GEOG 2RC3 Lecture : chapter 3 & 4
23 Jan 2012
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2006 census: 1, 319, 890 persons w/ aboriginal ancestry (4. 3% of canada s ppltn, see vignette 4. 6, p. 161. 600 bands (largest = 6 nations: 2, 370 reserves. 2006 aboriginals = 4. 3% of cndn s ppltn. high br (rate of natural increase = 3%) very young ppltn: y 21% of cndns <15years y 38% of aboriginals <15years. fertility rate = 30/1000 (2x national avg. ) Impact of ppltn increase: myth of vanishing indian dispelled, increased political power, increase demands on gov t (to meet needs; address past injustices ) high incarceration rates (aboriginals = 4. 3% of cndn ppltn, yet. Of indian affairs & northern dvlpt (diand) y only ethno-culture group to be administered (civilized) y so far, no aboriginal person has held the position of minister of diand. Indian act (1876) many revisions: status , non-status indians, only ethno-cultural group able to give up its ethnic status.
