Terminology

Question 1

What is the 1982 Constitution and who does it include?

Answer 1

section 35 recognized three categories:

• aboriginal people
• first nations
• metis and inuit

Question 2

Indigenous terms (MWHTS)

Answer 2

Mi'kmaq
Wendat
Haudenosaunee
Treaty/non-Treaty
status/non-status(indian act)

Question 3

How is Indigenous Knowledge shared?

Answer 3

• body of knowledges is oral, collective and experiential.

Question 4

What are the Sacred Teachings?

Answer 4

Gifts – an individual is gifted with purpose.
Role of the Pipe – The pipe is used to communicate with the creator.
Balance and Harmony – living the good life is achieved by striving for balance. Ceremony will included these elements.
Humility – No one is above or below the other. In the heirarchy we depend on other living things to survive.
Truth and Respect – truthfulness acknowledges the spirits.

Question 5

What are the medicines used for healing?

Answer 5

Knowing the medicines is a sacred part of healing our nations.
◦ Tobacco
◦ Sage
◦ RatRoot
◦ Labrador Tea

Question 6

What does land mean to Indigenous people?

Answer 6

• land is the heart of creation
• land is mother to all children (creatures) and is more than soil
• all aspects of nature are connected including: humans, animals, plants, rocks, the sun and the moon

Question 7

What different relationships do Indigenous people hold?

Answer 7

• The individual and the community
• The individual and the land
• The individual and nature
• Elders
• Children Knowledge keepers

Question 8

What is the importance of Elders in Indigenous culture?

Answer 8

• pass on indigenous knowledge through oral traditions
• knowledge sacred because it is given by the creator
• certain knowledge only obtained through ceremony

Question 9

What is spirituality?

Answer 9

• Spirituality is when an individual attempts to understand other worldly visions
• Rights of passage important component of communicating with your ancestors
  The Seven Disciplines of Indigenous spirituality:
  ◦ Fasting, Sharing, Parenting, Learning, Teaching, Praying, and Meditating.

Question 10

What is the significance of a ceremony?

Answer 10

Ceremony connects the individual to the past, present and future.
When we raised the pipes at treaty symbolized a bond with the Creator.Somethingthat acknowledges our ancetors and the future.
Dreams are a source of knowledge.
Indigenous spirituality seeks to communicate with the ancestors through ceremony.

Question 11

Are Indigenous oral traditions considered valid?

Answer 11

• government didn’t believe oral traditions are a reliable way of passing on indigenous knowledge

Question 12

What are the narratives of colonization? (negatives)

Answer 12

Protective Civilizing Missionary Productive Empowering Well-intended
Genocidal Murderous Destructive Irreparably harmful Paternalistic Assimilation Colonial

Question 13

What are the Seven Pipe Laws? (HHGGCQ)

Answer 13

• Health
• Happiness
• Generations
• Generosity
• Compassion
• Quietness

Question 14

What are the two types of misogyny?

Answer 14

• Official (state/legislation)
• Unofficial (society)
• prejudice against women
• impacted the confidence of indigenous women in society