Week 9/10 Flashcards
Who writes about violence against indigenous women, including the struggle, sexualization and subjugation towards them?
Lisa Monchalin
What is the idea behind the video “we are not your mascots, we are people”?
Criticizes stereotypical indigenous representations in school sports mascots
Why is using indigenous stereotypes as mascots within school grounds even more problematic?
It is supposed to be a ground of learning, so students are being enforced upon the idea of stereotypes against indigenous communities
What is the name of the highway where many indigenous women and girls disappeared and were murdered?
Highway of tears
Who was the prime minister of Canada that was very conservative and that dealt with indigenous issues horribly at that time?
Stephen Harper
What does MMIWIG stand for?
Missing and murdered indigenous women and indigenous girls
Where is the highway of tears situated in Canada?
British Columbia
According to Beverly Jacobs, what were the men and women in the indigenous communities respectively respected for?
Women=spiritual and mental strength
Men=spiritual and physical strength
What does the example with the missing lion cub “boomer” a representation of?
Deficient reactions from the government and police, because they prioritize a search of a lion cub (animal) over two missing indigenous girls (humans)
What is the term for the restriction of freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest? Aka people in authority making decisions for their “subordinates”
Paternalistic
What is the derogatory racial term aimed towards indigenous women?
Squaw
Where does the image of indigenous women is represented as ‘exotic’ and ‘sexy’? (2)
Halloween costumes and Barbie dolls
What is the term ‘squaw’ coming from?
‘Esqwew’, meaning ‘women’ in Algonquin
Who’s the Métis scholar that addresses the issue in regard to calling indigenous women ‘squaws’?
Emma Larocque
What is the term for degrading someone to the status of a mere object?
Objectified
What is the name of the campaign that stands up against violence towards women and children?
Moose Hide campaign
What is the name of the first government-funded database of cases of missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada?
Sisters in spirit
What is the name of the law projet that denounces indigenous women’s treatment?
Lakota People’s Law project
What are the three conditions in order to pass the Aila test?
1) she is an indigenous woman as the main character
2) does not fall in love with a white man
3) does not get murdered or raped at any point in the story
What is the other name for the doctrine of occupation?
Terra Nullius
What is the name of the doctrine that talks about voluntary surrender of indigenous lands?
Doctrine of cession
Who talks about the doctrine of cession?
Chelsea Vowel
How much was the monetary compensation for each person for the land surrender?
5$ each
What is the total numbers of treaties that were recognized across Canada?
70 treaties
What type of treaties were highly sophisticated oral agreements?
Inter-indigenous treaties
What did the inter-indigenous treaties cover?
Everything from trade arrangements to conflict settlements, with each a specific consequence for a breach if contract and a specific way to renew the treaty
What is the type and name of the treaty between the Haudenausonee and the Dutch in 1613?
Two-row wampum
What can the concept of indigenous rights be summed up as?
As the right to independence through self-determination regarding governance, culture, land and resources
Between which colonial and indigenous groups was there a fault in the agreement of fishing lands, where commercial fishers attacked indigenous peoples?
The Britains and the Mikmaqs
What type of rights do Indigenous peoples have?
Collective rights
In which century was their the recognition of Aboriginal Title with the Royal Proclamation?
18th century
What term refers to the inherent Aboriginal right to land or territory?
Aboriginal Title
What are two things the Proclamation states in regards to indigenous peoples?
1- guarantees certain rights and protections
2- establishes the process by which the government will acquire their lands
According to Vowel, what were the upper Canada treaties aiming for?
Open up lands for British colonists to settle
What was the reason for the British colonists to rush the treaties with the Indigenous peoples between 1783 and 1812?
Settle loyalists after the American Revolution
Between 1764 and 1783, what were the treaties still focused on?
Trade and security, rather than tiny parcels of land
In 1850, what started with the Robinson-superior and Robinson-Huron treaties?
Reserves
What is so particular with the Robinson-superior and Robinson-Huron treaties comparatively to previous treaties?
It is the first time discussing hunting and fishing rights
Which Nation signed the RST and the RHT?
Ojibway of the Upper Great Lakes
What is the relation between the RST+RHT and the future numbered treaties?
They were used as precedents
What are the numbered treaties about?
Lands that has been surrendered
What was the indigenous perspective in regards to the numbered treaties?
They did not see it as giving up land, they saw it as sharing territory because it did not make sense for them to give up inherent rights to land
What is the different thought process regarding treaties contrasting the indigenous people and the settler colonialists ideas?
Indigenous peoples saw it as a continuity, something changeable
Settler colonialists saw it as a done deal
What was a method used by the crown to make the indigenous communities sign the treaties?
Starvation
Who was the prime minister at the time indigenous peoples were starved in order to sign the treaties?
John A. Mcdo
Which animal was slaughtered for the starvation tactic?
Buffalos, highly used animals for various indigenous groups lifeway
What object was presented to commemorate the treaties #3-4-5-6-7?
Treaty medals
Who wears the British Union Jack flag in order to represent the unfulfilled promises from the treaties?
Chief Robert Fiddler
Who forged diplomatic links with First Nations, allowing for the convincing of the indigenous leaders into signing the treaties?
The NWMP (northwest mounted police)
What what the main reason for the indigenous peoples to sign treaty 6?
Reoccurring images of the queen and her children
What does the constitutional recognition do?
Recognizes the right to self-governance
What is vowel’s view on the interpretation of the treaties?
Oral promises are part of treaty
No ambiguity
Extrinsic evidence
What does elected chief, Bev Sellars, talk about?
The early effects of the Indian Act
