SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Physical Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada
18 Apr 2016
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Generally speaking, aboriginal canadians experience inequality in a number of ways o o o o o. To understand inequalities, one needs to look at history o. In 1992, (500th anniversary of columbus discovering the new world), indigenous people throughout the americans protested celebrations. Claimed that white settlement and colonialism caused extreme hardship among indigenous people. Death: estimated that 90% of indigenous peoples died as a result of colonialism and o o. Also attacked, enslaved, and forced to give up their land and livelihoods. With the settlement of canada, most aboriginal people were forced to leave their lands, move to reserves where they couldn"t live the way they had previously. These reserves usually chosen because nobody else wanted the land o o. Excluded from federal and provincial politics o o. Not given provincial vote in quebec until 1969. Historically, white settlers and the government viewed aboriginal canadians as an. Also believed aboriginal peoples had a savage culture o o.
