ABS201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: White Supremacy, Indian Act
15 Jun 2016
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Abs201y tutorial 9 (0301) wednesday november 26th, 2014. Remarks on oral narratives as a site of resistance: indigenous knowledge, colonialism and western discourse by elizabeth mcisaaac: A generally more advanced and academic type of reading. Discusses about the relationship aboriginal people have with land and the land"s cultural and social importance to the people: raven is used a symbol for capitalism. The hunter is working hard to provide food for his family but the raven just. Mentions that colonial mindsets clashing with aboriginal mindsets comes and ruins his work and makes a mess: but it is not only the mindset. The writer explains that as a non-native academic, even though she is conducting research about the native people, there is a tendency for her own academic perspective to clash. Hegemony: one group dominating another, ex: the united states are afraid of losing their hegemony to china.
