LY100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Donald Marshall, Jr., Discovery Doctrine, Indian Act
17 Nov 2015
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Women get abused/ murder/ go missing for long periods of times. Oppression- discovery doctrine- 1600s, british, french, europeans: act that gave rise to residential schools. Indian problem - wanted to wipe out their culture. They are taken away form everything they know, family culture etc. Doctrine of discovery- an agreement between european nations started in 1463. Set up by 1 of the popes. They could claim land like a soveraign- applies in case law. Arouse from the people, they were understanding calling and discovery of. Doctrine- right tog et rid of indigenous- their divine rights and it hasn"t ended yet. Samuel- 1608 arrived in quebec- they were already here for thousands of years. Cultures and societies- mac in nova scotia (eastern), black land (rocky land), inuit (far. Whose area and responsibility is it for aboriginals. 1970s canada- notion of prie use of the land and occupying- gave protection towards case law.
