Week 3

Question 1

Indigenous Knowledge (definition)

Answer 1

Way of knowing understood through lived exp. and lessons

Question 2

Indignous Knowledge (7 Similarities)

Answer 2

1:Transmitted through generatiosn
2: expressed in many formats
3: dynamic
4: holistic
5: context embedded
6: interdependant
7: community values

Question 3

Pricilla Settee

Answer 3

Indig. Knowledge systems not recognized in universities,…

Question 4

Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Answer 4

• many layeres of being, knowing, expressing
• multidisciplinary/ holistic
• interconnected
• dynamic

Question 5

Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Answer 5

Maori knowledge becoming colonized in mainstream new Zealand School

Question 6

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Answer 6

Now called Indigenous Science, understanding of the land coming from experience and generational knowledge

Question 7

Origin Stories commonalities (5)

Answer 7

1: Explains relationship between humans and nature
2: contain relatable characters
3: problems to solve
4: repetition
5: teach lessons

Question 8

Sami People Origin Story

Answer 8

Death of the Sun’s Daughter and Son of the Sun’s Courting in Land of Giants: woman and men equal

Question 9

Animism

Answer 9

belief in many spirits

Question 10

Australian Aborigines Origin Story

Answer 10

Dreamtime: division between sleeping and waking time, watering hole, mud clearing from eyes, walking around to remember

Question 11

Mayans Origin Story

Answer 11

Popol Vuh, Hero Twins (Sun and Moon)

Question 12

Ainu Origin Story

Answer 12

Chaos before creation, island world in itself

Question 13

Mohawk Origin Story

Answer 13

Corn, Beans, Squash (Three Sisters), Turtle Island, Okwiraseh and Thawiskaron

Question 14

Navajo Origin Story

Answer 14

First World (Four World Story), Migration from North to South (shown in each world)

Question 15

Jacinta Koolmatrie

Answer 15

Elders, Yamute