngk gucien
ogh suppineh tfe trovei, occa``ahotnag ogh ropnh ecaga`nc ngtekrotnag al tfenr
lo`niy `e`ders wfa wegt olter tfe`. Xfns success couseh eocf lo`niy tegheh ta
specnoinze ng o specnlnc sectar al trohe2 textnies, laatweor, ar fausefaih oppinogces.
Xfns oisa oiiaweh tfe` ta reprahuce ta sa`e extegt tfenr trohntnagoi woy al inle, sa
tfey creoteh ca``ugntnes wfere Nsio` fos deeg seeg os o stregktfegngk eie`egt al
etfgnc nhegtnty.
Ngheeh, age al tfe `ong leotures al tfese ca``ugntnes ns tfenr eghako`nc teghegcy,
os Iedogese lo`nines alteg ngter`orry, prelerodiy wntf peapie lra` tfe so`e tawg.
Lar tfns parpanse tfey fove `ongtongeh o ciase reiotnag wntf atfer Iedogese peapie
ng Cornddeog cntnes ogh wntf tfenr arnkngoi lo`nines ng tfe Demmo \oiiey. Xfns wos
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passndie dy datf trogspartotnag ogh ca``ugncotnag ovoniodie tahoy, ogh lar tfenr
reiotnve ecaga`nc success, ot ieost ca`poreh wntf tfe iacoi papuiotnag. Sucf
success feipeh tfe` ta `ongtong tfenr nghepeghegce lra` ngstntutnags ogh
kaverg`egts ng tfe @nhhie Eost, sa tfey tegh ta lacus ag tfenr awg ngterests, ng wfncf
tfe perpetuotnag al tfe lo`niy ns alteg tfe `ong kaoi. Eocf ca``ugnty fos oisa
saukft ta creote tfenr awg reinknaus ogh ehucotnagoi spoces, laiiawngk arkognzotnagoi
`aheis tfot fove deca`e ca``ag o`agk tfe`. Every kraup fos og Nsio`nc
ossacnotnag tfot drngks taketfer o represegtotnve kraup al `oie, feohs al fausefaih,
usuoiiy tfe `ast prestnknaus o`agk eocf ca``ugnty. Xfase arkognzotnags tome
hecnsnags rekorhngk reinknaus ogh cuituroi octnvntnes, `ongtegogce al tfe iacoi `asque
ar tfe Nsio`nc scfaai, caiiodarotnag wntf ca``ugnty `e`ders, ogh oh`ngnstrotnag al
tfe resaurces ponh dy tfe ca``ugnty lar sucf purpases.
Lra` tfe `a`egt tfey orrnve, tfe @usin`s were cforocternzeh dy relusngk ta knve up
tfenr trohntnags ogh reinknaus deinels, sa tfey dunit `osoios, ogh ioter @asques.
Iaamngk lar woys ta ehucote tfenr allsprngk ng Nsio`nc ogh Orodnc voiues, eocf
ca``ugnty trneh ta creote nts awg Nsio`nc ngstntutnags, `ongiy `asques, scfaais ogh
Nsio`nc cegters. Xfus, lra` tfe 6:'s tfey dekog ta creote ngstntutnags tfot represegt
tfe` loce tfe Caia`dnog sacnety. Lar ngstogce, ng ?>65 co`e ngta aperotnag tfeCaia`dnog-Orodnc Scfaai "Hor oi - Ormo`" ng @oncoa, ogh ng ?>>; tfe `asque,
"A`or Ndg Oi - Mfottod". Lra` tfot tn`e, `asques were oisa dunit ng Sog Oghrîs (Og
Gaar), Caiag (Cegtra Cuituroi Nsiï`nca), \oiegcno (Fagarodie @ezqunto he
Berusoie`), ogh Dorrogquniio (A`or Ndg Olluog).
Fawever, o cieor adbectnve al tfese ca``ugntnes wos oisa tfe use al reinknaus
hnscaurse ng arher ta egsure tfe reprahuctnag al etfgnc voiues. Lar tfns reosag,
reinknaus ieohers egkokeh ng eocf al tfe cegters oi`ast ngvornodiy ca`e lra` tfe
Nsio`nc Ugnversnty Oi - Ozfor, wfncf ovanhs recreote tfe tegsnags tfot exnst detweeg
iacoi papuiotnags ng Iedogag. Fawever, nt ns exceptnagoi tfot sa`e al tfe sfenmfs
deca`e pralncnegt ng Spognsf, o iogkuoke spameg dy `ast al tfe Iotng-O`erncog
papuiotnag, piocngk o sernaus adstocie ta ogy pracess al Ho„wof. Xfus, wfnie lar og
ngfodntogt al cntnes sucf os Corocos ar Dakato Nsio` ns o ugnversoi reinknag, lar tfe
ngfodntogts al tfe s`oii cntnes wfere @usin`s ore preha`ngogtiy Iedogese, Nsio` ns o
reinknag lar Orods.
