SOC 104 Study Guide - Final Guide: Two Row Wampum Treaty, Idle No More, Settler Colonialism

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 104
• Professor: Laura Thrasher

Document Summary

Colonialism: the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people. Settler colonialism in canada: distinct type of colonialism that functions through the replacement of indigenous populations with an invasive settler society that, over time, develops a distinctive identity and sovereignty. Taking of land and the elimination (through genocide or assimilation) of indigenous people. Official state policy to eliminate indigenous cultures. State regulated system, last closed in 1996. Intergenerational trauma: trauma that happened in past generations that trickled down to you. Cultural extinction - assimilation of indigenous into western culture. Resocialization - of indigenous children into christian european ways of thinking about the world (elimination of their culture) Residential school system: government-sponsored religious schools established to assimilate indigenous children into euro-canadian culture. (culture genocide against indigenous/aboriginal people, a network of boarding schools for indigenous peoples administered by christian churches.