FEM 3108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gradual Civilization Act, Indian Act, Girl Distribution Company

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 3108
• Professor: Saba Alvi

Document Summary

Indigenous peoples: no one definition up to indigenous people to define themselves and to not be defined by others -> (cid:862)des(cid:272)e(cid:374)da(cid:374)ts of people o(cid:272)(cid:272)up(cid:455)i(cid:374)g a te(cid:396)(cid:396)ito(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ize(cid:396) a(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:448)ed(cid:863) (cid:894)ve(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:895) Aboriginal: original peoples of north america -> constitution act (1982): first nations, inuit, & metis. Fi(cid:396)st natio(cid:374): i(cid:374)(cid:374)u, c(cid:396)ee, oji(cid:271)(cid:449)a(cid:455), haida, moha(cid:449)k, mi(cid:859)k(cid:373)a(cid:395), blood, et(cid:272). > each has its own history, culture and traditions. Inuit: indigenous, circumpolar peoples and other northern countries. Metis: descendants of french and scottish fur traders. Cbc fought against using the word victim for indigenous peoples and only wanted to use survivor. Hundreds of treaties of peace and friendship were concluded between the european settlers and first nations during the period prior to confederation: treaties promoted peaceful coexistence and the sharin of resources. {post-confederation: european settlers pursued treaty making as a tool to acquire vast tracts of land. Small earth theory idea that world is smaller then they thought during columbia times.