Social Work 1022A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Nunatsiavut, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuvialuit Settlement Region

• School: Western University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: Social Work 1022A/B
• Professor: Andrew Mantulak

Document Summary

Aboriginal peoples collective term for original inhabitants of canada; includes first. Colonialism forced political domination of one nation over another including administrative, economic, and cultural control. Land-cession treaties the gov"t of canada changed its relationship with the continent"s first inhabitants in the later 19thc. Indian act of 1876 sought strictly to define who would be considered an indian so as to exert government authority over aboriginal peoples. Rights of indigenous peoples: united nations adopted the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples o. Establishes minimum standards for the survival, dignity, well-being, protection from discrimination, and rights of the world"s indigenous peoples. Provides the full text of the indian act. Scrip system entitled the bearer of a scrip certificate to either land or money; in exchange, the person who took scrip gave up all further claims to land. Disk list system assigned a numbered disk to each inuk. A quasi-legal status that affected all aspects of inuit life.