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