The Canadian State and Indigenous Peoples

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course provides an introduction to the historical and contemporary relationships between the Canadian government/society and Canada's Indigenous peoples. Topics include the Treaties, the Indian Act and subsequent efforts to abolish or reform these fundamental legislative parameters of the relationships. Other topics include original Indigenous governance traditions and contemporary Indigenous governance in the cities. Maximum 6 credit hours of Political Science at the 1000 level may be used for degree credit.