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INST 203: Indigenous Studies 1 (Rev. C3 & C4) Report a Broken Link

This course introduces the historical, anthropological, sociological, and political science perspectives on the origins and implications of major federal and provincial government policies bearing on Aboriginal peoples. 

Unit 1: Identity: Social, Political, Psychological, and Legal Consequences

Section 1: Identity
Section 2: The Indian Act and Racial Categorization
Section 3: The Indian Act and Indian Women
Section 4: Terminology and Identity

Dyck, N. (1980). Indian, métis, native: Some implications of special status. Canadian Ethnic Studies = Etudes Ethniques Au Canada, 12(1), 34. 

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 1
Waldram, J. (1987). Ethnostatus distinctions in the Western Canadian Subarctic:  Implications for inter-ethnic and interpersonal relations. Culture, 7(1), 29-37.

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 1
Leslie, J., & Maguire, R. (1978). The impact of immigration and WWI: 1906-1927. In The historical development of the Indian Act (2nd. ed, pp. 105–21). [Ottawa]: Treaties and Historical Research Centre, Research Branch, Corporate Policy, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 2
Read pages 105–121 of The Historical Development of the Indian Act.
Leslie, J., & Maguire, R. (1978). Indian legislation, the Depression, and  WWII: 1927-1946. In The historical development of the Indian Act (2nd. ed, pp. 122-131). [Ottawa]: Treaties and Historical Research Centre, Research Branch, Corporate Policy, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 2 
Read pages 122–131 of The Historical Development of the Indian Act.
Jamieson, K. (1986). Sex discrimination and the Indian Act. In Ponting, J.R. (Ed.), Arduous journey: Canadian Indians and decolonization (pp. 112–136). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 3
Krosenbrink-Gelissen, L.E. (1998). The Native Women's Association of Canada. In J.S. Frideres, L.E. Krosenbrink-Gelissen (Eds.), Aboriginal peoples in Canada:  Contemporary conflicts (pp. 299-325).  Prentice-Hall/Allyn and Bacon Canada

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 3
Royal Commission on Aboriginal People. (1996). Women's perspectives. In Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Vol 4. Perspectives and realities (ch. 2).

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 3
Ponting, J.R. (1986). Relations between Bands and the Department of Indian Affairs:  A case of internal colonialism? In Ponting, J.R. (Ed.), Arduous journey:  Canadian Indians and decolonization (pp. 84–111). Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Required reading for Unit 1, Section 4

Unit 2: Treaties

Section 1: Background to Treaties
Section 2: The Royal Proclamation of 1763 and Subsequent Unnumbered Treaties
Section 3: The Meaning of Treaties
Section 4: The Numbered Treaties
Section 5: First Nations Understanding of Treaty Terms

Morris, A. (1880). The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories (pp. 16-21, 302-309). Toronto: Belfords, Clarks & Co.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 2
Opekokew, Delia.  (1980). Treaties. In The First Nations: Indian Government and the Canadian Confederation (pp. 9-21). Federation of Saskatchewan Indians.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 3. (Chapter 2 of  The First Nations: Indian Government and the Canadian Confederation by Delia Opekokew.  Reproduced with permission.)
Green, L.C. (1970). Canada’s Indians: Federal policy, international and constitutional law. Ottawa Law Review, 4(1), 101–131

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 3
Little Bear, L. (1986). Aboriginal rights and the Canadian “Grundnorm.” In Ponting, J.R. (Ed.), Arduous journey: Canadian Indians and decolonization, (pp. 243–259). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 3
Kerr, J.A. (1937/38 ). The Indian Treaties of 1876. The Dalhousie Review, 17, 187-195.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 4
Treaty No. 6 Between Her Majesty the Queen and the Plain and Wood Cree Indians and Other Tribes of Indians at Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt and Battle River with Adhesions.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 4
Barkwell, P.A. (1981). The Medicine Chest Clause in Treaty No. 6. Canadian Native Law Reporter, 4, 1-23.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 4
Knoll, D. (1979). Treaty and Aboriginal hunting and fishing rights. Canadian Native Law Reporter, 1, 1–29.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 4
Cardinal, H. (1999). "As long as the rivers run.." with forked tongue. In The unjust society (pp. 23-32) . Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 5
Price, R. (Ed). (1987). Interviews with Elders. In Spririt of Alberta Indian Treaties (pp. 113–114, 118–122, 13–143, 150–160). Edmonton: Pica Pica Press (University of Alberta).

Required reading for Unit 2, Section 5

Unit 3: The Métis: The Emergence and Status of an Aboriginal Group

Section 1: What's in a Name? The Emergence of the Métis
Section 2: Indian Women and the Emergence of the Métis
Section 3: The Political Emergence of the Métis

Foster, J.E. (1978). The Metis: The people and the term. Prairie Forum, 3(1), 79–90.

Required reading for Unit 3, Section 1
Brown, J.S.H. (1983). Woman as centre and symbol in the emergence of Meis communities. Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 3(1), 39-46.

Required reading for Unit 3, Section 2
Berger, T.R.  (1981). Louis Riel and the new nation. In Fragile Freedoms: Human rights and dissent in Canada (pp. 26–57, 267–268). Toronto: Clark, Irwin & Company Ltd.

Required reading for Unit 3, Section 3