INTD 200 Lecture Notes - Terra Nullius, Kelowna Accord, International Indian Treaty Council

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Karen Mc Allister

Document Summary

Issue of indig ppls most imp hr issue in cda (issue crit in cda most often) Also major issues throughout americas: us, central am, lat am + australia, new zealand. Internat lang, use term indigenous" canada, use aboriginal". Cdn constit of 1867, use term indian", but not used today. Even in constit act of 1982, use terms indian, inuit, metis. No longer use term eskimo (use inuit instead) Use term first nations for native tribes here as nations before contact. Before contact = before coming of english/fr/spanish/portuguese. Native peoples = first nations, inuit, metis. Canada in legal lang = aboriginal although first nations call themselves first nations. Make it clear that it is nations" b/c tendency in cda put all aboriginals in 1 basket as if all same. Other diff issue of dealing w/indig ppls = definition of who are indig ppls. Ilo convention 169 on indig + tribal ppls.