SOWK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sixties Scoop, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Lake Nipigon

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 1000
• Professor: Barbra Lee

Document Summary

Aboriginal peoples and social work - feb 7 - dr. patricia. To acquire basic knowledge of canadian history from an aboriginal perspective. To appreciate current social challenges of aboriginal peoples. To appreciate the strengths and resiliency of aboriginal peoples and to come to view oneself as a helper and/or ally. To identify how aboriginal values can be applied to all areas of social work. Aboriginal peoples were the original inhabitants of what the. Haudenosaunee nation call turtle island (also known as north america) Canada act 1982 - aboriginal peoples are: indians, metis and inuit. Despite many geographical, territorial, language, culture, political, and spiritual differences, a foundation of worldviews, values, and beliefs exist. This foundation and a history of colonization ties aboriginal peoples together. Indigenous peoples recognized by visible characteristics but that is only the tip of the iceberg. The deep contains the knowledge that is embedded in the culture.