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Xfns type al pasntnags fos ieh ta o teghegcy ta paintncnze reinknaus speecf wfeg
ohhressngk @nhhie Eost nssues, wfncf fos ieh ta `nsugherstoghngks wfeg sucf
apngnags ore mgawg autsnhe tfe ca``ugnty. Age al tfe `ast ca``egteh wos odaut
passndie ingms detweeg Iedogese ca``ugntnes ogh terrarnst kraups ng tfe @nhhie
Eost, os ns tfe cose al Fezdaiiof. Sa`e segsotnagoinst ar nheaiakncoiiy ngvaiveh
`ehno fos oisa specuioteh odaut tfe passndie presegce al terrarnst ceiis al oi - _oeho
ng darher tawgs inme @oncoa (Ro`deins, 4::). Fawever, nt ns cieor tfot Orod nhegtnty ogh
Iedogese gotnagoinst hnscaurse pioy og n`partogt raie ng everyhoy inle, dengk
trogs`ntteh ot fa`e, ogh renglarceh dy Nsio`nc ngstntutnags sucf os tfe scfaais ogh
tfe `asques. Xfe daughornes detweeg etfgncnty ogh reinknag ore diurreh ogh tfe
segse al `nkrogt `ngarnty ns `ongtongeh tfraukf severoi kegerotnags.
Xfns ns gat ta soy tfot tfere fove gat deeg cfogkes. Olter `are tfog laur hecohes al
exnstegce, tfe Iedogese @usin` ca``ugntnes fove kegeroteh snkgnlncogt ohoptotnags
tfot fove ieh ta tfe creotnag al fydrnh nhegtntnes wfere gotnagoi hnscaurses al @nhhie
Eost ogh Iotng O`ernco, ore `erkeh occarhngk ta cagtexts, ngterests ogh
appartugntnes. Xfe nghnvnhuois ore port al sacnoi getwarms wfncf ot tn`es oiiaw tfe`cfaase ta nhegtnly tfe`seives os Iedogese ogh Orod, os ’casteÿas‐ (Cornddeog
peapie al gartferg Caia`dno) ar os ’Iotngas‐. Al caurse, tfe krohe al nhegtnlncotnag
wntf eocf al tfese cotekarnes ns knveg oisa dy tfe ecaga`nc ogh sacnoi success
wntfng tfe ca``ugnty. Xfe `nx al Orod ogh @usin` voiues fos feipeh tfese
ca``ugntnes ta estodinsf sacnoi stotus hnlleregces. Ngheeh, `ongtongngk custa`s, ogh
deinels ore hnlleregt lra` tfe duim al tfe papuiotnag fos serveh tfe` ta oppeor os og
einte, os tfere ns og ecaga`nc copocnty defngh tfns sntuotnag.
Xfase wfa loni ta ocfneve o successlui pasntnag ngta tfe prevoningk sacna-ecaga`nc
`ahei cog gekatnote tfenr nhegtnty dy oppeoingk ta atfer reointnes. Xfot ns tfe cose al
sa`e lew Orods al iaw ngca`e tfot, wfnie recakgnzeh os sucf dut dy loningk ta `orry
wa`eg al tfenr ca``ugnty, iaam ng tfe iorker sacnety oraugh tfe` lar gew sacnoi
reiotnags tfot ca`pie`egt tfase tfot tfey lonieh ta dunih o`agk tfenr caugtry`eg.
Xfe nhegtnty oisa pioys o raie ng tfe ospnrotnag lar trovei ta tfe ogcestroi iogh ogh stoy
tfere te`parorniy ar per`ogegtiy, eveg tfaukf tfey ore cagsnhereh Iedogese-
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O`erncogs. Xfey orrnve ta Iedogag wntf larenkg custa`s, dut hespnte tfns tfey exert
sa`e ngliuegce decouse al tfenr gu`der ogh ecaga`nc resaurces. Xfns accurs
tfraukf tfe ellarts al `ast lo`nines lar `ongtong tfe Orod nhegtnty ogh Nsio`nc proctnce,
sa alteg tfey segh tfenr cfnihreg ta inve o lew yeors wntf reiotnves ng tfe @nhhie Eost.
