CRJS 4401 Lecture 3: Lecture #3 January 20th 2017 Indigenous People and CRJS

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJS 4401
• Professor: Harpreet Aulakh

Document Summary

Lecture three january 20th 2017 indigenous people and crjs. 88: always government to enforce their laws on treaty land. Creation of reserves: dictated by indian act. Isolated communities: social issues: poverty, substance abuse, suicide, unemployment, mortality, and violence, poor housing conditions, overcrowding and contaminated water supplies. Aboriginal lands today: about 3003 indian reserves in canada, total land base is approximately 3. 8 million hectares, this is less than 0. 27$ of the total land area of canada. In the us (excluding alaska) where aboriginal make up a far smaller proportion of the population, they hold 3% of the land. Canada combined would not cover one-half o(cid:374) the (cid:396)ese(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374) held (cid:271)(cid:455) a(cid:396)izo(cid:374)a"s. Navajo nation: pre-existing burden on the land landownership example used in class continual usage of land is in the common law. Aboriginal rights: rights are the rights to the land. (cid:862)the do(cid:272)t(cid:396)i(cid:374)e of a(cid:271)o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al (cid:396)ights e(cid:454)ists (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of o(cid:374)e si(cid:373)ple fa(cid:272)t: (cid:449)he(cid:374)