Chapter 1 Flashcards
Point of View
Images are affected by the views, values and culture of the person that created it.
Culture
A way of life or a way of being that is shared by a group of people.
Knowledge, Experiences, values group shares
Authentic
Trustworthy, reliable, original and not a copy
Primary Source Image
Made by a witness of the thing that happened.
Secondary Source Image
Image that is created from memory, imagination or a pre-existing image
Core Values
Important Ideas or beliefs about how people should live.
World View
A way of looking at the world that reflect ones core values.
Traditional Teachings
a unique belief of the first nations passed down orally from generation to generation.
Oral Culture
Stories told to pass down teachings
1) repeat information often
2) visual reminders
ethnocentric
Judged other global cultures and ideas according to their own values and standers
Example: Europeans with First Nations
Clans
Lived in small villages of extended families
Government
is the way people organize themselves to choose leaders and make decisions.
Decision Making by Consensus
A way of solving problems by discussing the topic and not settling until a decision is made that everyone can live with.
Three Sisters
Corn Bean and Squash planted together to help each other grow. Lesson on working together.
Matrilineal
Head of each long house was a woman. Husbands went to live with the wife’s family in her house. The women in the clan owned all the possessions in the house.
Clan Mother
Head of each Long house.
Natural World
The land, water, mountains, forests, planets, wild life and climate.
Indigenous
original people of the land
Elders
The most respected members in aboriginal communities they use there wisdom to help people in there communities make good decisions.
language, traditions, ceremonies, laws, skills and histories
Alliance
union in which groups agree to help each other and resolve desputes
Iroquois Confederacy
Alliance between the Five Haudenosaunee Nations living south of the great lakes:
1) Seneca 5) Mohawk
2) Cayuga
3) Onondaga
4) Oneida
Communal
Something done or owned collectively
Everyone harvested the rice at the same time in an organized way. Together.
Economy
They way that people meet their basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter
Four core values
- everything on earth is connected to everything else.
- the wisdom and experience of the elders is highly valued.
- A spiritual world exists.
- people must live in harmony with each other and in balance with nature.
