Final Prep Flashcards
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a person is identified as belonging to a particular ethnic group because of his or her origin and background.
There is not however a “simple one-to-one relationship between ethnic units and cultural similarities and differences.”
Acculturation
a process of cultural adjustment occurring when two cultures come into contact. The complete adoption of the norms and conditions of one people by another usually leads to the absorption of the adopting peoples into the dominant culture.
Colonization
a meta-term used to define the impact of non-Indigenous settlement in Indigenous territories and on Indigenous peoples.
Ethnographer
a scholar who undertakes the systematic recording of human cultures.
Prepared for absorption
t was expected that eventually Indians would shed their native language, customs, and religious beliefs and become self-sufficient members of the modern Canadian society and labour force.
Origin of “Indian”
1492, Christopher Columbus thought they reached India, or said en dios
Why are there more Indigenous women than men in urban centres?
Bill C-31, women have higher education, many left due to family and housing issues, and housing on reserves is scarce.
looking for employment or better services or simply as an escape from the reserve
Some effects of reserve system
Reserves were created in the 1870s-1880s. created later in northern MB (1920s). This made them unable to travel. They couldn’t get goods from others. Cant get access to medicine. Deep sense of loss/sadness that they weren’t able to access the different places they wanted to go. Without their leaders making decisions, their way of life was affected. Some had status others didn’t.
All-Inclusive legal definitions
1) Government decisions unilateral
2) status vs non status
3) In the future, most will be urban dwellers
4) Socio economic needs of Metis and non status indians are equal and this creates a disparity between them.
Data points
(1) are more likely to have low levels of education, (2) have low labour force participation rates, (3) have higher unemployment rates, (4) have low income levels, (5) have high rates of homelessness and greater housing needs, (6) are overrepresented in the criminal justice system (both as victims and offenders), (7) have poor health status (particularly in areas such as diabetes, HIV and AIDS, suicide, and substance abuse), and (8) are over twice as likely to have lone-parent families and to experience domestic violence.
4 D’s of colonization
Disease, Disorientation, Disempowerment, Discord.
Four basic social needs
belonging, control, meaningful existence, and self-esteem.
matrilineage
“a kin group whose members trace descent through known links in the female line from a common ancestress.”
matrilineal descent
the association of a person with kin of both sexes who are related to him or her through women only.
matrilocal residence
“a pattern of residence in which a married couple lives with or near the wife parents.”
