Midterm #1 Flashcards

1
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Who coined the term Orientalism and what is it?

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Edward Said (1978)
Studies of Asian societies by Western scholars

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2
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What did Paulo Freire write about?

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1971
Critical consciousness and participatory education. Life long education

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3
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Pedagogy

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Having to do with teaching/education

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4
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Epistemology

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Study of knowledge and truth and how it forms worldview

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5
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3 types of Aboriginal Peoples recognized by Canadian constitution

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Indian, Métis, Inuit

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6
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2 Reasons Stories are Important

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  1. Indigenous stories and place names hold cultural knowledge and worldviews
  2. often teach about the geography and ecology.
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7
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Story behind the name “America”

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From Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, who explored the new continents for Spain and Portugal

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8
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Edmonton Indigenous name and Meaning

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Beaver Hills House
Amiskwacîwâskahikan
Amisk-wa-ski-ah-I-again

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9
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Who is Tomson Highway and what is the book we read from?

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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.

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10
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Place Names in Canada that are Nehiyo

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Manitoba (Manito-wapâw), Saskatchewan, Amiskwachîwâskahikan

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11
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Where does the word “Amisk” come from according to Tomson Highway

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Means “beaver” and comes from a beaver’s hiss.

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12
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Metaphor of Braiding Sweetgrass

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Braiding different pedagogies and connecting with land and people.

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13
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2 Proponents of the perspective if Modern/Western Science

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Descartes and Newton

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14
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Break down the acronym of TEK

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Tradition: cumulative knowledge as a process that is open to change
Ecology: general jnowledge of the natural world from experience, interaction, and interdependence

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Differences between TEK and Western Science

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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

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16
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Similarities between TEK and Western Science

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Both have qualitative and quantitative data, use experiments and collect data

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17
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What is the Knowledge-Practice-Belief Framework?

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Local knowledge systems and resource management affect sock institutions which also affects worldview. All of it is connected and overlapping

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18
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Factors to Influence your “Environmental Compass”

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Past experiences, teachers, stories, and classes

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19
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When was Canadian Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms signed?

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April 17, 1982

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20
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What did Charter of R&F recognize about Aboriginal peoples?

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Aboriginal rights
Treaty Rights
First Nations, Inuit, and Metis

21
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3 National Indigenous organizations

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  1. Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
  2. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
  3. Métis National Council
22
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UNDRIP. When was it created? When did Canada ratify it in law?

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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2007 created
2016 ratified by Canada

23
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Terra Nullius

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Idea that land does not have ownership until it is discovered by Europeans

24
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Francisco Cali Tzay

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Current UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

25
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3 Main aims of Francisco Cali Tzay’s Report

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  1. Commit to repeal Comprehensive Land Claims Policy (CLCP)
  2. Move towards self-determination without extinguishment of existing rights
  3. Focus on land rights and resources
26
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What is the TRC and when was the final report released? How many calls to actions? How many recommendations for natural scientists.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission
2008
94 calls to action
10 recs

27
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Difference between Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge Systems

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IKS includes political, legal, economic and cultural systems that ensure the well being of Indigenous peoples and the natural world

28
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Article 31 of UNDRIP

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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

29
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7 Principles for Re-Indigenizing environmental conservation

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  1. Embracing Indigenous worldviews of ecologies
  2. Learning from Indigenous languages of the land
  3. Natural Laws and Netukulimk
  4. Correct relationships
  5. Total reflection and truth
  6. Etuaptmumk - “two-eye seeing”
  7. Story telling and story listening
30
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Durban Accord signing and why it is important

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World Parks Congress 2003 committing for People and Earth’s Protected areas

31
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Define Ethical Space

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Creating a place for knowledge systems to interact with mutual respect, kindness, generosity, and other basic values and principles

32
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What did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 say about Aboriginal Title

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Aboriginal title to land can only be extinguished by treaties

33
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When was the Treaty of Niagara signed and what type of treaty was it?

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Peace and friendship 1764

34
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When was the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples signed?

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1996

35
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Calder Case

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1973
Now Aboriginal title officially recognized. Before it was only the goodwill of the crown but the crown could extinguish it.
Didn’t win land claim but is first modern land claim in BC

36
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R v. Guerin

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1984
1956: Musqueam Indian Band negotiated with DIA for golf course land but DIA made a different deal with the gold course.
Supreme Court failed fiduciary duty and Band compensated

37
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Sparrow Case

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1990
Musqueam Band retained right to fish
Section 35 of 1982 Constitution Act

38
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Van der Peet case and Van der Peet Test

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1996
Dorothy van der Peet charged for selling fish. Crown won.
Test defines Aboriginal Rights. Test determines whether a situation involves A. Rights

39
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Delgamuukw v. BC

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1997
Supreme Court of CA ruled A. Title is tight to land itself (not just fishing/hunting)
Oral history is legal evidence

40
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Marshall Decisions

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1999
Right to fish for a moderate living
Can be limited by conservation
Conflicts between conservation officers and fishermen

41
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Tsigqot’in Nation v. BC

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2014
First declaration of A. Title outside of Treaty
60% land claims rejected
Rights can’t be extinguished because there was no treaty

42
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Rising Tide Agreement

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2024
outside of courts
Recognize Haida Nation’s title over Haida Gwaii
No impact on private property/businesses

43
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3 Declarations of Daniels Decision and year made

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2016
1. Metis and non-statusIndians are within term “Indians”
2. Crown is in fiduciary relationship with Aboriginal peoples
3. Crown duty to negotiate with Metis and non-status Indian communities recognized in law

44
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Define Legal Order

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Law embedded in non-state social, political, economic, and spiritual institutions

45
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3 Sources of Law and examples

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  1. Positive Law: central processes (constitution)
  2. Customary Law: social interaction (resource management)
  3. Natural law: divine beings or natural world (ecclesiastical law)
46
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Failure fiduciary duty in Peace-Athabasca delta dam projects

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Dam projects 1966-71 with no consultation.
Mikisew Cree petitioned UNESCO but the dam was still constructed in 2015

47
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What is the WEBA?

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World Educate Business Association
umbrella organization and international voice for Education Business Partnerships working around the world

48
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3 uses of berries in Sakâwiyiniwak communities?

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49
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3 uses of berries in Sakâwiyiniwak communities?

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