SOSC 1801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Indian Health Service, Terra Nullius
14 Nov 2016
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Health co(cid:374)tro(cid:448)ersies i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous health 2: co(cid:374)te(cid:373)porary issues (cid:894)po(cid:449)erpoi(cid:374)ts(cid:895) Topics covered last class: historical influences on aboriginal health. Terra nullius & settlers claims to land. 1869 indian act- illegal to buy alcohol. Degree of social & cultural cohesion within a community. Control of education, security & cultural facilities. Control of the policies & practice of health & social programs. Systematic environmental violence experiences by indigenous people. Government, fossil fuel companies, domestic & international monitoring agencies & human rights organization. Biological susceptibility: people are susceptible to certain behaviour, actions, addictions b/c of biological or physiology. People believe indigenous people are biologically susceptible to be alcoholic. Scientific interest was that they saw more indigenous people get drunk. Certain drinking behaviours were seen to be more appropriate than others. For example: for higher class its okay to be drunk in public, bit lower classes were only allows to drink in private at home. When people saw, indigenous people drink, stereotypes increases.
