POLI 321 Lecture Notes - Indian Act, Language Family
7 Mar 2014
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Social economies: to sum up two different manifestations, gov"t sponsored empowering policies, spontaneous empowering policies (grassroots, and a third: aboriginal cases - what does it tell us, several perplexing issues and challenges o. Issues of native land claims and aboriginal rights - have been miss-specified. Language family as a way of identifying native populations is problematic - groups with a similar language family may have very different cultures. 4 basic principles that later became embedded in canada"s treaty. Tribal - equally problematic, have not always acted as distinct. Treaty of paris in 1763 royal proclamation - magna carta for units in relation to other groups. Treaty making b/w colonial powers and natives in 17th c. natives system. Recognized native claims to land with assumption that native land titles existed with british sovereignty over the land - British sovereignty came first given to crown, no private land deals. Crown could evict people living unlawfully on indian land.
