WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Settler Colonialism, Indian Act, Eurocentrism
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20 years: 88% were mothers, 77% of the instances of violence were on women living in urban areas, highway of tears: a highway where a large number of indigenous women have gone missing or have been murdered. We shouldn"t view it as something sociological in our society, must view this as a crime. What was happening: pubic investigation ordered into how rcmp handled the colten boushie case. What are factors that are unique to indigenous women and their experiences of violence in canada: cultural violence: beyond interpersonal violence, has to do with colonialism. Being unable to teach their kids their language, eat the foods they"ve wanted to eat, practices what they want to practice: environmental violence. What does colonialism mean to you: eurocentric, has to do with someone taking over someone else"s land, assimilation: when you"re stealing someone else"s land and pretend that those people dont exist.
