ANTH 2660 Lecture : NANTHch5.docx
5 Mar 2012
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Indian problem was defined by the policy-makers and the public. Defining the problem that a policy is to solve is the first and the most crucial step in policy making. Indian problem talked about started at the time of confederation even before. Many different perspectives taken into account- historical, political, administrative and cultural. Governments have gone through many different positions on the issue- protectionism, assimilation, termination. Little consistency from one historical period to the next. One of the most important historical processes affecting fn societies is that the land base for the. Ab population has been continually shrinking on a per capita basis, meaning a lot of abs have left their reserves and communities. Population then migrates to cities or on crown land in squatter communities. This population is called off reserve or non-reserve. This is bad b/c the abs are supposed to be on provincial land/a provincial problem but they keep on pushing it to the federal.
