PSY 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indian Register, Indian Act, Social Economy
2 May 2016
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Canadian panel on violence against women (aboriginal panel). (2000). Aboriginal women held a position of authority in the family, clan and nation. Women shared the same spirit as mother earth, the bearer of all life. Aboriginal had equal power in all aspects. In some traditional societies, they held the position of appointing and deposing the chiefs or heads of clan, and decision-making was shared equally between women and men. Misconceptions held by europeans believed that women were subservient to men. Early european explorer and fur traders depended heavily on the innate abilities and survival skills of aboriginal women for the survival in the new world . The economic infrastructures sustained by natural resources were perceived uncivilized by europeans who did not understand the non-materialistic culture. Colonist used aboriginal people for hunting/ trapping abilities to exploit canadas natural resources for commercial gain.
