GWST 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Oka Crisis, Kanesatake, Quebec

• School: York University
• Department: Gender and Women's Studies
• Course: GWST 1502
• Professor: Carol Bigwood

Document Summary

Film talks about the perspective of first nation of the oka crisis. History: kanehsatake reserve are trying to get the government to recognize them as rightful owners of the land but their requests have been ignored. Aftermath (78 days: agreement was settled to end the blockage but first nations saw this as a betrayal, because once the blockade open the. A tool of colonization and building a nation. Exerts itself in both material ways and symbolic ways: (sym) ideology: ex. Viole(cid:374)(cid:272)e is i(cid:374)te(cid:396)se(cid:272)tio(cid:374)al; c(cid:396)e(cid:374)sha(cid:449); (cid:862)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)se(cid:272)tio(cid:374)al su(cid:271)o(cid:396)di(cid:374)atio(cid:374) need both be intentionally produced; in facts, it is frequently the consequence of the imposition of one burden that interacts with pre- existing vulnerabilities to create yet another dimension of dise(cid:373)po(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. (cid:863) Historical and structural, so not rooted in individuals but in shared histories and social systems. For marx: we need to take command of the powers. These things are not recognized in the court.