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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- Shock or impact
- Withdrawal repression; warrior regression
- Acceptance; Magical Thinking
- Compliance and anger
- 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
7
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what percentage of food come from/consists of indigenous cultures?
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50%
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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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maple syrup =
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indigenous
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vanilla
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cranberry
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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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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
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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
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every spirit and culture has good and bad
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- some practice for bad reasons
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traditional medicine has limits, as well as western medicine
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- both need to work together
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spirit power =
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magical
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#1 disease in the world is diabetes
- less people hunting and or eating natural foods
- lack of nutrition
- everything is 3x more expensive in indigenous communities
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three types of planting
- perassing (layers on a hill)
- hilling (put seeds into all)
- slash & burn (sweedin farming)
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cranberries and medicine are found in what regions?
- cranberries, wild rice in the south lake region
| - medicine in the east - sage is women's meds
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sweet ras are used for:
smudging
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Tabaco used for
- offering
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North
- cedar (sweats, put on chest when sick like vix)
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medicine
- medicine in the east -> sage is women's meds
| - first meds used was Quinine to cure mosquito bites
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residential schools were popular in 1879, they were enforced by who?
were children allowed to learn French in residential schools?
- 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
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another name for a sweat lodge
purification lodge
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belly of mother earth
sweat/purification lodge
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were sweat/purification lodges in an enclosure?
yes
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can you see any light when one is in a sweat/purification lodge?
no
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when are sweat/purification lodges done or initiated?
either very early in the morning or late at night when there is no light outside
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what are sweat/purification lodges made of?
branches, trees, willows
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are people allowed to cross the cedar trail?
no, they must go around it
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is the fire sacred?
yes
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do mohawks follow the sky world clockwise or counter clockwise?
how do they enter the sweat lodge?
mohawks follow the sky world and enter sweat lodge counter clock wise
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another term for vision quest is:
fasting
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how long do people fast after sweat lodge
3-4 days
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what do mohawks spend time doing?
meditating or building your own little sweat lodge in nature
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stages of vision quest/fasting
- 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
