ENGL 222 Lecture Notes - Robert Pickton, Massey Lectures, Idle No More
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Less than 1/8 native blood = no longer indigenous: reclaiming them into white-civilized-ness, says who is a status indian, who is a non-status indian, blood quantum laws were patrilineal (men"s side) -> problem! Negotiation of treaties resulted from building railway: p. 649 in textbook dear john letter, marilyn dumont. Dumont was a half-breed metis: pickton trial. Pickton interview transcript: landowner with a business and he"s white, his interview is more convincing that the prostitute that claimed. Robert pickton brought her to a farm and tried to kill her with a knife subject analysis (background judgement) Map-sense. org: texturalize / construct the dtes area into a complex area, circumvent / problematize how we know this area to exist, assumptions: skid row , junkies , agency over space. Idle no more: nishiyuu journey, young natives from a remote reserve walking 1100 km to ottawa to protest what federal government is doing.
