HISTORY 3W03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Squaw, Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, Indian Act
12 Dec 2020
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Lecture: indigenous women and the colonial project ii. Indigenous women"s sexuality: after contact, significant themes emerged around indigenous women"s history. Ideas about the sexuality of indigenous women established as soon as contact began. Indian act, 1876: these concepts were written into the indian act of 1876 in canada, certain rights were afforded to men and women of good moral character as determined by an indian agent. Indigenous women regularly targets of sexual and physical abuse in the past century. Resisting these depictions: feminist historians of indigenous women have been quick to reject these ideas. Control over indigenous women: settler men went about controlling indigenous women in other ways. Could not inherit husband"s personal property upon his death. Everything went to his children: amendment in 1884 allowed men to will their estate to their wives. Women were essential to social and political structures. Continued to recognize hereditary chiefs and clan mothers until 1924.
