HIST 260 Lecture Notes - Acid Rain, Indian Act
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Indian is a term used by the government to describe a person who has status under the. To become enfranchised as a canadian citizen, means to become disenfranchised as an. Aboriginal: it was in the interest of the government to enfranchise as many people as possible. Enfranchised aren"t: for native women, citizenship followed their husband"s or father"s citizenship, when native women married non-status men, they lost their status. Children of unknown parents were assumed to be non-aboriginal: up until recently, they were enfranchised automatically. Built into the indian act was sex discrimination. Aboriginal women are able to vote on reserves and hold office. In 1960, aboriginal people get the vote without having to enfranchise. Egalitarian rhetoric hid structural inequalities vertical mosaic; canadian society was stratified. Native peoples endured desperate conditions; poverty, violence, incarceration at high rates. Many aboriginals had high levels of addiction to alcohol, drugs, and solvents.