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Native Americans och First Nations: En jämförande studie gällande lagar i USA och Kanada
Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication, HLK, Global Studies.
Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication, HLK, Global Studies.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Native Americans and First Nations. : A comparative study regarding laws in the United States and Canada (English)
Abstract [sv]

Denna undersökning kommer undersöka ursprungsbefolkningen i Kanada och i USA, First Nations (Kanada) respektive Native Americans (USA). Fokuset ligger på olika lagar i respektive land som behandlat och behandlar dessa ursprungsbefolkningar. Ursprungsbefolkningar har diskriminerats genom historien och diskrimineras även idag vilketvi anser är värt att undersöka, då båda länderna idag är ledande inom arbetet kring mänskliga rättigheter. När lagar trätt i kraft har motiveringen varit att det ska gynna och skyddaursprungsbefolkningar, frågan är om det historisk verkligen varit så? Teorierna som valts är andrafiering, samt assimilation i jämförelse med kulturell pluralism och metoden är en innehållsanalys samt en komparativ metod. I denna undersökningen kommer en jämförelse aven lag från Kanada; the indian act, och lagar från USA; the general allotment act, the indian reorganization act och the indian civil rights act. Syftet är att jämföra hur ursprungsbefolkningarnas rättigheter har behandlats genom de nämnda lagarna ovan. Materialet är insamlat från regeringens egna webbsidor i både Kanada och USA och består av de juridiska dokument där lagarna beskrivs. I undersökningens analys framkommer det att det finns både skillnader och likheter i ländernas hantering, att lagarna har bidragit till andrafiering, samt att målet med lagarna har utvecklats från enbart assimilation som mål till mer kulturell pluralism.

Abstract [en]

This research will look into the indigenous peoples in Canada and The United States of America, First Nations (Canada) and Native Americans (United States). The focus is on different acts in both countries that deal with indigenous peoples rights. Indigenous people have been and still are being discriminated, which is something we believe is worthy of investigation, since both of these nations today are among the leading countries on the actions for human rights. When acts are ratified the motivation behind them is to benefit and protect those indiginous people, the question is, is it historically true? The theories chosen for this research are othering and assimilation in comparison with cultural pluralism and the methods are a content analysis and a comparative method. There will be a comparison between an act in Canada; the indian act, and acts from The United States; the general allotment act, the indian reorganization act and the indian civil rights act. The purpose is to compare the rights of indigenous peoples through the acts mentioned above. The material is collected from the states´ websites and are legal documents where the acts are described. The analysis shows that there are both similarities and differences in both nations policies towards the indigenous peoples, the acts have contributed to a rise in othering towards the natives, and how the main goal with the acts have shifted from assimilation towards cultural pluralism. 

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2021. , p. 30
Keywords [sv]
First Nations, Native American, andrafiering, assimilation, kulturell pluralism
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Other Legal Research Criminology Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53553ISRN: JU-HLK-GLS-1-20210118OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-53553DiVA, id: diva2:1570597
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HLK, Social Studies
Available from: 2021-06-23 Created: 2021-06-21 Last updated: 2025-10-13Bibliographically approved

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