indigineous politics Flashcards
Metis
red river community
Inuit
different from the rest
indigenous treaties
it was about living well together, it was revisable, trade agreements, turning strangers into family
European treaties
also about living well together; ending wards, respecting international boarders , trade agreements
Calgary is which nation
Treaty 7, Blackfoot
two understandings of the treaty
ind: share land
European: ind surrender the land to us
where was treaty 7 signed
Bow river; Blackfoot crossing in 1877
problems with treaty signing
No one could speak all the languages of the indigenous people
reserves
the crown took indigenous people’s land and gave the small areas to live on
definition of partition, what is the context
to bring home; Constitution is brought home to Canada from the UK in 1982
Constitutional conferences
leaders of indigenous nations and Canadian gov’t gather to establish what treaties of the indigenous people are
indigenous people against the constitutional conferences
Mo-hawk (mostly women)
Mo-hawk what they want and what they don’t want
Don’t want Canadian Constitution (culture and customs) they want sovereignty of their land
why is land important to the mo-hawks
Mo-hawks have been fighting for their land for 270 years before the Europeans settled. their identity lies in their land
Meech Lake Accord
Mulroney wants to fix the fact that Quebec did not sign the 1982 constitution so he consults with the provincial premiers, but does not consult the indigenous people. breaking promise of constitutional conferences to give them recognition.
