The Indian Removal Debate and Rise of Partisan Identity in the Age of Jackson
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin Greene
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Carolina, 2013.
Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.
Discusses the over-incarceration Indigenous women, the overuse of administrative segregation and or/solitary confinement, and it's detrimental effects on them.