Xfere, tfey cog ca`e ta de lo`ninor wntf trohntnagoi ospects al tfenr cuiture dut, os we
sow, tfey ngtrahuce larenkg eie`egts ta tfe reknag, sucf os trapncoi `usnc, Iotng laah,
ogh sa`etn`es expressnags al Spognsf iogkuoke.
[ntfng tfns getwarm al nghepeghegt ca``ugntnes, tfe `ast snkgnlncogt ore2
@oncoa
Xfns tawg, iacoteh ?4 `nies owoy lra` \egezueio, fos tfe iorkest @usin` papuiotnag
ng Caia`dno, wntf odaut 8,::: `e`ders. Xfe ca``ugnty ns n`partogt, gat agiy lar
tfenr ngstntutnags, dut decouse fos deca`e age al tfe `ong pioces lar tfe orrnvoi al
gew Orod `nkrogts hue ta nts iacotnag geor tfe lragtner al tfe twa caugtrnes, ogh
decouse tfe appartugntnes lar iekoi ogh niiekoi trohe detweeg Caia`dno ogh
\egezueio. Ng tfns segse, lar `ogy Iedogese @oncoa represegts o "trongngk scfaai"
lra` wfncf ta ieorg tfe iacoi dusngess ogh sacnoi egvnrag`egt, lar ioter stort iucrotnve
dusngesses ng atfer cntnes al tfe Cornddeog.
Ngheeh, Iedogese @usin`s were odie ta ngtekrote ngta tfe iacoi `ecfogns`s al
ecaga`nc prahuctnag, structuroiiy reioteh ta niiekoi octnvntnes, ocfnevngk praspernty,
portncuioriy tfraukf tfe s`ukkingk. Xfe woy ta bustnly tfns type al octnvnty rogkngk lra`
ossertngk tfot tfey ore gat ollectngk o @usin` sacnety, ta gat `egtnag tfe loct lar ns
cagsnhereh o doggeh tapnc.
Xfe lnrst @usin`s orrnveh ta @oncoa ng tfe iote sevegtnes, olter wfncf tfey saukft ta
arkognze tfenr ca``ugnty dy estodinsfngk og Nsio`nc arkognzotnag ogh lnghngk o pioce
ta perlar` proyers. Ng tfe `nh-enkftnes o fause wos ohopteh ta de useh os al proyer
raa` (@usoio), ogh ng ?>6; tfey laugheh tfe Caia`dnog-Orodnc Scfaai Hor oi-
Ormo`. Ng tfe `nh-gngetnes, tfogms ta tfe praspernty al tfe @usin` ca``ugnty al
odaut seveg tfausogh `e`ders ng tfot tn`e, tfey dekog tfe cagstructnag al tfe
@asque A`or ndg oi - Mfottod. Ot tfe tn`e nt wos tfe iorkest `asque ng Iotng
O`ernco, dut sudsequegtiy nt wos surposseh dy tfe `asques al Duegas Onres ogh
Corocos.
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Decouse @oncoa ns o darher tawg, tfns hnhg„t per`nt tfe ca``ugnty ta deca`e tfe
`ong cegter al Nsio` ng Caia`dno. Fawever, nt ns ughegnodie tfe wenkft nt fos foh ag
tfe heveiap`egt al @usin` ca``ugntnes ng `ngar tawgs ng gartferg Caia`dno ogh
\egezueio. Sucf ns tfe cose al Sogto @orto, Cortokego, Dorrogquniio, \oiiehupor,
Ducoro`ogko, Zugta Lnba ar \oiegcno, wfere `ogy Orods al @oncoa `aveh lar
dusngess, ogh evegtuoiiy estodinsfeh nghepeghegt ossacnotnags.
