POL 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Charlottetown Accord, New Zealand First, White Paper
22 Jun 2018
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MIDTERM NEXT WEEK! (does NOT cover gender, only goes up to aboriginal unit)
Tips for essay:
think it through
Take the time and point form outline
Essay answer: open-ended
Short intro, long body, conclusion
Specific examples from readings and lectures
No short answers (multiple choice & long essay)
Aboriginal issues unit objectives
-Europ ea n colonialis m (a long- time lega cy worldwid e)
oEurop ea n powers and principle of terr a nullius
Terra nullius: easily misun d e rs t a n d “empty land”
It doesn’t me an no one there. It was the Europ ea n s saying that ther e wa
no society organize d as the “Europe a n society” or form of govern m e n t
Justifies their reas oning to take land from aboriginal groups
It doesn’t have the kind of orga niza tion/so cie ty we are accust o m e d to
Blanket ter m/justification
French colonizers met with little agre e m e n t s (used by force and
com m e r c e) mad e agre e m e n t s but slowly displac ed it.
When the English first colonize d Maritime s province s, ther e was a simila
approa c h. Some degre e of com m e r c e used (very few formal agre e m e n t s
Used Friends hip and Peac e tre atie s (they were not regard e d as formal
tre atie s as we would use with other Europe a n countries)
Middle- term alliance agre e m e n t s (taken very lightly)
Tried to formalize aboriginal settlement
Western provinces mostly done through settlement treaties (with the
exception of Prairie provinces)
-Alterna tiv e govern a n c e options:
oIntegr atio n and assimilation
They are not syno my m s !
Assimiliation – subm e r g e the m into one cultur e (they
beco m e just like one of us)
Integr atio n- you have distinct peoples who coope ra t e and
work tog et h e r. They shar e a lot and is able to ret ain their
own cultur e
Incorpor at e diversity into a society
Both of the m focuses on
oSelf gov ern m e n t , focused on reserv es
Local auto no m y in a specific local are a yet still recog niz ed
as a political and social hole (subject to the local autho rity)
oAboriginal sover eig nt y
Proble ma tic beca us e the ter m “sover ei gn ty” is vagu e in
this conte xt. Is it referring to full sover eig nt y or being
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Document Summary
Midterm next week! (does not cover gender, only goes up to aboriginal unit) No short answers (multiple choice & long essay) Europ e a n colonialis m (a long- time lega c y worldwid e: europ e a n pow er s and principle of terr a nullius. Terra nullius: ea sily mis u n d e r s t a n d em p t y land . Justifies their rea s o nin g to tak e land from aborigin al grou p s. It doe s n"t hav e the kind of orga niz a tio n/ s o ci e t y we are accu s t o m e d to. Blanke t ter m/j us tifica tion. When the english first colonize d maritim e s provinc e s , ther e was a simila appro a c h .
