Outline - Native Studies 30 Unit 1 - Aboriginal And Treaty Rights

EVALUATION:

Assignments - 60%
Final Exam – 40%

UNIT TOPICS -  

1 - Definitions of Aboriginals in Canada 
  • Definitions
2 - Worldview 
  • Worldview 
  • Colonization
3 - Aboriginal Right 
  • Treaty Relationships 
  • Nation and Sovereignty
4 - British North America Act 
  • Federal and Provincial responsibilities 
5 - Basics of Treaty Rights 
  • Relationship Before the Treaties
  • Treaty Promises Given at Treaty Six 
  • Meaning of the Pipestem 
  • Contract and Covenant 
6 - Interpretation of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights 
  • Treaty expectations and the government's expectations. 
  • Article of Treaty 6