SOSC 1801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indian Act, Bakken Pipeline, Persistent Organic Pollutant
17 Nov 2016
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Sosc 1801 lecture eight contemporary indigenous health concerns. One of the most damaging and racist attacks made on the aboriginals is alcoholism. It was believed that particular people are susceptible to certain behaviours, actions, addictions due to biological, physiological or genetic susceptibility: aboriginals were said to be biologically susceptible to alcohol. Scientific interest in relationship between aboriginals and alcoholism: ignited by historical accounts from colonists and missionaries who suggested that aboriginals were seen drunk often, created assumptions that aboriginals are primitive, inferior and savage-like. Idea about class: certain drinking behaviours are categorized and linked to class, stereotypes. Aboriginal status is given only to first nations, not metis or inuit groups: status given based on acceptance from band, tribes and nations. Colonialism influenced generations of alcoholism among aboriginals: effects of colonialism on psyche, and cultural continuity. 1869 indian act made it illegal for aboriginals to purchase alcohol: in 1961, under section 94 alcohol was made illegal off-reserve.
