Indigenous Studies Flashcards
How many treaties are in Saskatchewan? What are their names?
4, 5, 6, 8, and 10
What are the two types of land claims?
- Specific (Nations who signed the treaty, but never received land)
- Comprehensive - based on historical occupancy of land
What is the purpose of the First Contact to the Royal Proclamation of 1763?
- King George named all the land west of the appellation mountains Indigenous sovereignty
Why was the Post- Royal Proclamation to Confederation important?
- Confederation made colonization much more violent.
- Indian Act was implemented
- BNA Act was introduced “Indian land reserved for Indians” However the BNA act was broken in many areas
What are the Politics of Recognition?
Indigenous peoples who seek to show the government that they go with government policies so they are accepted into society
Colonialism needs to be attacked on two levels:
- Objective level - How does colonial power maintain resources and not have to give it back?
- Subjective Level - Racism and stereotypes
What is cognitive dissonance?
You know there’s proof yet you deny it
Explain Intersociality or internormativity
Relationships between settle and Indigenous nations historically and currently
Name 7 core beliefs of Nehiyawak worldview
- Buffalo as a economic, food, spiritual, and sustainability source
- Sharing and trading systems established to sustain relationships between tribes
- Natural Law (Sylvia McAdams) is not threatening people or torturing animals and keeping a reciprocity between us and the land
- Children are the center of Plains Cree culture
- Leaders were unselfish and caring individuals who are held accountable for their actions
- Music holds a foundation in Indigenous spirituality
- Spirituality is the blood that flows through Indigenous culture
What was the main argument of the Road Forward Movie?
Indigenous activism has been around for centuries but there still needs to be a focus on Indigenous rights.
Which era of Treaty making did Canada officially become an independent country?
Post-confederation to the natural resources transfers agreement (1930)
What is the Dawes Act?
Power to survey and divide land to native male head of households (aka settler land grab)
What is the Indian relocation act?
Remove Indigenous people from their land and into urban centers to assimilate them into gendered work forces
What is Heteropatriarchy?
The assumption that heterosexuality is natural
When was the shift in the idea of what it meant to be metis?
1960s to 80s is when repercussions went to Metis individuals
What is gender-based violence? Examples?
Any act that goes against a person based on gender norms and unequal power relations. It can be physical, emotional, psychological or isolation.
What is the reasons gender based violence exists?
- Patriarchy - power structures create unequal relationships
- Poverty - Women are stuck in this reality due to lack of resources
- Colonization - needed to justify violating women to colonize
What does indirect violence mean?
Subtle oppression from government and policies
What is the organization Sisters in Spirit?
Research the case of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada
What stereotype is harmful for abuse victims?
- the “Squaw” or “Indian princess” sexualizes Indigenous women
- The “perfect survivor” needing to always be resilient