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Kahente Horn-MillerHumanities Documents |
Projet de recherche Citizenship, Adoption and Membership: A critical review of the theory and practice of membership at Kahnawà:ke Over 500 years of colonization indigenous identity has been externally defined. Imposed Indian status based on race departs from non-racist indigenous membership practices. Currently, band membership bi-laws portend towards determinants based on criteria with strong racial undertones. These practices derive from colonial policies that are ramified in contemporary membership laws like the Canadian Bill C-31 and the Kahnawà:ke Law on Membership. Discourse surrounding the Law highlights the ongoing conflict between conceptions of individual and collective rights. The incorporation of a classificatory process of membership differs from those facets of indigenous membership and citizenship practices that are colour-blind and flexible. |
