indigenous

Question 1

indigenous people

Answer 1

represents numerous cultures, not a single population

Question 2

status indians

Answer 2

registered under the Indian act which regulates the management of reserves and describes federal obligations

Question 3

non-status Indians

Answer 3

refers to any First Nations individual who for whatever reason is not registered with the federal government, or is not registered to a band which sign a treaty with the crown

Question 4

treaty Indians

Answer 4

status Indians who belong to a First Nation that signed a treaty with the crown

Question 5

First Nation

Answer 5

refers to a person or a group of first nations people legally known as an Indian band

Question 6

assimilation

Answer 6

the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society’s majority group or assume the values, behaviours, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially

Question 7

royal commission on aboriginal peoples report

Answer 7

1996
- took a comprehensive look at all aspects of indigenous peoples lives
- it envisioned a “circle of well-being” in which self-government and economic self-reliance partnerships of mutual respect would facilitate healing between the indigenous people and Canada and work towards eliminating persistent inequities

Question 8

united declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

Answer 8

• adopted in 2007
• wasn’t fully endorsed until 2016

Question 9

colonialism

Answer 9

refers to the development of institutions and policies by European imperial and euro-americas settler governments toward indigenous peoples
example: residential schools

Question 10

indigenous knowledge

Answer 10

ways of knowing and knowledge systems based on indigenous peoples’ communities, language, traditions and history

Question 11

indigenous methodologies

Answer 11

theory and processes of conducting research that reflects indigenous worldviews

Question 12

two-eyed seeing

Answer 12

refers to “learning to see from one eye with the strengths of indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of western knowledge and ways of knowing
- and to using both eyes together, for the benefit of all”

Question 13

the 4 R’s that are essential in the context of authentic relationships, which are foundational to ethical research

Answer 13

• respect
• responsibility
• relevance
• reciprocity (shared learning)