Indigenois Flashcards
Indigenous
More positive way to say those existing in a land first
Metis
Indigenous but from the french
Inuit
Artic indigenous
Worldview
Ecological and wholistic
(W)holistic
Interconnected
Oral tradition
Inheritance of beliefs and traditions through mouth
Elder
Not old experienced leaders
Colonization
Process of settling and establishing control
Assimilate
To absorb one culture to another culture by force
3 sisters
Balance and sacrifice connected
Residential schools
Used to assimilate, funded by government operated by catholic church
Truth and reconciliation
Fix it bud
Sacred
Respected and divine
The great spirit
Unites everything
Mother earth
Teaches us how to interact with the environment
Trister
Not creator but plays roles of shaping good and evil in creation
Circle
Represents everything on earth in connected
Drum
Heartbeat of mother earth
Hoop dance
Storytelling
Medicine wheel
4 interconnected worlds
Smudging
Holy act, smoked is brushed over body for purification
Tabacoo
Offering to give thanks
Sage
Prepares one for ceremonies and takes away negativity
Ceder
Healing and restoration
Sweetgrass
Hair of mother earth
Sacred pipe ceremony
Involves all four elements and unity
Sweatlodge
Restore harmony pike a mothers womb
7gft
Humility, bravery, honesty, wisdom, truth, respect, love
Vision quest
Comes to an elder from the creator
Powwow
A dance of renewal with huge crowds
Harvest feast
Celebrates harvest from the fields
Potlach
Redistributed wealth give away gifts
Sundance
Annual and dance for 4 days renews everything
7 fires
World is for the future
Intergenerational trauma
Trauma passed down from hardships and effects the next generation