WGS365H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Collective Trauma
28 Nov 2016
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We e k 7: in d ig e n o u s la w a n d fe m in is m. Metis - indigenous women with scottish or french men. Indigenous law - indigenous laws - separate laws separate ceremonies - multi juridical. Kinship relationships with and obligations to, all of creation. You have to earn teachings and be responsible to take in the teachings and pass it on to younger ones. Two-spirit sharing gifts with the community - you can go between genders. Arrows going inward - old ones are protecting children, archives of knowledge. Idea that they were perfect before colonization - not perfect, still sexism and patriarchy but not in the same way. After colonization - intact circle crumbled a bit. Supreme court - judges and lawyers treating aboriginal peoples differently - not all equal under the law - they were here first and had their own judicial system, canadian law imposed on them.
