Week 8 Flashcards
What is the topic of research of Dr.Battiste?
System of residential schools
What is the education system of the residential school influenced from and what is the consequence of it?
Influenced by British school system and it marginalizes the stereotypes of the Indigenous peoples.
How do Indigenous peoples see the natural world?
Relationship between nature and peoples are interconnected.
What is the European world view?
- Eurocentric beliefs: Natural world exists independent of any (biased) beliefs
- Scientific method: Want to find a connection/pattern between behaviour
Who is Edward Curtis and what does he do in relation of Indigenous image? (1868-1952)
Photographer for ethnography and he thought it was a race that was going extinct. He takes off any western objects from his photographies.
What are the consequences of Edward Curtis’s photography?
He promotes stereotypes of Indigenous people with his pictures by taking off anything unrelated to stereotyped indigenous objects, therefore promoting the idea that indigenous are not a progressive society.
Who is Vine Deloria Jr. and what did she do?
Studies anthropology and is an archeologist.
In what way was Vine Deloria Jr’s research illegal and immoral?
Unconsented display of Indigenous peoples remain in museum; unnecessary large amounts of digging resulting to bones everywhere (e.g sold on eBay), removal of ancestral/human remains from burial lands.
What are the results from the ethnographic researches on the Indigenous peoples, from an European point of view?
1- That assimilation and civilization is good, implying the idea that indigenous peoples are not (using them as examples of uncivilized people).
2- That only European societies know progress and that Indigenous peoples are primitive.
What is diffusionism and what impact does it have on Indigenous peoples image?
Attempt to understand patterns in different cultures and the origin of culture traits (spread from one society to another); since Indigenous culture was so different from the rest, Europeans summarized it as a stagnant and empty culture.
Who is Carmen Robertson and what role did she play in the image of Indigenous peoples?
Journalist + Projects a romanticized/exotic/primitive image of Indigenous peoples;
1- Primitive image of Ind. Peoples
2- When Ind. P. progress, then not Indian anymore
3- Ultimatum: European vs the Other (the bigger the contrast, the better for the Europeans)
How were Indigenous peoples seen as from Christophe Columbus’s perspective in Thomas King’s reading?
They [indigenous peoples] were seen as an annoying part of the “New World”, something Columbus wanted to get rid of.
How does Daniel Francis work towards the concept of “learning to unlearn”?
He goes to a world heritage site (Head-smashed-in buffalo jam) and view Indigenous peoples as Natives instead of as “Indians”.
What is the Rule of Three?
States that Indigenous peoples are:
1) depravity (innate corruption)
2) innate inferiority
3) stubborn resistance to progress
What are the characteristics of the Rule of Three compared to?
Compared to white Canadians
Which case discussed in class talked about the dismissal of Aboriginal title in the lands, using Hobbes ideas (Doctrine of discovery) in order to claim land for the logging industry?
Delgamuukw case
Which worldview’s language is action-based?
Indigenous worldview
What is the name of the documented papers, similar to a constitution, that the Haudenausonee Confederation use to maintain the principles of Peace?
Great law of peace
What is Thomas King’s reading, Coyote Columbus, criticizing?
The dominant narrative/perspective, using the role of the trickster
Who’s philosophical idea states that indigenous people are brutish, need monarchy and are a representation of the natural «savage» state of humans?
Hobbes
Where in Canada has a higher percentage of death rate in indigenous women (shows more visibly the statistics)?
Winnipeg
What is the name of the hockey theme that went through indigenous controversy for its name?
Chicago Blackhawks
What is the name of the honey brand that used an indigenous girl as its logo?
Suebee (used to be siouxbee)
Which author wrote « All you know about Indians is wrong»?
Paul Chaat smith
To whom Paul chaat smith’s book is addressed to?
The mainstream (non-indigenous audience)
According to Thomas King, comparing to European antiquities, what does North America have?
Dead Indians
What is the Hornell Brewing Co.’s «Crazy Horse» malt liquor a representation of?
Image of indigenous culture in the pop culture of 19th-20th century
What did Daniel Francis write about?
“The imaginary Indian” criticized the portrayal of indigenous image in Canadian culture
Where does Daniel Francis go to get a better understanding of the Native peoples?
Head-smashed-in buffalo jump, a world heritage place
Which painting glorified the death of General Wolfe and presented a stereotypical barefooted Indian?
“The death of Wolfe” by Benjamin West
What is the term for the concept of an uncivilized man, who symbolizes the inner goodness of one not exposed to corrupting influences of civilization?
Noble savage
Who painted “Kanata”, an art defying the painting of Benjamin West, “the death of Wolfe (1770)?
Robert Houle
What is the name for the settler colonial myth about the supposed disappearance of indigenous peoples?
The vanishing Canadian
What is the aim of the concept of the vanishing Canadian?
To justify the decline in indigenous populations from the western perspective
Who is the entitled white artist that had as a project to create a gallery of indigenous peoples’ portrait?
George Catlin
Who was influenced by George Catlin?
Paul Kane
What was Paul Kane’s view on westernized indigenous poeples?
That they are not “authentic”
Which football team had a racial slur as their team name?
Washington redskin
What is the name of Paul Kane’s project in attempt to “save” indigenous memories?
The Salvage Project
