LS300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: First Nations, Indian Act, Eviction
19 Apr 2016
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A critical sociological examination of indigenous peoples" experiences with canadian law necessitates an analysis of power and how state laws are used to try to dispossess, regulate, and assimilate indigenous peoples. Attempting assimilation, erase and deny that is distinctly indigenous. Colonialization perpetuate by laws: e. g. residential schools. Kill the indian in the child, run by state and church. School for basic education and child labour. Video: child welfare unfair for first nations (the agenda tvo: e. g. laws about status . Indian status indian act, state gets to dictate who is and is not as indian, declares the particular rights indian"s have. Rules are set up in a particular way so that not all indian"s are considered as indians limited. The legal system is part of the colonial state. Central piece to how state regulates indigenous peoples: the indian act, the justice system is used to maintain (colonial) order.