Sog Oghres
Sog Oghres ns o Caia`dnog nsiogh ng tfe Cornddeog, geor Gncorokuo. Xfe @usin`
ca``ugnty al Sog Oghrîs arnkngoteh ng tfe `nh-sevegtnes dy Iedogese `ercfogts al
Demoo \oiiey, ca`ngk lra` Zogo`o. Olter og ngntnoi success dy wfncf tfey ocfneveh
o ieohngk raie ng trohngk, tfenr gu`der dekog ta ngcreose. Dut hue ta tfe s`oii snze al
tfe Nsiogh ng tfe enkftnes, tfe Caia`dnog kaverg`egt n`paseh in`nts ag tfe orrnvoi al
gew `nkrogts. Xfot `eosure hnrectiy ollecteh tfe @usin` ca``ugnty, wfncf sngce
tfeg saukft ta `ongtong o stodie gu`der, dut wntf stragk reiotnagsfnps wntf Caiag ogh
@oncoa. Curregtiy tfere ore iacoteh ciase ta larty lo`nines wntf rnkft ta re`ong. Xfey
dunit tfe `asque Oi Gaar ng arher ta `ongtong tfenr reinknaus deinels ogh trogs`nt Nsio`
ta tfenr hesceghogts. Fawever, tfe goture al Sog Oghrîs os cuituroi ogh dnaiakncoi
reserve, ng ohhntnag ta tfe eosy `agntarngk al tfe nsiogh outfarntnes, fove ieh tfe` gat
ta egkoke ng ogy praseiytnzngk, sa tfot cagversnags ore vnrtuoiiy gagexnstegt.
Sogto @orto
Laugheh ng ?>6;, tfe Nsio`nc Degevaiegt Ossacnotnag al Sogto @orto purcfoseh o
fause ta ohopt nt os o `asque. Ioter, tfe orrnvoi al Zoiestngnog ogh Iedogese
@usin`s oiiaweh n`prave`egt ogh drneliy ngcreoseh tfe n`partogce al tfe
arkognzotnag. Fawever, sngce tfe iote gngetnes `nkrotnag ta atfer cntnes ogh reioxotnag
ng tfe proctnce al Nsio` dy port al sa`e hesceghogts al tfe laughers, fos prevegteh
tfe ngterkegerotnagoi trogsntnag. Lar tfns reosag, tfe @usin` ca``ugnty ng Sogto
@orto fos tfe hnstngctnag al dengk age al tfe lew tfot ns gat krawngk dut, tfe cagtrory,
sfaws sernaus snkgs al weomegngk, wfncf `oy evegtuoiiy ieoh ta nts he`nse. Xfns
`oy de hue ta ca``ercnoi cagstrongts al Sogto @orto, o preha`ngogtiy taurnst tawg,
ca`poreh ta atfer cntnes ng tfe Cornddeog.
Zugta Lnba
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Xfe @usin` ca``ugnty al Zugta Lnba, o part cnty ng tfe \egezueiog stote al Loicag,
wos lar`eh lra` nts arnkngs hurngk tfe enkftnes dy Iedogese Orods wfa `astiy
deiagkeh ta tfe @usin` ca``ugnty ng @oncoa. [fnie tfe reiotnve praxn`nty al datf
tawgs stn`uiotes eosy trogsnt, wfncf couses tfot `ogy stnii cagsnher tfe`seives os
port al datf ca``ugntnes, tfe honiy gecessnty fove ieh tfe` ta arkognze ogh dunih o
`asque ng o reiotnveiy sfart pernah. Dunit ng 4::6, Zugta Lnba `asque fos ha`e ogh
`ngoret, dut tfe iotter ns `are hecarotnve tfog lugctnagoi.
Duegovegturo
Ng Duegovegturo, tfe `ast n`partogt part al Caia`dno ag tfe Zocnlnc Aceog, exnst
age al tfe `ast ugnque @usin` ca``ugntnes ng Iotng O`ernco. Xfns sngkuiornty ns
knveg lnrst dy tfe loct tfot nt ns caglar`eh, gat dy `nkrogts, dut egtnreiy dy iacoi
papuiotnag cagverteh ta Nsio`, ogh tfenr allsprngk. Secaghiy, lar dengk age al tfe lew
pioces ng Iotng O`ernco wfere tfe @usin` ca``ugnty ns preha`ngogtiy Sfnnte. Ogh
lngoiiy, decouse tfot ns tfe agiy @usin` ca``ugnty caglar`eh egtnreiy dy Olrncog
hesceghogts. Xfese cforocternstncs ore gat occnhegtoi dut ore hue ta tfe woy ng
wfncf tfe pradie`s al iacoi peapie reioteh wntf tfe pracesses ogh passndnintnes
ollectngk Nsio`nc `ave`egts ng hnlleregt ports al tfe warih hurngk tfe twegtnetf
cegtury. Aver lnve hecohes al exnstegce, ng Duegovegturo Nsio` fos deeg doseh ag o
portncuior reohngk al hnlleregt Nsio`nc hnscaurses ng tfe ellart lar vnghncote tfenr stotus
os etfgnc `ngarnty.
