INDG 200 Lecture 16: Lecture 16- Decolonizing Gender part 2

• School: McGill University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 200
• Professor: Allan Downey

Document Summary

Lecture 16: decolonizing gender part 2: enough: post white paper (1969) responses, george manuel and national indian brotherhood. Indigenous control of education: george manuel lobbies to have education returned to their own jurisdiction. Is successful in 1973 (on paper: some issues: Administration issue: calder decision (1973) legacy, supreme court case, niska chief sues the bc government over land rights. Indigenous women fight for equality: women turn to the courts, canada vs. lavell. Jeanette lavell and yvonne bedard were stricken from the. Band list because they had married non-indigenous and could not move back onto the reserve: supreme court said that the indian act did not need to adhere to the bill of rights, tobique women"s group (1977) Tobique, new brunswick: sandra lovelace (1981) She had lost her band membership and status. She wins against the canadian government in court and the un: political wrangling, constitution talks (1981-1982, legal recognition of aboriginal, m tis, and inuit (1982, bill c-31 (1985)