It is crucial to preface this essay with my social location. In doing so I am able to acknowledge my own socialization within our colonial state. I am determined to be an alley with the Indigenous people I share the land and resources with, I respectfully acknowledge Indigenous sovereign rights to this land known as Canada. With this being said, I am a Caucasian women of Ukrainian descent. I would like to insist the reader understand my perspective is one of privilege dictated by the color of my skin. However, my ethical code is in align with the Social Work Code of Ethics. The values being, “1) Respect for the Inherent Dignity and Worth of Persons, 2) Pursuit of Social Justice, 3) Service to Humanity”. These three values encourage me to frame
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The amendment does not consider the generations lost previously to the Act. The blood quantum requires an individual to provide proof of ancestry connected to the Indigenous group limiting it at two generations. As Lawrence had stated, “most Indigenous land claims within Americas hinge on the requirement that Indigenous people prove their ‘primordially’”. Meaning, Indigenous people would have to prove their existence from the beginning of time in order to be recognized as sovereign. Thus, if the criteria implemented from the government was unmet specific land titles would be …show more content…
As noted by Lorenzo Vercini, “[settler colonialism] is characterized by a persistent drive to ultimately supersede the conditions of its operation”. It will not stop until it absorbs Indigenous sovereignty within it. As previously mentioned the legislative control over Indigenous sovereignty is an obvious indicator that assimilation practices are ongoing. However, I found hope in the article “Imaginary Spaces of Conciliation and Reconciliation”. As David Garneau noted, “Settlers visiting these permanent sites of conciliation do so as individuals who are conscious that their institutions perpetuated systematic abuses designed to assimilate or destroy Aboriginal people so they could take their land”. As Garneau mentioned an apology and cash will not stop the assimilation process and promote healing. Rather, recognition from settler colonizers of the structure implemented in our state and acknowledgement of Indigenous sovereignty. Garneau, in closing stated, “Settlers who come to spaces of conciliation, not to repair Indians but to heal themselves, who come not as colonizers but with a conciliatory attitude to learn and share as equals may be transformed”. I think this request is a respectful way in which I find relief as I have been a colonizer. I would benefit through healing from how I was
The amendment does not consider the generations lost previously to the Act. The blood quantum requires an individual to provide proof of ancestry connected to the Indigenous group limiting it at two generations. As Lawrence had stated, “most Indigenous land claims within Americas hinge on the requirement that Indigenous people prove their ‘primordially’”. Meaning, Indigenous people would have to prove their existence from the beginning of time in order to be recognized as sovereign. Thus, if the criteria implemented from the government was unmet specific land titles would be …show more content…
As noted by Lorenzo Vercini, “[settler colonialism] is characterized by a persistent drive to ultimately supersede the conditions of its operation”. It will not stop until it absorbs Indigenous sovereignty within it. As previously mentioned the legislative control over Indigenous sovereignty is an obvious indicator that assimilation practices are ongoing. However, I found hope in the article “Imaginary Spaces of Conciliation and Reconciliation”. As David Garneau noted, “Settlers visiting these permanent sites of conciliation do so as individuals who are conscious that their institutions perpetuated systematic abuses designed to assimilate or destroy Aboriginal people so they could take their land”. As Garneau mentioned an apology and cash will not stop the assimilation process and promote healing. Rather, recognition from settler colonizers of the structure implemented in our state and acknowledgement of Indigenous sovereignty. Garneau, in closing stated, “Settlers who come to spaces of conciliation, not to repair Indians but to heal themselves, who come not as colonizers but with a conciliatory attitude to learn and share as equals may be transformed”. I think this request is a respectful way in which I find relief as I have been a colonizer. I would benefit through healing from how I was