INDIGST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Racial Profiling, Anishinaabe Clan System, 3 Women

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDIGST 1AA3
• Professor: Vanessa Watts

Document Summary

The indian act stated that if a certain settlement reached a population of 8000 people or more, reserves could be moved. Rcap attempted to: aboriginal nations have to be reconstituted, assumption of powers by aboriginal nations, reallocation of lands and recourses, governance and economic self-reliance, economic development. Proposed in canada while brian mulroney is pm, quebec wants recognition in the constitution, wants funding but also wants more freedom in the running of its affairs. Drafted in a way that would allow first nations communities to have a say in the confederation, in the first nations authority and sovereignty. Defeated in 1992 through a national public referendum. Indigenous peoples and overrepresentation in the justice system. Aboriginal people make up only 4% of the general population in canada, yet comprise. Since 2005, there has been a 43. 5% increase in the federal aboriginal inmate population, compared to a 9. 6% rate for non-aboriginal adults.