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Unit 1 - Indigenous Spirituality Flashcards

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What is this symbol and what does it represent?

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It is the eagle feather and it symbolizes respect, honour, strength, courage and wisdom.

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What is the symbolic idea behind the eagle feather?

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The eagle flies close to the creator.

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The eagle feather symbolizes the “duality of life,” what does that mean?

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The duality of life means the two sides to life. Examples: man and woman, winter and summer, light and dark.

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What does the Wampum represent?

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It represents the relationship between the Aboriginal people and the “white man”

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The most common Wampum has parallel rows of beads. What does this say in words?

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The rows of beads show that they can live as equals for forever, they can live simultaneously without crossing paths in peace.

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What is the symbol of the Dream Catcher?

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It represents spider webs, catching and filtering all of the bad thoughts away.

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What does the Totem Pole symbolize?

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Totem poles mark a families lineage, it is their crest. It validates the powerful rights and privileges that the family holds

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What is a sweat lodge?

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It is a structure low to the ground made from saplings bent as the frame. It is then covered by a tarp to trap the heat.

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What is the purpose of a sweat lodge?

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It is a spiritual sauna to purify both physically and spiritually.

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What takes place in the sweat lodge?

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Drums, chants, prayers, sharing of ones burdens. Whatever is said in the sweat lodge stays in the sweat lodge.

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Sweat lodges are also referred to as?

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The womb of Mother Earth.

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What does the drums represent?

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It represents the heartbeat of the universe

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When should you never play the drums? Why?

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When you are angry. This is because we want to treat the drums like face of ones grandmother.

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True or false. Drums are only used at certain ceremonies throughout the year.

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False. The Drums are used at all ceremonies and get togethers all year round.

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What is a Powwow?

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It is a special aboriginal dance that promotes renewal and restoration of relationships and the healing of all creation.

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What do you do at a Powwow?

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Members of the community come together to sing, dance, and celebrate their identity, heritage and language.

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What is a Vision Quest?

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It is a coming of age ceremony.

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What does one do during the Vision Quest?

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Participants purify in the sweatlodge and go to a hilltop or peak and endure the elements for 3-4 days with no food or water. They wait for their vision, it could be a bird or animal, this vision gives them an understanding of themselves and what they want to do with their life.

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How long do vision quests take? What happens if they do not get a vision in that time period?

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Vision quests take 3-4 days in length because they need to survive the elements without food or water. If they do not have a vision they must wait and do another vision quest the next year.

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Define Animism.

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The belief that everything in the world once had a life, that nothing is inanimate. Animals and plants and natural forces are all energized by a spirit.

21
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The wheel of life displays…

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the meaning of wellness.

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How many dimensions of wellness are on the Wheel of life?

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8

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If you have a balanced wheel of life, what does that mean?

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It helps determine if you are focusing on one of the spikes of the wheel more than any others, this creates an unbalanced wheel. To have a balanced wheel one must equally spend time on each dimension

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What does the Medicine Wheel mean?

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It teaches us about equality and respect for all four directions of the Earth.

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What are the three Medicine Wheel reflect?

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It reflects interconnectedness, creation, and balance of all living things.

26
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What are the four sacred plants?

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Tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweetgrass

27
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What is smudging?

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It is a holy act, a way of purification.

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How does smudging work?

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Sacred plants are burned in a shell and the smoke is brushed over the eyes, mouth, body etc. Fanned out with an eagle feather, for good words, thoughts, and actions.

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What is the smoke in the smudge used for?

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It’s to promote positivity, and get rid of negative thoughts and feelings. The smoke then travels up to the creator.

30
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Explain their Cyclical worldview.

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The world is constantly changing in reoccurring cycles. The circle is a power symbol and is seen in repetition of nature.

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What are Creation stories?

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They are stories of how the world and its people were created. Every different Indigenous community has different creation stories.

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In Indigenous spirituality what does Interconnectedness mean?

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Everything in the world living and non-living, is interconnected. Humans need to balance with the Earth and all Creation.

33
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True or false. Is everything sacred?

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True. All humans, plants, animals, natural forces and objects are all invested with a spirit.

34
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What is intergenerational trauma?

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It is the physical, spiritual, and emotional scarring of past events that has occurred within generations.

35
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Explain the Residential schools.

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Residential school was mandatory for all indigenous children to try to assimilate them into the Christian culture. The children as young as 4 were taken far away from their parents, they were punished if they spoke their native tongue.

36
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When did the last residential school close?

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It closed in 1996.

37
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What are the five common threads that all Indigenous communities share?

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Sacredness, interconnectedness, cyclical balance, Mother Earth, and Animism.

38
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What is the Grandfather Teachings?

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They are Creation stories, with seven animals representing the seven teachings.

39
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Which teaching does the animal The Beaver represent?

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Wisdom to cherish knowledge.

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Which teaching does the animal the Bear represent?

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Courage to face foe with integrity.

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Which teaching does the animal The Wolf represent?

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Humility to know oneself as a sacred part of the creation.

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Which teaching does The Sabe represent?

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Honesty to be sincere when facing a situation.

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Which teaching does The Eagle represent?

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Love to know peace.

44
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Which teaching does The Turtle represent?

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Truth to know all these things and live with them.

45
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Which teaching does The Buffalo represent?

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Respect to honour all creation.

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