INDG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Turtle Island (North America), Social Change
10 Jan 2016
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September 9th, 2015: it all began in a world above the clouds: creation. Stories and indigenous societies on their own terms. Lecture outline: terms, reconsidering our mental map of turtle island (north. Nations and part of indigenous groups (in categories) sustaining nations: metis, inuit, a wealth of indigenous nations and territory, boundaries between indigenous nations overlap clear boundaries are a colonial concept/context. Edmonton/calgary: indigenous peoples are one group, the value of oral history the sharing of history and knowledge transferred orally. Goes back thousands of years with great accuracy. Stories proven that they are complex and vital to the way indigenous peoples see the world but they also have validity to them. Oral history adds to the archaeological evidence. Science is slowly catching up to the oral history and indigenous perspective. Oral history and stories teach morals, ethics, and origin. Important social messages how to build social morals. Number of diverse groups with a rich culture uniqueness.
