LAW 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gift Economy, Communal Land, Barter
29 Oct 2018
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Video 1: pre-contact economies and impact of contact. Impact of european contact: loss of land and resources, european colonization and settlement, change in economic practices (subsistence to trade, fur trade, combination led to increased reliance on interaction with europeans. Legacy: loss of land and necessity of trade resulted in dependency, europeans diminished the autonomy of aboriginals. Key points: pre-contact economies were diverse, most were subsistence-based and redistributive, many pre-contact economies were gift economies, contact significantly changed aboriginal economies, many characteristics of pre-contact economies are still present in aboriginal communities today. Current socioeconomic conditions: third-world conditions, poorer levels of education, health, education and income, poorer housing and infrastructure, overcrowding. Why: historical and ongoing factors, colonialism, loss of traditional land. Interference with governance: government regulation, assault on aboriginal societies, residential schools, dispossession, displacement, whether they signed a treaty or not, they were delegated to reserves, often reserves were chosen for lack of resources and economic development potential, disruption.