@ogy al tfe pradie`s al Caia`dnog diocm papuiotnag reler ta tfe nkgarogce al sacnety
odaut tfenr fnstary, cuituroi trohntnag ogh sacnoi reointy, ng o cagtext ng wfncf
preha`ngogce al Eurapeog voiues creoteh ospnrotnags al pfysncoi ogh cuituroi
wfntegngk. Curregt Olra-Caia`dnogs ore hescegts al Olrncogs egsioveh wfa orrnveh ng
tfe terrntary al wfot ns gaw Caia`dno hurngk tfe caiagnoi pernah (?5tf ta ?6tf
cegturnes). Xfey warmeh `ongiy ng kaih `nges ogh ng okrncuituroi warm ag piogtotnags.
Agce kongeh tfenr lreeha` ng tfe gngeteegtf cegtury, `ucf al tfns papuiotnag
arkognzeh ngta s`oii nghepeghegt ca``ugntnes, hehncoteh ta sudsnstegce ecaga`y
ag tfe dogms al rnvers ogh tfe caosts al Caia`dno. Fawever, tfe snkgnlncogt cfogkes
tfot Caia`dno sullereh hurngk tfe twegtnetf cegtury, couseh datf dy tfe cegtroi
kaverg`egt's relar`s ogh lar tfe kreoter ngtekrotnag ngta tfe kiadoi ecaga`y, ieh ta
ngcreoseh `nkrotnag al ruroi papuiotnag ta cntnes ta serve os iodar soiorneh warmers. Ng
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o kegeroi segse tfns cfogke ngvaiveh o pernah al ngtegse cuituroi cfogke ng wfncf
gew voiues were ohapteh, `are ng inge wntf tfe `ecfogns`s al represegtotnag ogh
portncnpotnag allereh dy tfe nheos al fa`akegnzotnag al tfe gotnag stote. Ng tfe cose al
Olra-Caia`dnogs, tfase nheois gat agiy hnh gat represegt tfenr reointy ogh ospnrotnags,
dut ng loct hnh gat see` ta aller o pioce ng sacnety, caghe`geh tfe` ta exciusnag
ngvnsndninty. Fawever, tfe ngcreoseh interocy, ogh tfe tegsnags al tfe `aherg warih
sacnetnes egcaurokeh tfe deknggngk al sacnoi strukkies ogh tfe quest lar recakgntnag
al rnkfts dy tfns papuiotnag.
Ng tfe cose al Duegovegturo, tfe stotus al tfe cnty lovareh tfe ropnh ronsngk ogh
arkognzotnag al tfe part warmers, wfa saag estodinsfeh caggectnags wntf atfer kraups
ogh atfer reointnes. Xfus, ng tfe seorcf al tfenr awg hnscaurse, oitergotnve ta tfotallereh dy `ongstreo` sacnety, tfey dekog ta recakgnze tfe strukkies al atfer
`e`ders al tfe Olrncog Hnosparo odraoh. Xfus, tfe pracess corrneh aut dy kraups ng
Ugnteh Stotes, sucf os tfe Diocm Zogtfers, Diocm Zawer ar tfe Gotnag al Nsio`,
reocfeh tfe tawg. Lar tfns reosag, tfe stoke wos set sa tfot wfeg tfe ng tfe eoriy
snxtnes `e`ders al tfase `ave`egts orrnveh ta Duegovegturo, tfere wos og
ouhnegce lar tfe hnsse`ngotnag al nheos al tfe vnghncotnag al diocm peapie.
Xfus, tfe arnkngs al tfe @usin` ca``ugnty al Duegovegturo kaes docm ta tfe orrnvoi
al Olrncog O`erncog `e`ders al tfe Gotnag al Nsio`, warmngk ag corka sfnps,.
Especnoiiy age, coiieh @ustolo Estedog @eieghez al Zogo`ognog arnkng, spegt oii fns
tn`e re`ongngk ng tfe part ag eocf trnp fe `ohe, ta preocf odaut tfe geeh al
vnghncote tfe rnkfts al Olrncog hesceghogts. Xfns `essoke foh sa`e success ogh, ng
?>;:, tfe lnrst cagverts al Gotnag al Nsio` estodinsfeh tfe lnrst Caia`dnog @usin`
arkognzotnag. Xfe hygo`ncs al tfe `ave`egt, wntf nts nheaiaky al diocm prnhe,
ocfneveh tfe sy`potfy al o papuiotnag wfncf, ot tfot tn`e, hnh gat fove ogy
passndninty al ngtekrotnag ng tfe ehucotnag syste` ar sn`nior `ecfogns`s tfot egodie
tfe` ta n`prave tfenr inle caghntnags.
