ISBN:
9781442606630
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (449 pages)
Parallel Title:
Monchalin, Lisa, 1981 - The colonial problem
Parallel Title:
Print version Monchalin, Lisa The Colonial Problem : An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada
DDC:
305.897071
Keywords:
Indigenous peoples - Crimes against - Canada
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration Canada
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Electronic books
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Kanada
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Kolonialismus
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Indigenes Volk
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Soziale Situation
;
Diskriminierung
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Kriminalität
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Geschichte
Abstract:
In The Colonial Problem, Lisa Monchalin challenges the myth of the "Indian problem" by arguing that the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system is not an Indian problem, but a colonial one.
Abstract:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note to Instructors -- Teaching Material that Challenges -- In the Classroom -- Introduction and purpose: Understanding and Reducing Injustice -- 1. Introduction to Indigenous Peoples in Canada -- By Way of a Definition: Who Is Indigenous -- Canadian Definitions of Indigenous Peoples -- How Many Indigenous Peoples Are in Canada? -- Debunking Stereotypes and Assumptions -- 2. Introduction to an Indigenous Perspective: Ideology and Teachings -- Indigenous World Views -- Walking the Red Road: Following "Traditional" Teachings -- Elders -- Circular Thinking -- Knowledge Creation and Interpretation -- Teachings -- The Smudging Ceremony -- Protocols and Learning More -- 3. Indigenous Governance and Methods of Addressing Crime -- Turtle Island -- Traditional Governance and Governance Structures -- The Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace -- Clan Systems -- Traditional Methods of Addressing Crime -- 4. Historical and Contemporary Colonialism -- Doctrines of Discovery and Conquest -- The Underpinnings of the Rights of Property -- Colonialism -- Orientalism -- Contemporary Colonialism -- White Privilege -- 5. Canadian Legal History: The Interpretation of Indigenous Treaties and Rights -- Treaty Overview -- The Royal Proclamation of 1763 -- The Treaty of Niagara of 1764 -- An Organized Takeover: The Conspiracy of Legislation -- The Numbered Treaties -- 6. Indigenous Peoples and the State: Legal Manipulation and Indian Legislation -- "Indian Reserves," "Indian Agents," and the "Indian Pass System" -- The Origins and Development of Indian Legislation -- The Philosophy and Intent of the Indian Act -- Defining "Indians" out of Existence and the System of Enfran -- Chief and Band Council Structure: The Prohibition of Hereditary Leadership and an Assault on Indigenous Lands
Abstract:
"Indian"-Specific Liquor Laws and Regulating Pool Hall Entry -- Outlawing "Indian" Culture, Dancing, and Ceremonies -- Scrap the Act?: The White and Red Papers -- 7. The Impact of Assimilation: Residential Schools and Intergenerational Trauma -- The Davin Report -- Residential Schools -- Genocide -- Legal Challenges, Residential School Settlement Agreements, and Apologies -- Intergenerational Legacies and Trauma -- 8. Crime Affecting Indigenous Peoples: Over-Representation, Explanations, and Risk Factors -- The Criminalization of Indigenous Peoples -- The Victimization of Indigenous Peoples -- Resilience and Risk Factors -- Indigenous Peoples: Young and Growing -- The Cycle of Crime Affecting Indigenous Peoples -- 9. Violence Affecting Indigenous Women: Struggle, Sexualization, and Subjugation -- The Challenge: Violence Affecting Indigenous Women -- Traditional Indigenous Societies' Treatment of Women: Valued, Honoured, and Respected -- Euro-Canadian Treatment of Indigenous Women: "Rapable" Sexual Objects -- Popular Culture Depictions: The Sexualization of Indigenous Women -- The National Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women -- The Highway of Tears and Abuse and Fear in Northern British Columbia -- Missing and Murdered Women in Downtown Eastside Vancouver -- Calls for a National Public Inquiry -- 10. The Real Criminals: Governments and Their Corporate Priorities and Failed Agreements -- Constitutional Rights Recognition -- Aboriginal Rights: The Sparrow Decision and the Van der Peet Trilogy -- Aboriginal Title: The Delgamuukw Decision -- Treaty Interpretation: The Sioui and Marshall Decisions -- The Crown's Fiduciary Duty: Haida Nation, Taku River Tlingit First Nation, Mikisew Cree, and Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation Decisions -- Recent Aboriginal Title Decisions: Tsilhqot'n Nation and Grassy Narrows First Nation
Abstract:
Non-recognition of Aboriginal Rights, Title, and Self-Determination -- Non-recognition of Indigenous Lands and Protection of Sacred Burial Grounds -- The Resource Development Agenda Trumps Treaty Relationships -- Bill C-45 and the Idle No More Movement -- 11. Modern Agreements and Land Claims: The Government's Desire for "Economic Certainty" -- Land Claims: Specific Claims and Comprehensive Claims -- Breaking the First "Modern Treaty": The James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement -- Land Claims in British Columbia: The Government's Self-Serving Agenda -- The Tsawwassen Final Agreement -- 12. Euro-Canadian "Justice" Systems and Traditional Indigenous Justice -- Western Justice and Indigenous Justice -- Starlight Tours: Police Brutality against Indigenous Peoples -- Policing: Indigenization, Low Credibility, and Over- and Under-Policing -- The Court System: Tinkering with Laws, Gladue Reports, and Courts -- The Correctional System: Indigenization and Traditional Healing in Prisons -- Cultural Misunderstanding within the Canadian Criminal Justice System -- The Restorative Justice Movement -- Traditional Approaches Incorporated into Non-traditional Social Structures -- Indigenous Traditions Reinvented in the Context of Colonization -- 13.Moving Forward: Lighting the Eighth Fire -- The Seven Fires Prophecy -- The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Considering and Implementing Recommendations -- The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Decolonization, Reconciliation, and Resurgence -- Decolonization in Practice: Artists Reversing the Gaze, Creating Conversation, and Reawakening Spirits -- Returning to the Teachings: Traditional Practices and Healing -- Indigenous-Specific Prevention Programming -- The Aboriginal Justice Strategy -- Indigenous-Specific Education Supports and Programming
Abstract:
Indigenous Community-Based Organizations: Offering Programs by and for Indigenous Peoples -- Community Champions: Inspiring, Educating, and Making Change -- Notes -- Index
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