Stevenson Flashcards
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Stevenson
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First Nation scholar who confers colonialism and patriarchy in Canada
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Gender and pre colonialism
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Indigenous people had considerable economic autonomy and power
many agricultural owners
commonly ran their own residence
many were matrilineal (traced descendant through mothers, not fathers)
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Impact of Colonialism
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- ended polygamy and strengthened marriage
- Indian act: greater legal rights to men
- Ended matrilinealage
- Ignored/removed institutions empowering women
- created negative discourse of Indigenous women
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Influence of Missionaries
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taught Christianity from a patriarchal view
missionaries faced great resistance from women, cause them to resent indigenous women
influenced by this, missionaries played a central role in the creation of a negative discourse surrounding indigenous women
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Sqaw Draw Discourse
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a negative and missionary view
indigenous women were seen as ugly and slave to meb
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