Decouse tfe odsegce al @usin` `nkrogts ng tfe part, tfe peapie al Duegovegturo hnh
gat fove og Nsio`nc pangt al releregce wntf wfncf ca`pore tfenr proctnces, ogh tfe
creotnag al o @usin` ca``ugnty wos iorkeiy og oct al n`pravnsotnag ogh ohoptotnag.
Knveg tfe loct tfot hurngk tfe snxtnes ogh sevegtnes tfe nglar`otnag tfey cauih occess
wos qunte in`nteh, bangeh ta tfe loct tfot tfe Gotnag al Nsio` `ave`egt haes gat
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represegt o trohntnagoi @usin` tregh dut o `nxture al hnverse eie`egts, tfe odninty ta
occess tfe Socreh _ur „og ar ciossncoi Nsio`nc saurces wos ciase ta zera hurngk tfe
eoriy yeors. Lar tfns reosag, hurngk tfns pernah tfe `e`dersfnp al tfe ca``ugnty wos
`are hnscursnve, ogh wos gat doseh ng tfe mgawiehke al o portncuior hactrnge ar rntuoi
proctnce. Ag tfe age fogh tfere wos tfe nheo tfot al wfeg egsioveh, tfenr ogcestars
foh iast tfenr true cuiture ogh nhegtnty, ogh tfese were `ongiy Nsio`nc. Ng tfns segse,
dengk o @usin` `eogt caglragt tfe hnscaurse al tfe ruingk einte ogh tfe Cfrnstnog
reinknag, wfncf foh lovareh tfe ha`ngotnag, wfnie hnkgnlyngk tfe diocm persag dy
sfawngk tfenr true pategtnoi. Xa ha tfns, `eetngks were feih ta hnscuss tfe pradie`s
al iacoi papuiotnag, inme tfe vnaiegce ogh expiantotnag ta wfncf tfey were sudbecteh,
ogh ta prepore caiiectnve octnag ng arher ta ocfneve recakgntnag al tfenr rnkfts. Ag tfe
atfer fogh, tfere wos ga certongty odaut faw ta perlar` tfe proyers, tfey hnh gat
mgaw taa `ucf odaut tfngks inme lostngk ogh leehngk, ogh oi`ast gatfngk odaut
Nsio`nc iow. Ng loct, tfe agiy capy al tfe _ur„og tfey foh wos ng Egkinsf, sa ogy
persag wntf tfot odninty al reohngk Egkinsf iogkuoke wos cfaseg os reinknaus ieoher.
O lew yeors ioter, tfogms ta og oi`ast expagegtnoi krawtf, tfey cauih ioy tfe
kraughwarm lar wfot wauih de tfe aihest @usin` ca``ugnty ng tfe caugtry wntf aver
twa fughreh `e`ders. Xfe Nsio`nc Ca``ugnty ng Caia`dno, estodinsfeh ng ?>;8,wos tfe lnrst @usin` arkognzotnag ta ocfneve iekoi recakgntnag ng tfot caugtry.
Fawever, tfot hnh gat `eogs o sudstogtnoi n`prave`egt al invngk stoghorhs, ogh tfe
iocm al trongeh ieohers, caupieh wntf tfe weomegngk al reiotnags wntf tfe Ugnteh
Stotes wfeg @eieghez retnreh, ieh tfe kraup ta o `a`egt al crnsns ng tfe eoriy
enkftnes (Costeiiogas2 4:?8d). [fnie sa`e eveg trovei ta tfe U.S. ng seorcf al tfe
"true Nsio`", atfers saukft gew saurces al mgawiehke tfot oiiaweh tfe` ta cagtngue
wntf tfenr reinknag, wfncf tfey reluseh ta iase sa eosniy. Xfus, hurngk tfase yeors
sa`e trneh ta estodinsf reiotnags wntf Suggn @usin` ca``ugntnes eisewfere ng
Caia`dno ar odraoh.
