CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Oka Crisis, Expo 67, Red Power Movement
14 Mar 2017
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Royal commision of aboriginal peoples (rcap) /monture: penal over-representation as an indicator of systemic problems. Did not help transform canada"s justice system. Aboriginal over-representation continues to grow in recent years (23%) Little to no implementation despite voluminous reports. Cjs was multi-layered, not centralized, somewhat incoherent prior to confederation. What existed as indian policy in the broader dominion of canada was a mixture of. Act to encourage the gradual civilization of indian tribes and enfranchisement act brought into indian act. Nwmp act 1873 law and order to the prairies. Early stages if the national policy, three pillars plus treaties. Establishment of reservation system, treaties, agricultural settlement. J. a macdonald and dewdney took advantage of the pol. Crushed" the native movement- killed the momentum for re-opening treaty negotiations. Reserves as containers; beginnings of massive bureaucracy of surveillance-control- governance w/ indian affairs. Assimilation (kill the indian in the child) Mostly criminalization of giving ceremonies i. e. dances, rituals, dresses etc .
