Political Implications On Aboriginal Family Life And Intimate Relations

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Introduction
My research paper will examine how racialized political implications impact aboriginal family life and intimate relations. The central issues in this paper will focus on social and political historical oppressions such as the Sixties Scoop, The Indian Act, and Residential Schooling, to examine how colonialism has, and still negatively affects intimate relations within aboriginal families and communities, and their ways of "doing family".
The Indian Act illustrates how government policy on the macro level, shapes micro level privileges and exclusions for aboriginals based on citizenship. Mandatory residential schooling stripped children of their culture, and predisposed survivors to mental health issues and strained parent-child relationships for future generations. The Sixties Scoop ripped families apart by disrupting intimate relations within the family.
Aboriginal people’s culture and traditions have been under attack through colonial and prejudicial attitudes, having negative consequences for Aboriginal families as a whole. Residential Schools, The Indian Act, and The sixties scoop, inspired by the Canadian governments’ political strive for nation building, has had severe repercussions on Aboriginal family life, exposing how interlocking dimensions of race, class, gender, and citizenship impact the Aboriginal family. I argue that racialized political implications imposed by the Canadian government such as compulsory residential schooling, the Indian Act, and
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