Rice's Terms Indigenous Studies Exam 2 Flashcards

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Cognitive Imperialism

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A form of cognitive manipulation used to disclaim other knowledge bases and values

  • Denies other people their language and cultural identity by maintaining the legitimacy of only one language, one culture, and one frame of reference.
  • Residential schools played a huge roll in cognitive imperialism
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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  1. Shock or impact
  2. Withdrawal repression; warrior regression
  3. Acceptance; Magical Thinking
  4. Compliance and anger
  5. Trauma Mastering Healing
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Acceptance; Magical Thinking

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  • Alcohol is a way to vent/release pent up emotions
  • May feel as though things will never change
  • Start searching for something new (change)
  • Some join church/ceremony; sweat lodge
  • Looking for instant solutions
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Compliance and anger

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Angry because there’s no resolution (not yet found)

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Trauma Mastering Healing

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  • Finding and understanding what affects us

- Affirmation is needed to find solace; that may be spiritual

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Three farming sisters

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  • corn
  • beans
  • squash
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7
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what percentage of food come from/consists of indigenous cultures?

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50%

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8
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potato

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People migrated to America because of famine.

- they only had 1-2 strains, caused them to get wiped out

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tomato

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  • heavily influenced on diet

- no one ate them for the first 100 years

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cocoa

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  • increases sex drive - aphrodisiac
  • used maple syrup with it
  • chili peppers
  • becomes tastier with sugar
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11
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maple syrup =

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indigenous

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12
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vanilla

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cranberry

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13
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a man from Churchill recently got shot and walked for 50 hours

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  • had will power
  • this is relative to hunting to keep going
  • must be very physically fit to survive
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in the past there was no substance abuse, it was seen as:

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  • alcohol is a disease, a sickness
  • not just referring to indigenous people
  • not a genetic thing
  • cultural break down
  • marginalize
  • can affect your life
  • was prevalent in America when European’s came. people were afraid of water and only drank alcohol
  • natives were not used to it
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use it or lose it

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  • loss of movement, hunting, and work can cause more unhealthy habits such as substance abuse
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equal rights

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  • all of women’s assets went to men

- women wanted their men to stop drinking

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2 spirited person

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  • very prevalent in indigenous cultures
  • 2 spirited person due to residential schools
  • beneficial to women’s society
  • strength to women’s side in aiding physical things
  • born with it, the way the creator made you
  • a non-classified gender - no such thing as male
  • no gender pro-nouns “it” in Algonquian language is non-existential
  • either dead or alive
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a non-classified gender

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  • no such thing as male
  • no gender pro-nouns “it” in Algonquian language is non-existential
  • either dead or alive
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19
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George Lukas

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  • incorporated natives in star wars

- they were mad and disrespected

20
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how many indigenous people are there in the world?

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300 000

21
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indigenous people in the world

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  • people have language and knowledge from ancient past
  • a larger society transforms you because you’re not good enough or modern enough
    ex. Teotihuacan Mexico
  • are being marginalized by others but still retain their heritage
22
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every spirit and culture has good and bad

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  • some practice for bad reasons
23
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traditional medicine has limits, as well as western medicine

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  • both need to work together
24
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spirit power =

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magical

25
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1 disease in the world is diabetes

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  • less people hunting and or eating natural foods
  • lack of nutrition
  • everything is 3x more expensive in indigenous communities
26
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three types of planting

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  • perassing (layers on a hill)
  • hilling (put seeds into all)
  • slash & burn (sweedin farming)
27
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cranberries and medicine are found in what regions?

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  • cranberries, wild rice in the south lake region

- medicine in the east - sage is women’s meds

28
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sweet ras are used for:

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smudging

29
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Tabaco used for

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  • offering
30
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North

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  • cedar (sweats, put on chest when sick like vix)
31
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medicine

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  • medicine in the east -> sage is women’s meds

- first meds used was Quinine to cure mosquito bites

32
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residential schools were popular in 1879, they were enforced by who?

were children allowed to learn French in residential schools?

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  • enforced the laws by the north western mountain police (nwmp)
  • in the residential schools, children were not allowed to learn French until 30-40 years later
  • Canada is ever changing and evolving
33
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another name for a sweat lodge

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purification lodge

34
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belly of mother earth

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sweat/purification lodge

35
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were sweat/purification lodges in an enclosure?

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yes

36
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can you see any light when one is in a sweat/purification lodge?

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no

37
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when are sweat/purification lodges done or initiated?

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either very early in the morning or late at night when there is no light outside

38
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what are sweat/purification lodges made of?

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branches, trees, willows

39
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are people allowed to cross the cedar trail?

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no, they must go around it

40
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is the fire sacred?

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yes

41
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do mohawks follow the sky world clockwise or counter clockwise?
how do they enter the sweat lodge?

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mohawks follow the sky world and enter sweat lodge counter clock wise

42
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another term for vision quest is:

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fasting

43
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how long do people fast after sweat lodge

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3-4 days

44
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what do mohawks spend time doing?

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meditating or building your own little sweat lodge in nature

45
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stages of vision quest/fasting

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  • fast for 3-4 days
  • spend time meditating or building your sweat lodge in nature
  • wondering period - hallucinate
  • charcoal on wrist in a “cross” formation to represent the 4 directions
  • can’t talk to anyone unless they ask you about your dreams