How did France influence indigenous culture?

Answer 1

France influenced indigenous culture by setting up French structures in the French colonies of Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. The French colonizers built schools where the instruction was in French. They cleared the land for roads, to connect French businesses, institutions and properties. They promoted Europe's religious traditionsthrough missionary priests, nuns and groups. They released publications such as religious literature, newspapers, and textbooks, that were oriented to French readers and speakers. They set up businesses, such as plantations, that were geared to the market needs of France, other colonial powers, and other European countries. They transplanted their government bureaucracy, and their French language as its spoken and written means of communication. As a consequence, the important cultural, economic and political meeting points in the French colonies were defined by fluency in French, familiarity with French ways of doing things, and capabilities in French enterprises.

Answer 2

France influenced indigenous cultures through colonization, introducing their language, religion, and customs. French presence also impacted indigenous economies, politics, and social structures, leading to a blending of indigenous and French elements in some aspects of culture. This influence can still be seen in various aspects of indigenous societies in former French colonies.