INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dark Blood, Femicide, Dysfunctional Family

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Darin Barney

Document Summary

Key words: maternalism: also women have role in colonialism, women habituated gender roles based on patriarchal values. Colonialism: colonialism: based on sd, can create binary b/w modernity and primitiveness, colonial state can legitimize dominance of power/control, power of modern technology/institutions. Canada"s diverse populations: heterogeneity of experiences, not homogenous within indigenous populations, various regions in canada: not all indigenous people had the same experiences. Trick or treaty: movie: history of treaty with indigenous groups, they believed they would get protection, but in reality they did not know what they were agreeing to. Who is indian: once married to non-indigenous person, you are not indian. Pass system: 1932: 2 weeks to leave reserve: state tried to control mobility of indigenous groups. Residential schools: mass amount of people affected, when we were children: film: link to trailer. Cultural maternalism: someone needed to habituate the patriarchal values: settler women helped in these actions. Women legitimize coercive removal of children through the residential school system.