CRM 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indian Act, Lawfare, Anishinaabe

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 400
• Professor: Kelly De Luca

Document Summary

Week 2: pre-contact governance vs. post-contact governance(60 indigenous nations in. Pre-contact indigenous governance: collective/communal based, matriarchal society, diverse groups= no two clans/tribes are the same, punishment not a focus, responsibility of using/not taking too much= non-human + human relations, renewal process of treaties, oral process emphasized. Intragenerational governance + relations (e. g everyone introduces themselves to a newborn baby: relations b/w creator and humans. Treaties: precolonial nishnaabeg diplomatic + treaty relationships (leanne. International diplomacy: making a fire before entering their territory/land, drums brought eternal peace: dish, world view: diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e pe(cid:396)spe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)es that shape"s o(cid:374)e"s u(cid:374)de(cid:396)sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g the world and the relationship of we have with the world. Book of genesis: punitive god (god punishes adam and eve) versus creator wanted people to coexist. By improving the land by mixing our labour with our land because god wants us to have this land.