ANTH 436 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Canada, Ontology, Moses Asch
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What is owed to you, for what reasons? what does it mean to be indigenous? function of the collective social dynamic (as opposed to personal) -- a collectivity that benefits from things that were done in the past. Self identification is not sufficient -- must be paired with acceptance of community the joseph boyden case settler responsibility/guilt. Erasure of history -- convenient way to lose sight of responsibility. That"s history, it"s in the past or we did some terrible things, sorry . Americans could not settle beyond the appalachian mountain range (a stimulus for the. Indians and lands reserved for indians: indian act 1876: provinces retained power to enact laws of general application which did not conflict with federal laws and treaties, treaty making. Indian acts: mechanism to dominate, isolate, assimilate aboriginal peoples and their culture introduced indian band governance on reserves. *if indian status is taken away, they will have less than what they already have so.