The Indian Act reinforces a number of prejudices and injustices (including the name itself). Today Indigenous have a long court precedent to lean on to protect their treaty rights. Some Indigenous believe the time is right to lean more on the latter (courts) than the former (the act).
So do I and not all of them do. The older ones more likely to. Younger ones much less likely to. But thats not really the point. The Act has a lot of paternalistic elements.
There is a similar dynamic at play with black people. White people don’t like hearing that something in their mouth signifies differently than something in a BIPOC mouth
The Indian Act reinforces a number of prejudices and injustices (including the name itself). Today Indigenous have a long court precedent to lean on to protect their treaty rights. Some Indigenous believe the time is right to lean more on the latter (courts) than the former (the act).
I live near first Nations mohawk land, they all refer to each other as Indians.
So do I and not all of them do. The older ones more likely to. Younger ones much less likely to. But thats not really the point. The Act has a lot of paternalistic elements.
Neat. I live near Cree lands and none of them do.
There is a similar dynamic at play with black people. White people don’t like hearing that something in their mouth signifies differently than something in a BIPOC mouth
But it does. Deal with it.