Caught in the Construction of a Colonised Reality Flashcards

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Whanaugatanga

A

close connection between people, kinship

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2
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Personal and Possessive Pronouns in Te Reo

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are gender neutral

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3
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Papatuanuku

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the earth, ancestress of all maori

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4
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Whare Tangata

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‘the house of humanity (a way to describe women)

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5
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Whenua

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land/afterbirth

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6
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Hapu

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large kinship group/pregnancy

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7
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Maori View of Childbirth

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celebrated and normal part of life

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8
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Women Could Not Be Raped By Their Husbands Until

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1985

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9
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Mana Wahine

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power/authority/charisma/prestige

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10
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Native Land Act of 1885

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destroyed Maori collectivism through land loss

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11
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Native Land Act of 1909

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declared Maori marriage only valid for some select situations

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12
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White Nuclear Families

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were seen as the proper standard of care for children

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13
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Maori Could Not Adopt Pakeha Children Until

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1955

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14
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Three Ways of Adoption of Maori Children From 1962

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  1. Informal
  2. Legal, assisted by Maori welfare officers
  3. Legal, assisted by child welfare officers
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15
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Closed Stranger Adoptions

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are based in a patriarchal, white supremacy influenced common law seeing women and children as property

flouts tikanga Maori by ignoring the rights and responsibilities of of whanau, hapu and iwi

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16
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Pakeha Feminists

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must resist temptation to define Maori practices in terms of their own cultural understanding and use their recognized privilege to make Maori voices heard

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Maori Social Structures

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gave women freedom they did not have in the nuclear family structure as they could be free to take on other roles

18
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Missionary Storytelling

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diminised the mana wahine of strong maori women by relegating their roles in such indigenous oral history

19
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Maori Marriage

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did not make a woman the property of her husband, nor did it transfer her good to him