SOC 2309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wab Kinew, Numeracy, Quebec Agreement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2309
• Professor: Paul Thibaudeau

Document Summary

Class 6: aboriginal people and canada: new relationships. Jbnqa james bay & north quebec agreement (treat) 1971 calder decision indians got indian claims. Hydro quebec could no longer build whatever they want. 3 different categories of land (i, ii, iii: i = 100% private land. Have the right to forbid people from entering: ii = semi private land. First nations still have all control: iii = essentially public land but still run by first nations (if public was respectful no problem) Jbnqa served as a model for future land claims. Nunavut, one of the biggest land claims in 1993. For one, you need to fulfil your agreement from. Government agreed to and the supreme court said you can"t get away with not doing this . Another reason, allows for massive resource development and certainty. Without land claims, there is a lot of back and forth, uncertainty, tensions and conflict.