POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indian Act, Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women
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Lecture 06 24th october 2016: reconciliation in canada, education, and justice. Connection to the land and the territory. Land is not only about the physical environment, but also is about the culture and generations. Healthy relationships must include trust, peace, friendship. Used in creating relationships between colonial powers and indigenous, though thoroughly violated. Forced imposition of non-indigenous governance, structures, and legislation. British north america, 1867 (section 91, article 24) What the canadian constitution is now based on. Women treated as property, whereas men were of status. Removal of rule/power from indian women and power transferred to. Women lost status and were shamed if married to men of no status, or were kicked out of the clan lost right to be treated humanely and to be buried with family/clan. Child, family, and community service act 1990. Aim: to safeguard children from abuse and neglect, especially aboriginal children. Foreign government policies, practices of assimilation, integration. 19th c. 1996 120 years.
