POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Zacharias Kunuk, Ethnography, Nudity

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 128
• Professor: Hudson Moura

Document Summary

Week 10 political point of view: first nations. Indigenous peoples: i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous (cid:894)a(cid:271)o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al(cid:895) peoples a(cid:396)e the o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al i(cid:374)ha(cid:271)ita(cid:374)ts of the land that is now canada. Ca(cid:374)ada"s last (cid:396)eside(cid:374)tial s(cid:272)hool closed in 1996: i(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1011), the i(cid:374)dia(cid:374) reside(cid:374)tial (cid:272)hools ettle(cid:373)e(cid:374)t ag(cid:396)ee(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, the largest class-action settlement in canadian history, has paid billions of dollars to those who were harmed. Indian acts (1857 and 1951) are sought to protect first nations by erasing their identity through assimilation into invader-settler society, by erasing their status and rights as nations. While english and french language film productions can receive 1 to 2 million dollars, fi(cid:396)st natio(cid:374)s" p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e li(cid:373)ited to (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) thousa(cid:374)d. ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396), telefil(cid:373) ca(cid:374)ada deny that racial or linguistic concerns play a role in their decisions. Compare her film to media coverage of the standoff. Igloolik is a community of 1200 people located on a small island in the north baffin region of the. Canadian arctic with archeological evidence of 4000 years of continuous habitation.