SOC370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Indian Register, Postcolonialism, Child Neglect
5 Apr 2016
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Lecture six: race, racism and immigration in canadian history. Fail to recognize that historic injustices can continue to affect people. Collective and continued trauma: first contact fur trade, residential schools, 60s scoop, millennium scoop, gross over-incarceration, refusal to look into the missing and murdered aboriginal women. Indian act 1884: rapidly assimilate them into dominant culture one way was residential schools. Goal: to kill the indian within the child. 1000s of aboriginal children between 13-17 were forcefully removed from their homes. Overcrowding, undernutrition, maltreatment, punished aboriginal language and traditions. To offset costs, governemnt gave control to the church white priests and nuns. They also did manual labour to offset costs. By 1930 70% of aboriginal children were in irs. It was an intentional separation resulting in complete isolation. 1996 last residential school closed 150 000 people had gone to it. Goal : to control most aspects of the person"s life.
