Kinesiology 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Fairplay, Eurocentrism, Canadian Indian Residential School System
13 Apr 2017
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Chapter 3: towards a history of aboriginal women"s sport in canada. Anne hall identified three turning points in white women"s sport in canada in her book: The girl and the game : wwi, wwii, feminist activity in 1960s. Believes that canadian history is very eurocentric. Different turning points for aboriginal women: first contact with europeans, role in fur trade. Indian act of 1876: establishment of the reserves, forced residential schooling, confluence of sport and aboriginal polices. In canada we can say with certainty that history is different depending on your race. Indian act adopted an explicit vision of assimilation of aboriginals through a process called: enfranchisement : sorry, your history is over, you need to either live on a reserve or just become a normal canadian and speak english. Indian act was an attempt to codify the protections and provisions of the royal.
