3.4 Canada First Nations Flashcards
cultural diffusion
cultural change to places
achieved using coercion (legal or military tools)
eg british empire spreading english
cultural dilution
pushing out local industries
disappearance of local artefacts and services
can’t continue traditional practices
role of globalisation in cultural change
TNCs bring new products and services and western ideas
environmental pollution and loss of habitats
does it matter if we lose culture
hyper globalisation
but we lose lots of local languages and we more importance being placed on economic change means ecosystem is lost
how many govts in first nations
634
what is first nations
represents aboriginal/indigenous of canada
protection of rights and culture
embraces some globalisation
dene first nation (sahtu)
experienced negative impacts of petroleum development
trout died in oil polluted lakes - ruined fishing hunting lifestyle
what affects the behaviour of young dene people
alcohol and drugs brought by oil workers
how many oil barrels since 1920 dene
200 million
haida first nation
protest in 1985 over logging, gwaii haanas agreement passed now area is protected (heritage site)
fort mckay first nation
worked w oil sands industry (20km exclusion zone) between development and moose lake reserve
but first nations companies get $100m a year
poplar river first nation bans and acres of land
ban of all forms of development like commercial logging , mining , dams power
2 million acres
poplar river land management plan
conservation
poplar rivers park reserve
want it to be world heritage site
fort mckay barrels of bitumen a day
250k
liberalism
free movement of people goods ideas money
