IS-1017 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Council Of Three Fires
11 Oct 2018
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Colonization is a social process characterized by five interconnected phases: Denial: the colonial culture is viewed as the only real culture and denies the value and the existence on the. Anishinaabe culture, and people gradually withdraw from their practices. Destruction: the colonial culture eradicates all physical symbols of anishinaabe culture, such as sacred sites, art, ceremonial objects. Belittlement: the colonial culture insults anishinaabe systems and any continuing practices of anishinaabe culture through the. Tokenism: the remnants of anishinaabe culture are tolerated, by colonial culture, only as legends, myths, and folktales. Exploitation: aspects of anishinaabe culture that refuse to disappear are incorporated and exploited by colonial culture. Pre-contact in the pre- contact era: children were at the centre of our universe; without children in our lives we have no purpose or meaning. Elders looked after and guided our children; without elders in our lives we have no history or teachers.
