SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Matrilocal Residence, Patrilineality, Indian Act

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 502
• Professor: Kelly Train

Document Summary

Violence in aboriginal families: pre-colonial aboriginal families, aboriginal families after french + british conquest, indian act 1876 + state sanctioned violence, aboriginal women"s view of family violence, pre-colonial aboriginal families. Foraging: economic arrangements * dependent on mother nature, not farmers, had to go find their food. Nomadic: constantly on the go, didn"t stay in one place, not a lot of material possessions, to survive you have to be able to pack up quickly and move eg. animal pellets as blankets, bowls, baskets, knives, hunting materials. Men: (35%) hunting was scarce, heavily celebrated b/c scarce, bought it to women, women shared it with the community. 1533-1534: kartier- no exploration done at this point, exploration done in south. Set up as trading posts, merchant and traders had no intentions of actually staying. Civilize popumation : uncivilised b/c did not look like europeans, were not. Christian: civilize them by forcing them into conversion to.