SOSC 1350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Legal Positivism, Pearson Education, Indian Act
12 Dec 2014
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Gender and law key concepts journal fall term. Note: all definitions without citations are from lecture notes. Canada attempted to assimilate first nations through mainly, the indian act of 1876. However, from the supreme court rendering its calder decision, it recognized that those who had not signed treaties (which were a majority) still had entitlement and some claim to lands that they traditionally used or occupied. As a result, through this recognition and the debate of self-government, the indian act was recently, from the late 1900s onwards, amended and self-government such as in the northwest territories and labrador inuits in northern labrador. However, they still have no external power or that beyond a province. Try to enforce the norm again by stripping them away of their identity and forbidding them to have their own identity. Ignored the fact that although they had the right to have land and stuff, didn"t care.