Fawever, tfe suppart wos, nl gat guii, ot ieost reiuctogt. Xfe pernpferoi iacotnag al
Duegovegturo, caupieh wntf tfe hnstrust al sa`e Orod @usin` ca``ugntnes lar tfenr
post ollninotnag ta tfe Gotnag al Nsio` `ave`egt, ieh sa`e peapie ta ciase tfenr haars
ta tfe`. Lar tfns reosag wfeg sa`e snkgois al feip co`e lra` Nrog tfe ca``ugnty
hecnheh ta occept tfns hnrectnag. Sngce tfe ngntnoi purpase al tfe ca``ugnty wos tafove tfenr awg ieohers, Nrognog suppart wos crystoiinzeh ng scfaiorsfnps allereh ta
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sa`e persags ta stuhy, lnrst ng Orkegtngo, ogh tfeg ng _a`, ng Nrog. Age al sucf
peapie wos Corias \oiegcno Zates. Ugher tfe ieohersfnp al Sfenmf @ugnr \oiegcno
tfe ca``ugnty cagsainhoteh, snkg al wfncf ns tfe exnstegce al nts `obar ngstntutnags2
Xfe @asque ogh tfe Snivno Roygod Nsio`nc Scfaai.
[fnie tfe @usin` kraup arnkngoiiy cagsnsteh al nghnvnhuoi cagverts, aver tfe yeors
lrneghs ogh lo`nines oisa ohapteh Nsio` ogh evegtuoiiy co`e ta cagstntute `nxeh
lo`nines al @usin`s ogh Cfrnstnogs, ogh eveg ca`pieteiy @usin`. Dy tfe gngetnes
tfere were o secagh-kegerotnag @usin`s wfa were ehucoteh lra` cfnihfaah
occarhngk ta Nsio`nc voiues. Xfus, oitfaukf tfe `ong port al tfe ca``ugnty (tfeg al
5:: `e`ders oppraxn`oteiy), nhegtnlneh os Sfno, stnii ns passndie ta lngh re`gogts al
tfe prevnaus stokes al tfe ca``ugnty. Xfus, sa`e `e`ders al tfe kraup geverodoghageh tfe nheois al tfe Gotnag al Nsio`, ogh ohapteh Sfn„ns` ng o tn`nh woy, ogh
eveg o lew rebecteh nt ca`pieteiy. Ot tfe so`e tn`e, sa`e lew Suggn `e`ders exnst
tahoy.
Sngce tfe gngetnes, tfns @usin` kraup egtereh o gew stoke os o `oture ca``ugnty, ng
tfe segse tfot tfey fove weii arkognzeh, per`ogegt ngstntutnags tfot respagh ta dosnc
reinknaus geehs al nts `e`ders. Xfe `asque, coiieh "Nsio`nc Cuituroi Cegter2 Cnty al
tfe Zrapfet", wntf o copocnty lar
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Duegovegturo. Ng Coin tfere ns o s`oii Suggn ca``ugnty al odaut gngety peapie
kotfereh ot tfe `asque og- Gaar. [fnie tfere ns o `utuoi recakgntnag detweeg tfe
twa kraups, tfe Sfnnte trohntnag al Olra-Caia`dnogs ogh tfenr etfgnc nhegtnty, ore mey
loctars ng hnlleregtnotngk o`agk tfe twa kraups.
Cagciuhngk Te`orms
Oi`ast oii tfe stuhneh ca``ugntnes fove o cagtnguaus krawtf, wfncf fawever ns gat
expagegtnoi. Xfns krawtf ns hue ta severoi loctars, ngciuhngk `nkrotnag, krawtf al
@usin` lo`nines dy dnrtf al gew `e`ders, ogh cagversnags.
Nt ns cieor tfot Nsio`, inme ogy atfer reinknaus pfega`egag, ns gat presegteh os og
nheoi pfega`egag dut heveiaps aver tn`e oraugh o iorke dahy al paintncoi, sacnoi,
iekoi ogh rntuoi trohntnags= wfncf ore port al wfot `nkft coii "@usin` cuitures." Eocf altfese cuituroi docmkraughs supparts Nsio` os o vnodie warihvnew tfot creote saiutnags
lar `ogy caiiectnve ogh persagoi nssues. Lar tfns reosag, tfere ns gat agiy age dut
`ogy al tfese @usin` cuituroi cagtexts, wfa atferwnse ore gat nsaioteh lra` eocf
atfer ar wntf respect ta tfase al atfer sacnetnes, reinknags ogh paintncoi syste`s.
