ANTH 234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Individual Psychological Assessment, Indian Act, Oka Crisis
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Policies of cultural genocide & assimilation damaged the relationship between indigenous and settlers. *eradicating language: communications with family and culture, oral traditions and passing of knowledge. *intergenerational trauma: damages passed down through generations of a family. *land: taken away/lost, relocation damages to spiritual connectedness. *governance: indigenous individual gov. taken away imposition of crown sovereignty, treaties were broken process of healing and reconciling. Indian residential school settlement agreement 5 components: common experience payment, individual assessment process, trc, health and healing services, commemoration funds. No. not all trc recommendations have been followed through on. If they had been followed through: wouldn"t need missing and murdered aboriginal women"s inquiry, the trc etc. It is settler denial, systemic racism, failure to understand indigenous cul- ture and heritage/traditional, conservative government (uninterested in addressing the rela- tionship/pro-assimilation etc. Relationship of mutual support, respect, assistance was confirmed by the royal proclamation. Memory confirmed and passed down through indigenous oral histories.
