SOAN 3100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Babine Lake, Nuclear Family, Patrilineality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3100
• Professor: Sharada Srnivasan

Document Summary

Kin relationships and the family lie at the heart of organization and personal identities for first nation families. The extended family is often seen as the basic unit of social identity, psychological nurture and economic support. To understand cultural relationships we must be aware of how the relationships are represented. However, the notion of (cid:498)extended(cid:499) only makes sense to change first nation families to christianity and is known today as (cid:498)internal colonialism(cid:499) for the smaller unit, the nuclear family. Colonialism deliberate deployment of ideological, political and economic strategies to exploit the resources held by the colonized population and undermine their world views, family practices and religion. It is a persistent power relation that shits with changing social dynamics and moral values. The indian act 1876 federal government assumed control over first nations and their lands. It also divided communities into status and non status along with social welfare and child policies.