FEM 2109 Lecture 9: PP 9 - Nov 20-22 notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2109
• Professor: Mythili Rajiva

Document Summary

Alternatives and resistance (cid:862)we (cid:448)alue dogs (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) (cid:449)e do these (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863) ian ross, indigenous playwright. Anita olsen harper (cid:862)is ca(cid:374)ada pea(cid:272)eful & safe for a(cid:271)origi(cid:374)al (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)? (cid:863: canada ranked very highly in un hdi (life expectancy, educational achievement, standard of living) Empty land vs. terra nullias: aboriginal people have a huge gap, esp. women, major concern = high rates of racialized & sexualized violence against indigenous (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) i(cid:374)terge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)al trau(cid:373)a. 3-5 times higher to be victimized than other women. Value as hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s is less (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"re i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous. Two spirited/gender binary: representations of aboriginal people in canadian history crucial to understanding current context. Simple, connected to nature, primitive (cid:862)no(cid:271)le sa(cid:448)ages(cid:863: original position of aboriginal women vs. european women during first contact, settler colonialism changed this. Indian act 1876 stripped aboriginal women of political power. Indian act: cradle to grave: shift from aboriginal peoples as allies to barbaric & demonic. Lega(cid:272)(cid:455) & o(cid:374)goi(cid:374)g for(cid:373)s of settler (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ialis(cid:373) + ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) patriar(cid:272)hal (cid:272)ulture .