INDG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gradual Civilization Act, Campbell Scott, Indian Act

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 1000
• Professor: simon Brascoupe

Document Summary

Harmful piece of policy ever to be developed. Meant to deal with the indian question. Policy is a plan of action used by the government to set out clear rules, guidelines and expectations for the delivery of programs and services to the public. Policies come from legislation or from decisions made by elected officials, such as ministers and or public servants and administrators: body/system of laws put in place to address the indian question. Policies can be communicated through various instruments, including: policy documents, laws, contracts, partnerships, the funding formula, government direction such as the throne speech, and many others. Policy can also be communicated informally through correspondence. I want to get ride of the indian problem. Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and there is no indian. National archives of canada, record group 10, volume 6810, le 470-2-3, volume 7, pp. Reflects vies and values of dominant society. Eroded relationships between settlers and indigenous peoples.