Social Work 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sixties Scoop, Indian Act, First Nations
4 Apr 2016
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Who are the aboriginals: collective term for original inhabitants of canada, includes first nations, inuit and metis. Colonial legacy: forced political domination of one nation over another including administrative, economic and cultural control. Many were made between diferent indigenous nations and. Europeans: first nations saw treaties as sacred, and a way to protect self- detemination over own territories (reserves) Inuit were never formally given land for their use nor, were any treaties signed. Gov"t used a disk list system for administrative purposes, assigning each ink a number identiication rather than his or her last name. Residential school system: established in mid-1900s by indian afairs in conjunction with several. Canada, the churches, and the aboriginal peoples of canada was established: in 2008, the federal government formally apologized to aboriginal peoples. Impact today : parenting generation lost, alcohol and drug abuse, feelings of low self worth, poverty, unemployment, reserve conditions, the justice system.
