Midterm #1 Flashcards
Who coined the term Orientalism and what is it?
Edward Said (1978)
Studies of Asian societies by Western scholars
What did Paulo Freire write about?
1971
Critical consciousness and participatory education. Life long education
Pedagogy
Having to do with teaching/education
Epistemology
Study of knowledge and truth and how it forms worldview
3 types of Aboriginal Peoples recognized by Canadian constitution
Indian, Métis, Inuit
2 Reasons Stories are Important
- Indigenous stories and place names hold cultural knowledge and worldviews
- often teach about the geography and ecology.
Story behind the name “America”
From Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, who explored the new continents for Spain and Portugal
Edmonton Indigenous name and Meaning
Beaver Hills House
Amiskwacîwâskahikan
Amisk-wa-ski-ah-I-again
Who is Tomson Highway and what is the book we read from?
Laughing with the Trickster
Learning about language and how people assume all Indigenous worldviews are the same when they aren’t. There are 100 Indigenous languages and Nehiyo has the most speakers.
Place Names in Canada that are Nehiyo
Manitoba (Manito-wapâw), Saskatchewan, Amiskwachîwâskahikan
Where does the word “Amisk” come from according to Tomson Highway
Means “beaver” and comes from a beaver’s hiss.
Metaphor of Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding different pedagogies and connecting with land and people.
2 Proponents of the perspective if Modern/Western Science
Descartes and Newton
Break down the acronym of TEK
Tradition: cumulative knowledge as a process that is open to change
Ecology: general jnowledge of the natural world from experience, interaction, and interdependence
Differences between TEK and Western Science
TEK is embedded in local culture and bound to local knowledge and sees local enviro as irreplaceable with its own agency.
W. Science uses universalism and individualism with binaries in a nature that is inanimate
Similarities between TEK and Western Science
Both have qualitative and quantitative data, use experiments and collect data
What is the Knowledge-Practice-Belief Framework?
Local knowledge systems and resource management affect sock institutions which also affects worldview. All of it is connected and overlapping
Factors to Influence your “Environmental Compass”
Past experiences, teachers, stories, and classes
When was Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms signed?
April 17, 1982
What did Charter of R&F recognize about Aboriginal peoples?
Aboriginal rights
Treaty Rights
First Nations, Inuit, and Metis
3 National Indigenous organizations
- Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
- Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
- Métis National Council
UNDRIP. When was it created? When did Canada ratify it in law?
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2007 created
2016 ratified by Canada
Terra Nullius
Idea that land does not have ownership until it is discovered by Europeans
Francisco Cali Tzay
Current UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
3 Main aims of Francisco Cali Tzay’s Report
- Commit to repeal Comprehensive Land Claims Policy (CLCP)
- Move towards self-determination without extinguishment of existing rights
- Focus on land rights and resources
What is the TRC and when was the final report released? How many calls to actions? How many recommendations for natural scientists.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2008
94 calls to action
10 recs
Difference between Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
IKS includes political, legal, economic and cultural systems that ensure the well being of Indigenous peoples and the natural world
Article 31 of UNDRIP
Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect, and develop their cultural heritage, IKS, sciences, cultural expressions, and intellectual property.
States shall take effective measures to recognize and protect these rights
7 Principles for Re-Indigenizing environmental conservation
- Embracing Indigenous worldviews of ecologies
- Learning from Indigenous languages of the land
- Natural Laws and Netukulimk
- Correct relationships
- Total reflection and truth
- Etuaptmumk - “two-eye seeing”
- Story telling and story listening
Define Ethical Space
Creating a place for knowledge systems to interact with mutual respect, kindness, generosity, and other basic values and principles
What did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 say about Aboriginal Title
Aboriginal title to land can only be extinguished by treaties
When was the Treaty of Niagara signed and what type of treaty was it?
Peace and friendship 1764
Define Legal Order
Law embedded in non-state social, political, economic, and spiritual institutions
3 Sources of Law and examples
- Positive Law: central processes (constitution)
- Customary Law: social interaction (resource management)
- Natural law: divine beings or natural world (ecclesiastical law)
Failure fiduciary duty in Peace-Athabasca delta dam projects
Dam projects 1966-71 with no consultation.
Mikisew Cree petitioned UNESCO but the dam was still constructed in 2015
What is the WEBA?
World Educate Business Association
umbrella organization and international voice for Education Business Partnerships working around the world
3 uses of berries in Sakâwiyiniwak communities?
3 uses of berries in Sakâwiyiniwak communities?
