SOWK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canada Act 1982, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Indian Act
23 Oct 2016
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The original inhabitants of what the haudenosaunee nation call turtle island (aka. Canada act 1982 aboriginal people are: indians, metis, and inuit. Despite many geographical, territorial, language, culture, political, and spiritual difference, a foundation of worldviews, values, and beliefs exist. This foundation and a history of colonization ties aboriginal peoples together. Indigenous people recognized by visible characteristic but that is only the tip of the iceberg. The deep contains the knowledge that is imbedded in the culture. That which lies below the surface is what makes and sustains the peoples. Navigation, animal behaviour, weather forecasting, observation of patterns/changes/cycles. Holistic approach: recognition of the whole person including spiritual, physical, emotional, and psychological events. Egalitarianism: a belief that all people should share equal social, political, and economic rights and opportunities. Extended family, interdependence, cooperation, humility, respect for the old, responsibilities to self and community, children are gifts, communal living, emphasis on group/clan, emphasis on sharing, land responsibilities, etc.
