Native American

Question 1

names for people indigenous to americas

Answer 1

american indian
first nations/people
native america
peublos originarios

Question 2

what is turtle island or abya yala?

Answer 2

native name for north america

Question 3

define foodways

Answer 3

where food comes from, relationship to the food system, food distribution

Question 4

define food justice

Answer 4

issue of inequity
-oppression tied to food
-access to healthy food on a regular basis
-tackling food insecurity

Question 5

define food sovereignty

Answer 5

autonomy over food
self-determination for food

Question 6

describe some ways in which indigenous people have contributed to medicine

Answer 6

baby bottles
dental surgery
insect repellant
pain suppressants

Question 7

what % of the 121 plant-derived compounds currently being used in pharmaceticuls have been discovered thorugh research based on the use of plants by indigenous people

Answer 7

74%

Question 8

indigenous contributions to technology

Answer 8

floating gardens (aquaponics)
suspension bridges
hammocks
kayaks
rubber
hunting decoys

Question 9

how did native Americans in the plains eat healthy

Answer 9

60-70% bison meat: no transfat or cholesterol
-used all parts: clothes, medicine, and food

Question 10

how did native Americans in the artic eat healthy

Answer 10

80% meat: sea mammals and fish supplemented with wild rice and cherries

Question 11

how did native Americans in the forest eat healthy

Answer 11

planting and intense agriculture
50-70% corn/plant-based, supplemented with meat

Question 12

what does the diverse range of native american diets show

Answer 12

a healthy diet cna be very diverse
-all of those diets were healthy even though they were very diverse

Question 13

what did gegory cajete propose

Answer 13

environmentally sound ways of living combine ceremony and practical ecology
-people today are experiancing existential problems and split thinking due to a lack of connection
-connection nutured mutal reciprocity, obligation and responsibility of food and land
-the disconnections results in feelings of incompleteness

Question 14

Winona LaDukes POV

Answer 14

land and people are connected in a modern gendered relationship

Question 15

title of Winona La Duke book

Answer 15

recovering the scared: the power of naming and claiming

Question 16

La duke quote simplified

Answer 16

“recovery of people is tied to recovery of food”
“Food itselfs is medicine” “for the body, soul, spiritual connectionsto history, ancestors and land”

Question 17

how were ancesterol food practises advantageous

Answer 17

nutritious
physcially active: labour growing and hunting
provided cultural connection and belonging: stronger drive to sustain the produce, more mindful and its tied to who you are

Question 18

examples of the colonial impact via food

Answer 18

cut off from land and water
starvation, disease, and trauma
sedentary lifestyle
poor quality high cal diets
highly controlled commodity foods/treaty rations

Question 19

the result of colonialism on the health of indigenous people

Answer 19

decline in health and well-being
reduced autonomy/ self-determination
by 2000 1 in 8 nat am. had diabetes (x2 national ave), some tribes have a 70-80% average
alcohol: causing trauma, desperation, abuse, self harm/medicating
-liver diseases is 18x the national average

Question 20

who are raj patel and jason moore

Answer 20

authors of “ a history of the world in seven cheap things : a guide to captilism, nature, and the future of the planet

Question 21

the rise of capitalism gave us the idea..

Answer 21

“not only that society wa relatively independant of the web of life but also women, indigneous peoples, slaves, and colonised people everyhwere were not fully human and thus not full members of society”

Question 22

what message do patel and moore attempt to show

Answer 22

that capatilism has resulted in the inequal treatment of people: it has cheapened people based on gender and race
there is a separation between nature and society

Question 23

what is the global chicken society theory

Answer 23

the idea that future life will know we have been as we have left radiation from atomic bombs, plastic, and chicken bones
-chickens have undergone intensive genetic breeding to become profitable at the cost of their well-being
-they don’t contribute heavily to climate change but the fuel and energy used to rare them does

Question 24

responses to the awareness of the effect colonialism has had on indigenous peoples

Answer 24

decolinising and re-indigenising
-confronting and undoing harmful systems and practises
-remembering and supporting ancestral systems and practises
social issues are food issues: having a holistic approach

Question 25

how can food be medicinal

Answer 25

provides a ‘immense sense of responsibility and connections”
“many seeds are grown not only with potting soil, water and a greenhouse but also with prayers”
-physical health is not enough

Question 26

where is turtle island

Answer 26

Mexico upto Greenland (north)

Question 27

what abya yala

Answer 27

concept for South America (south)

Question 28

why is Central America and the Caribbean different?

Answer 28

can be considered in both or neither kind of an intermediate zone

Question 29

how did colonialism lead to disease, starvation and trauma

Answer 29

native people were violently removed and exiled from their homes
native plants were removed and destroyed
forced to live in sub-optimal conditions

Question 30

how are tribes recognised in the US

Answer 30

each has its own treaty
-not overarching like NZ

Question 31

what kinds of foods were included in the food rations

Answer 31

white flour, white sugar, oil
-very refined

Question 32

what effect did the treaties have on native americans way of living

Answer 32

forced to live off food rations: poor nutrition
couldn’t access Bison
lived on reserves: less physcially active

Question 33

issue with the treaties

Answer 33

often werent upheld resulting in starvation

Question 34

worst live expectancy range on reservations

Answer 34

45-48

Question 35

describe the change in alcohol context

Answer 35

had before colinisation: fermented beverages mainly used to supplement diet when energy was low, had lower %
after: distilling resulted in a higher % and abuse, given it in high stress environment (use it to self medicate)

Question 36

what do patel and moore believe capatilism has done to society’s values

Answer 36

cheapened not only nature but also money, work, food, care and groups of people