SOCI 2P51 Chapter 26: What do you call an Indian Woman with a Law Degree? Nine Aboriginal Women at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law Speak Out? Tracey Lindberg .docx
5 Jun 2015
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The view includes a careful examination of the accommodation of aboriginal women in the: curriculum, class teaching, materials, understandings of law school, reasons to enter law school, to change people"s views on indians, one came on a dare from someone, always wanted to become a lawyer to make a difference in the world, a law degrees offers a lot of career options, to fight back because of the way she was treated by males in the justice system. Lots of these students were alienated: they couldn"t be a member of the very real boys club, had to be an expert on any aboriginal concerns, are treated based on their race, it has kept some people from interacting with them because if their race, it"s not chic or trendy to befriend an aboriginal, many received support from aboriginal men on campus, aboriginal men found it a lot easier to voice their opinions than women did.
