Module 1 - Review Questions Flashcards
What are the four main factors that gave rise to the discipline of Native/Indigenous Studies?
- the changing ‘social consciousness’ of the post-war years,
- the influences of the civil rights movement and rise of feminism,
- the lobbying efforts and activism of Indigenous peoples, and
- the perceived social responsibilities of educational institutions.
What made the early discipline of Native Studies unique?
In its early years, Native Studies lacked some academic credibility due to is ‘multi-disciplinary’ character.
Many of the early scholars were from the disciplines of History, Anthropology and English.
What are the unique characteristics of Native/Indigenous Studies today?
there is a greater understanding today that in order to decolonize research with, and within Native communities, there must be a willingness to integrate both Indigenous and Western perspectives.
Why is Native/Indigenous Studies well situated to play a role in the process of reconciliation?
education is the key to reconciliation
Indigenous Studies will help contribute to filling in some of the gaps and exclusions from mainstream educational pedagogy.
both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students have to ‘unlearn’ some these untruths.
Who are the three groups of Aboriginal peoples defined in our Constitution?
Indian, Inuit, and Métis
What is the difference between a Status vs non-Status Indian person?
Those people who are defined as Indian according to the Indian Act are referred to as Status Indians.
Non-Status Indians are those people who are neither Métis nor Inuit, but for various reasons, do not fall under the Indian Act’s definition.
How does the term ‘Treaty Indian’ fit with status and non-status?
Treaty Indians are those people who are descendants of people who signed treaties with the Canadian government.
All Indian groups in Canada that have signed a treaty are also Status Indians.
Provide two points of support to demonstrate that there was and/or is tremendous diversity of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
What three Indigenous languages are the most commonly used in Canada today?
What 5 groups of Indigenous peoples occupied Saskatchewan at the time of contact?
Who are the Métis, how can they be defined and how does the concept of ‘ethnogenesis’ apply to them as a people?
How many First Nation Communities are there in Saskatchewan today?
What is the national population for all three groups of Aboriginal peoples in Canada? For First Nations specifically (both status and non-status together)? And what percentage of the total national population do Aboriginal peoples represent?
What is the difference between the national median age of Aboriginal peoples vs non-Aboriginal? And the difference between average age in Saskatchewan for both groups? And for general population vs First Nations specifically in Saskatchewan?
