CRI383H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Western Law, Indian Act, Red Man
9 Jan 2018
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Criminal empire: the making of the savage in a lawless land. Indigenous resistance in the 19th century was recast as criminal activities, enabling the u. s. and. Indigenous nations and their attending sovereignty became contained in this liminal space, cast as foreign and then violently remade as domestic in order to subsume. Indigenous sovereignty within the bounds of the state: transformation of the treaty relationship, the dakota, not treated as prisoners of war. They were executed: speech from canadian prime minister alexander mackenzie alluded to the violent military campaign against indigenous nations in the us. This speech marked the beginning of one of the most deep-seated myths in canadian history- that canada was a benevolent and just nation. 16. Especially in comparison to the united states, who, by implication, was not: yet, those north of the border had been actively resisting encroachment and settlement on their lands. I(cid:374) the (cid:455)ears that i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediatel(cid:455) follo(cid:449)ed, ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, chief big bear(cid:859)s fears (cid:449)ould (cid:272)ome to fruition.
