WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Indian Act, Domestic Violence
16 Apr 2017
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Aboriginal women experience violence at a rate of 3. 5 times higher than non-aboriginal women. Spousal abuse rate it 3 times higher than non-aboriginal women. Young aboriginal women are 5 times more likely to do the violence. Aboriginal women are 8 times more likely to be murdered tan non-aboriginal women. 6 out of 10 incidents of violent crimes of aboriginal people go unreported. Taking control of land and resources, material requirement. Seeking your own wealth as a nation in expense of others. Metropolitan nations incorporate new territories or people through processes that are essentially involuntary, such as war, conquest, capture, and other forms of force or manipulation . Canada as a setter colonial country: we are a settler colonial nations because we have a lot of settlers that came into the country. Decides who is banned and governs indian reserves. The indian act is a federal law that governs in matters pertaining to indian status, bands, and.
