Week 3: Social Determinants of Health and Indigenous People

Question 1

Indigenous

Answer 1

umbrella term: First Nation, Metis, Inuit

Question 2

Aboriginal

Answer 2

Umbrella term that is not as widely accepted; meaning not normal, used in a lot of policies

Question 3

miskasowin

Answer 3

a n individual’s world view resulting from their own unique experience

remember:
- you can only speak about your own
- everyone is different but no one is wrong

Question 4

residential school

Answer 4

lasted over 120 years
kids were separated from their families for the purpose to be assimilated - take the Indian out of the child - and they suffered a lot of abuse

Question 5

day schools

Answer 5

opened after residential schools closed but kids suffered a lot of the same abuses

Question 6

Foster care

Answer 6

almost half the kids in foster care are indigenous

Question 7

nurse impact on individuals miskasowin

Answer 7

every interaction can affect someone’s miskasowin - negatively or positively

Question 8

child development

Answer 8

adverse childhood experiences havbe long term affects - on the assessment indigenous average individuals score 3 when the average for Americans is 1.5

Question 9

missing and murdered indigenous women

Answer 9

huge problem 1200 cases since 1980

4x more likely to be murdered than nonindigenous women

Question 10

medicine wheel

Answer 10

spiritual, mental, physical, emotional healing