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Scott Thompson, PhD

Indigenous, Social, and Legal Perspectives on Miyo Pimachihowin Speaker Series

Scott Thompson will give the first talk of this speaker series

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Indigenous, Social, and Legal Perspectives on Miyo Pimachihowin Speaker Series
hosted by the Department of Sociology, Indigenous Studies, and the Native Law Centre.

Then the Whites Came and Made Us Indians: Surveillance, Law, and the (Re)production of the “Drunken Indian” Stereotype in Canada
by Scott Thompson, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Oct. 11
12:00–1:00 pm
Native Law Centre
Soup and Bannock will be served

Drawing on data from internal Liquor Control Board documents, law and court cases, this seminar demonstrates how government surveillance practices surrounding liquor control worked to perpetuate the "Drunk Indian" stereotype. It traces the history of how the legal category of "Indian" was coupled with that "Interdiction" (legally indentifeid "known drunkards" under the law), as well as the impact that these surveillance and control practices had on First Nations and Metis peoples identity performances, and settler preceptions of those performances.


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