Bryce probably did altruistically support educating and christianizing the "savages" as was the vogue at the time, but he was so opposed to the methods he fell on a sword to expose it.
That's exactly my point. What we consider cultural genocide today was the progressive take of the era because the intention was to help indigenous people through assimilation.
As the descendant of highlanders, I feel affinity with Indigenous people. I know what its like to have the English attempt to exterminate your culture. I know what it is like to be dispossessed of your land. I know what it is like to be punished for speaking your language. Also, if it hadn't been for the Mi'kmaq, my ancestors wouldn't have made it through the first winter.
Really? You were alive during the Jacobite Uprising and the harsh conditions set upon highlanders in its aftermath? Has any of what happened to your ancestors actually impacted you today? p.s. Scottish nobles sold Scotlands sovereignty to the English crown and Highland clan leaders performed the clearances; Scots are our own worst enemy.
I too feel an affinity with Indigenous people, but not because our shared historical oppression, more so because Indigenous people, like Scots, have managed to do well for themselves despite the odds overwhelmingly stacked against them. I hope Canada and everyone that is a part of it can move forward and continue making the lives of everyone in it better.