GNED 1303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Idle No More, Media Activism, Indian Act
7 Feb 2020
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Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Idle no more started when four women in saskatchewan organized an informative workshop focused on the impacts that bill c-45 had on the indigenous population. Bill c-45 contained changes to 64 acts and regulations, including the. Indian act, which had vast implications for canadian first nations populations. Aboriginal people didn"t speak out against this act, then they would comply with their silence. So this movement decided that aboriginals would be idle no more, and the indigenous rights movement in canada was reborn. The canadian government has consistently taken advantage of the first nation"s population throughout history. During this time, the aboriginal population had either stayed silent or been ignored by the government. Tactics employed by idle no more activists include gathering, protesting, fasting, road blocking, round dancing, demonstrating, boycotting, striking, and social media activism.
