SCWK 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sheshatshiu, Conne River, Davis Inlet
11 Jun 2018
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Chapter 9 social work and indigenous people
Indigenous peoples in Canada comprise 4.3 percent of Canada’s total population.
-they represent 25% of inmates in federal prisons.
-A 2013 study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Save the Children Canada
found that the poverty rate of status First Nations children living on reserves was triple that of
non-Indigenous children
-between 1980-2012 they’re were 1,017 female aboriginal victims of homicides
- April 1, 1999, marked the creation of Nunavut, a new territory formed from the eastern part of
the Northwest Territories.
Indigenous people or aboriginal people: collective terms which include first nations, intuits and
metis people
First Nations peoples in NL include:
Miawpukek First Nation - Miawpukek First Nation is a Mi'kmaq First Nations band government
with a registered population of 862 living on-reserve (Conne River) as of March 2013, with
another 2,066 living off-reserve.[4
Mushuau Innu First Nation The Mushuau Innu First Nation has one reserve which has been
located near the community of Natuashish since 2002 when it moved from Davis Inlet. As of
March 2013, the First Nation has a registered population of 897 people, of whom 832 live on-
reserve
Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation The Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation is centred on the community of
Sheshatshiu. The First Nation has a registered population of 1,447 people as of March 2013.[3]
Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Qalipu (Pronounced: ha-lee-boo, Meaning: Caribou) is a Mi’kmaq
First Nation established in 2011 as an Indigenous Band under the Indian Act. With some 24,000
members spread across many communities both on the island and abroad, it is described one of
the largest First Nation groups in Canada. Qalipu has no reserve land; it is made up of 66
traditional Mi’kmaq communities, spread out over 9 Electoral Wardsin
in 1996 42% lived on reserve and 58 off, in 2006 40 live on and 60 off
Indian act 1876: sought strictly to define who would be considered an Indian so as to exert
government authority over aboriginal people. the act fragmented the aboriginal population into
distinct groups with different rights, restrictions and obligations. because of the Indian act the
significance of the Indian register the term “Indian” is still used in legal context and usually
defines a person of being of status or non-Indian status
- The main purpose of the Act was to control and regulate Indian lives.
Colonialism: the policy of colonialism adopted by European settlers attempted to completely
subjugate the indigenous people and annihilate their culture.
- Colonialism is the political domination of one nation over another, including administrative,
economic, social, and cultural control
- When Europeans began to arrive on this continent, Indigenous peoples numbered between
500,000 and 2 million. They lived a wide variety of lifestyles, depending on the natural resources
available to them. Indigenous nations were also characterized by diverse systems of governance,
health care practices, and cultural and spiritual rituals. These social aspects were not separated
into functionally specialized institutions, but were organized holistically. Such social
organization usually included some formal means by which different nations agreed to coexist.
Some, such as the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) or the Mi’kmaq, formed confederacies. Much of
Indigenous history is based on unwritten oral accounts passed down over generations
What was the impact of colonialism on Aboriginal peoples
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