POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ambivalence, Addiction, Indian Act
Document Summary
Education and schools: the vision: education was important to aboriginal people from the outset of confederation in 1867, the government belief was that aboriginal people were uncivilized and were socially, culturally and intellectually inferior. The indian problem : objective was to get rid of all indians in canada. Indians lost the right to vote: traditional leadership was removed. Indian act amendment: allowed only men to vote and elected, role of women in community decision making was eliminated. Identity: children experienced emotional trauma, pride/self-respect, capacity to cope, respect for education, government, country. Children of survivors lost: violence, lack of support, suicides, poverty, children welfare interventions, drug addiction. Positive outcomes: friendships were formed, marriages and families resulted, among this unhealthy system, there were healthy teachers. Economic impact: lifestyle changed, leadership authority and skills were lost, economic authority and decision making was undermined, economic relationships were negatively affected by the act.
