INDG 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Decolonization
2 Jan 2017
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They have the knowledge, they protect and enjoy the culture. 370 million indg peoples in the world (5% of population) They tend to live places with resources that other countries want. There is no universal description of indg. Royal proclamation 1763 land agreements had rules that went along with them as to what they were allowed to do, etc. Canada constitution how to find if someone is aboriginal. Us treaties took over 100 years to make. Marshall trilogy they need gov consent to sell land, sovereignty is limited, tribes are domestic dependent nations (ex own court systems) New zealand: treaty of waitangi to british crown about lands, etc 2 different versions one says they gave up sovernty one says they did not (2 in different languages) had to have tribunal. Brazil: brailian constitution indg peoples were 0. 4% of population recognizes cultural diversity. Miller (canada) made rules for contact between indg and non indg peoples.
