INDG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: White Guilt, Columbian Exchange, Medicine Wheel

• School: McGill University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 200
• Professor: Allan Downey

Document Summary

Larger group: indigenous peoples/aboriginal/native (differs by country) Reconsidering our mental map of turtle island north america . Territories do overlap b/c land was not claimed as private property. Oral traditions, emphasize that indg. peoples come from na. Not all indg nations believe in turtle island, exact same story. Usually central to stories are women, nature. Napi and the great flood/earthdiver--blackfoot confederacy (calgary) Oral histories are 1,000s of yrs old, v. complex, vital to indg. worldview. Adds to arch. evidence . but often times, stories are known b4 archeology proves it. Yet, indg. groups are not one large group, nations are incredibly unique (creation stories, language, etc. ) Indicate how people should behave, what punishment for misbehaving is. Ex: blackfoot napi and the birch, social lessons/lessons abt nature. Views on/representation of holism vary between nations. The original nations of the new world . 1997--humans in chile 12,000+ yrs ago, not possible to cross land bridge then back.