Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism

Question 1

Historical Context

Answer 1

Prior to Europeans landing on what is now Canada, many different aboriginal groups lived on the land, and relied on the land water and air for their livelihood. Many were peripatetic or nomadic and they made both alliances and war. Europeans relied on them at first and then began to clash, could not appreciated their nomadic essence and eventually considered Indigenous peoples as “wards”

Question 2

Attempts at Assimilation and Genocide

Answer 2

• “Civilizing the Indians”
• Reservations - ruled by the Indian Act
• Residential Schools Education and Assimilation
• Sixties Scoop

Question 3

Truth and Reconciliation: Call to Action

Answer 3

• 6 years of hearings and testimony of 6000+ survivors of residential school and their loved ones
• Report completed June 2, 2015
• 94 Calls to Action to address cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples
• Enactment of residential school policy led to intergenerational and ongoing adverse impacts

Question 4

Impacts of cultural genocide

Answer 4

• Indigenous suffrage
• Loss of livelihood, culture, family, relationships, identity
• Stress, poverty, substandard housing, food insecurity
• Internalized stigma
• Suicide and self-harm
• Victims of violence
• Infant mortality and child welfare
• Health disorders

Question 5

What is equity-oriented care?

Answer 5

Accounts for the experiences and linkages of trauma and violence to multiple health disorders

• Interdisciplinary approach
• Partnerships with Indigenous peoples
• Investigators immersed in clinic
• Action at all levels

Question 6

Key dimensions of Equity-Oriented services

Answer 6

• Trauma and violence informed care
• Culturally safe care
• Contextually-tailored care