Module One

Question 1

What are the 5 stages of colonialism

Answer 1

• Steady State
• First Contact
• Imposition of Colonial Relations
• Internalizations
• Decolonizations

Question 2

What does stage one: steady state of colonialism include?

Answer 2

Balance; how the Indigenous people lived without the Europeans

Question 3

What does stage two: First contact in colonialism mean?

Answer 3

When two different cultures meet for the first time while adopting cultural forms from each other

Question 4

What does stage three: imposition of colonial relations mean?

Answer 4

Forms a hierarchy and patriarchy (colonizers enter the dominant role)

Question 5

What does stage four: internalization in colonialism mean?

Answer 5

Taking the values of the colonizers as their own

Question 6

What does stage five: Decolonization mean?

Answer 6

Attempts to return to the steady state

Question 7

Who are the Inuit?

Answer 7

Indigenous people who live in the arctic region and are considered distinct from Indians/First Nations/Metis, but fall under federal jurisdiction

Question 8

When were Indians considered Canadian citizens?

Answer 8

1960, although provinces accepted Indians as citizens at different times

Question 9

What are the 4 parts of the circle in circle teachings?

Answer 9

• Babies
• Old People
• Women
• Men

Question 10

Who were the centre of the community?

Answer 10

The children

Question 11

What does Egalitarian mean?

Answer 11

No one person is more important than another. Each persons contribution is equally values and equally important

Question 12

How was leadership determined?

Answer 12

Through skill sets and values

Question 13

How was the educational system in Indigenous communities?

Answer 13

Involved a storytelling circle that followed the seasons. Certain stories and lessons were only told during certain seasons

Question 14

What is colonialism?

Answer 14

• A global phenomenon
• A relationship
• State of being

Question 15

How did colonialism effect Canada first?

Answer 15

Through the fur trade

Question 16

Who falls under the term Aboriginal?

Answer 16

• Metis
• Inuit
• Indian

Question 17

What is the primary goal of colonialism?

Answer 17

Wanting to re-establish a relationship on a balanced level

Question 18

What is the modern understanding of Indigenous?

Answer 18

Self-identification as Indigenous people’s at the individual level and accepted by the community as their member

Question 19

The term Indigenous is distinctly:

Answer 19

Canadian

Question 20

Who is a status Indian?

Answer 20

Define in the Indian Act as a member of the Indigenous groups who are registered under the federal Indian Act having special rights and privileges and usually live on reserves

Question 21

Who are Treaty First Nations

Answer 21

Descendants of those who negotiated treaties with the crown (Canadian government)

Question 22

Who are Metis people?

Answer 22

Known as either descendants of the Buffalo hunting people (Red River Metis) or anyone of mixed aboriginal And First Nations ancestry

Question 23

What is paternalism?

Answer 23

Policies and procedures of those in authority that are intended to restrict the freedoms of those deemed to be subordinate

Question 24

What is the fur trade?

Answer 24

Relational trading based on goods and on its ability to obtain and give

Question 25

What is the OTC’s main phrase?

Answer 25

“We are all treaty people”

Question 26

Why don’t organizations recognize treaty 2 in saskatchewan?

Answer 26

Nobody lives within the treaty boundaries in Saskatchewan