Final exam Flashcards
(39 cards)
when was treaty one established?
1871.
what is the definition of ontology?
metaphysics, concerns itself with the nature of being - existence, knowing, identity, time, space.
what is epistemology?
theory of knowing/knowledge - how we come to know.
Aboriginal, as a legal term, refers to which groups of people?
Indians, Inuits, and Metis.
Name the tenets of Indigenous philosophy?
space and land, constant motion/flux, all things being animate and imbued with spirit, relationship, renewal.
SCARR
what does a sustainable/sustenance economy mean?
relationships to the land and creation are central to an economic system, and economic activities are based on seasons and cycles.
what does section 91(24) of the Constitution Act govern?
Indians and lands reserved for Indians. Under Fed. jurisdiction.
name things included in most treaties.
reserved land, annual annuity payments, metal/suits for chief, medicine chest (6), etc.
what does sui genesis mean?
unique.
what is Bill C-31
made to remedy the enfranchisement of 1951 Indian Act and give back status to status women who lost it with the Indian Act.
what does the Indian Act govern?
lands reserved for Indians, who is or isn’t an Indian, and banned cultural practices.
what was the pemmican proclamation and what year?
1814, band the selling of pemmican which angered the metis as it made travelling harder.
what two leaders led the Battle of Batoche and what year?
Louis Riel and Dumont in 1885.
what does Nunavut mean?
our land.
what was the Pawley case?
metis right to hunt, doesn’t define who is metis.
what was the Daniels case?
metis are included in section 91(24) of Constitution.
Didn’t give them status, but put them under Fed. jurisdiction.
what year did the last residential school close in?
1996.
what is Jordan’s Principle?
the first one in contact with the bill has to pay, and then Fed. and Prov. must argue about the money afterwards. Happened after Jordan died at age 5 in the hospital his entire life because of the arguing between the different levels if governments.
what is the Columbian Exchange?
transfer of plants, animals and humans across the Atlantic Ocean.
name some social determinant/indicator of health?
gender, disability, housing, early life, income, education, race, employment and working conditions, food insecurity, health services.
reasons for Cindy Blackstock bringing a human rights complaint against the fed. government, and did she win.
she won, and for the reasoning of the system being underfunded, as well as Indigenous children are over-represented.
what is a Gladue report? To acknowledge what?
reports that take into consideration the circumstances of Indigenous offenders to reduce incarceration. But, judges and lawyers don’t use very often or even know of it enough.
To acknowledge that they are over-policed.
define cultural genocide.
the destruction of those structures and practices that allow the group to continue as a group.
what are the 3 main points of restorative justice?**
1) crime is a violation of people and relationships.
2) violations create obligations.
3) central obligation of justice is right the wrong, and restore the relationship - victim centred.