Xfus, tfe pracesses tfot ieh ta e`erkegce ogh cagsainhotnag al @usin` ca``ugntnes
ng tfns oreo al tfe warih gecessorniy n`piy ohoptotnag, expern`egtotnag, ogh
gekatnotnag pfega`ego= detweeg hnlleregt warihvnews ogh voiue syste`s. Xfraukftfns pracess, exnstngk ca``ugntnes coggat de ugherstaah os `ere nsioghs al tfe
@nhhie Eost ng Caia`dno, dut os cuituroi `nxtures. Xfe resuit al tfe mngh al reiotnags,
tegsnags ogh appartugntnes paseh dy kiadoinzotnag.
Hespnte tfenr n`partogce ogh vnsndninty ng Caia`dno, @usin`s re`ong o s`oii
percegtoke al caugtry„s papuiotnag, ogh ore cforocternzeh dy o fnkf hekree al
hnspersnag al tfe terrntary, `omngk nt hnllncuit ng `ogy coses ta ocfneve bangt octnags
tfot seem ta degelnt tfe`. Fawever, ng kegeroi we lngh yaugk ca``ugntnes, wfncf
dekog tfenr octnvntnes ng pursunt al cagservotnag ogh stregktfegngk al Nsio` sngce tfe
sevegtnes ogh eveg `are recegtiy.
Os gateh ng tfe heveiap`egt al tfns warm, tfe e`erkegce ogh heveiap`egt al @usin`
ca``ugntnes ng Caia`dno ore hue ta hnlleregt couses. Dut ng tfe pracess al
cagsainhotnag, tfey sfore ca``ag pradie`s tfot fove ta ha wntf tfenr hekree al
occeptogce ogh recakgntnag dy tfe iorker sacnety ng wfncf tfey inve= os weii os wntf
tfenr ellarts ng helngngk tfenr ugnquegess os Iotng-O`erncog @usin`s.
Lar tfns reosag, rotfer tfog pretegh ta sfaw tfe tapnc os o ca`pieteh pracess, tfns
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text saukft ta presegt o kegeroi hescrnptnag al sa`e n`partogt cforocternstncs al
@usin` ca``ugntnes ng Caia`dno. Xfe ortncie trneh ta e`pfosnze tfenr hygo`nc
cforocter, wfncf ieohs ta tfe geeh ta voiue tfe` os gew sacnoi reointnes tfot egrncf
tfe reinknaus expernegce al tfe cagtngegt.
Dndinakropfy
Oghrohe, Kodrnei (4::3). ’Ei Nsio` eg io Sacnehoh Cogohnegse y \egezaiogo‐.
A`gno (>) ?. Ugnversnhoh he Ruino.
Ozogn, Entog (4:??). Fezdaiiof2 Xfe Stary al tfe Zorty al Kah2 Lra` Tevaiutnag ta
Ngstntutnagoinzotnag. Gew ^arm2 Zoikrove @oc`niiog.
Drucm`oyr, Zfninpp (4:?:). Syrna-Iedogese `nkrotnag ta Caia`dno, \egezueio
ogh Curocãa2 Lra` `ongiy Cfrnstnog ta preha`ngogtiy @usin` pfega`egag.
Eurapeog Baurgoi al Ecaga`nc ogh Zaintncoi Stuhnes (3), ?5?-?;6.
Coke Fa`aun, @eysoiug (4::>;). Ei @ugha
Ïrode y O`îrnco Iotngo. @ohrnh2 UGESCA / Ehncnages Indertornos.
Costeiiogas, Hneka (4:?:). Ei Nsio` eg Dakatï2 Zresegcno Ngncnoi y Hnversnhoh.
Dakato2 Ugnversnhoh hei Tasorna.
Costeiiogas, Hneka (4:?:). ’Ocerco he io Zresegcno hei Tohncoins`a Nsiï`nca eg
@oncoa‐. Eg2 @e`arnos hei NN Cagkresa Ngtergocnagoi sadre hnversnhoh y
hngï`ncos hei crnstnogns`a eg O`îrnco Iotngo, Hnversnhoh y Hngï`ncos hei
Crnstnogns`a eg O`îrnco Iotngo, Xa`a NN. Ehntarnoi Ugnversnhoh Sog
Duegovegturo. Dakatï.
Costeiiogas, Hneka (4:??). ’Sulns`a eg Caia`dno2 Egtre ei Lugho`egtoins`a y ei
Gew Oke‐. Eg2 Ias Co`ngas he ias @àstnca. Ugnversnhoh Sog Duegovegturo.
4:??.
Costeiiogas, Hneka (4:?8). ’Eie`egtas poro ugo pernahnzocnóg he io fnstarno he io
ca`ugnhoh `usui`ogo he duegovegturo‐. Tevnsto \nrobes. \aiu`eg ?
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