INTD 1102 Lecture 7: The Indian Act
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The indian act is a canadian federal law that governs issues pertaining to the. This act is a result of the already existing treaties. It has been highly invasive and paternalistic (meaning that it has taken on a parental role", assuming that the indigenous can not care for themselves, showing a sort of condescending behaviour) This act authorizes the government to paternalism indigenous people. This is the effect of a contact zone. This act was the imposing of government structures and the limiting of interactions of the indigenous people. Gave the government the authority to determine land bases and who has indigenous status. This act has undergone amendments but there is still a lot that has not changed. Attempt to assimilate (blend) the indigenous people by taking away their culture, language and changing their appearance. The government attempted to make them act, look like and think like the settler- colonialists. This was a deliberate attempt to terminate the indigenous culture.