POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Constitution Act, 1867, Two Row Wampum Treaty, Canadian Indian Residential School System
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Poli 100 dec 1/2015 indigenous poliics. Franz fanon wretched of the earth: colonialism does violence to the colonized, decolonizaion is an ongoing process. Independence movements (19th 20th centuries: africa, asia, reject european imperial/colonial rule, self-determinaion for all peoples. Indigenous populaions within setler states claim right to self-determinaion. As colonizaion turned to setlement, plantaions: disincions drawn (civil vs savage) Royal proclamaion 1763: crown recognizes indigenous right to land, only crown could acquire lands from first naions and only by treaty (naion to naion relaionship, principle of respecful co-existence and equality. Four reasons: populaion mix shiting to favour setlers, fur trade gives way to forestry, agriculture, briish no longer need war alliances, imperialism claimed superiority of briish. Gradual civilizaion of the indian tribes act 1857. Numbered treaies 1871-1921: eleven numbered treaies signed be first naions an briish/canadian monarch. Crown believed they were exinguishing itle assering sovereignty and creaing reserves. First naions believed they were signing agreement for sharing land between two peoples.
