Indigenous Peoples of Canada
Indigenous Peoples of Canada
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“Education is how we will heal, teaching our children that we are all equal is how we will stop racism and bring about reconciliation.”
“Education is how we will heal, teaching our children that we are all equal is how we will stop racism and bring about reconciliation.”
~ Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
~ Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Resources: Indigenous Peoples - A Canadian History
Resources: Indigenous Peoples - A Canadian History
For this section, I have made the choice to let the selections below provide context and educational support. Who better to learn from than Indigenous peoples themselves.
How to Talk about Indigenous People in Canada
June is National Aboriginal History Month. Ever wonder how to use the proper terms when referring to Indigenous Peoples? Inuk journalist Ossie Michelin has a friendly how-to guide.
To read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous
First Nations Principles of Learning
Information from BC First Nations Knowledge Keeper's Principles of Learning and Dr. Martin Brokenleg's presentation of the Circle of Courage at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings held May 17 2013 in Williams Lake. Produced for School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin. http://martinbrokenleg.com
Understanding Aboriginal Identity,
May 1, 2015
BearPaw Media and Education
Understanding Aboriginal Identity explores the complex issue of self-identification for Aboriginal people. Today, Aboriginal identity remains inextricably linked with past government legislation and the continued stereotyping of Aboriginal people in the media and Canadian history. From a Metis farm in rural Alberta to the offices of Canada’s leading scholars, Understanding Aboriginal Identity examines the factors that shape who we are.
Chief Robert Joseph shares his experience as a residential school survivor and the importance of truth and reconciliation in Canada.
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Canada is ... is an online series produced in collaboration with Thought Café showcasing the many facets of Canadian identity. Leading figures in each field explore how their area relates to Canadian culture and capture a part of what it means to be Canadian.
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.
We know who we are: five generations of Métis resilience | Emerald UnRuh | TEDxSFU
We know who we are: five generations of Métis resilience | Emerald UnRuh | TEDxSFU
“We are known by so many names. Métis. Half-Breed. Michif. Otipemisiwak. Bois-Brûlés. The Free People. The People Who Own Themselves. The Flower Beadwork People. Half-Burnt Men. The Road Allowance People. The Forgotten People. All of these names speak to the fact that we are a strong People. We are a people in charge of ourselves. We are a resilient people. We are still here. We know who we are.”
On Tuesday, June 1 a Sacred Fire was lit during a ceremony that also included with cultural drumming and singing to offer support to students, staff, faculty and Elders as we honour the 215 Indigenous children found by the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC.
'The role of the sacred in Indigenous law and reconciliation' was a talk given by Val Napoleon and John Borrows as part of the University of Victoria's Ideafest in March 2018. This video contains Val Napoleon's part of the presentation.
Sen. Murray Sinclair: How can Canadians work toward reconciliation, Mar 23, 2018
Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Murray Sinclair says Canadians can work toward reconciliation by reading the report and finding a call to action that interests them.
To read more: http://cbc.ca/beyond94
The power of ritual becomes palpable if one experiences the emptiness of losing it. Campbell (1988) underscores this loss: “When you lose rituals, you lose a sense of civilization; and that’s why society is so out of kilter.” (Bolman and Deal, 2017, p. 251).
The power of ritual becomes palpable if one experiences the emptiness of losing it. Campbell (1988) underscores this loss: “When you lose rituals, you lose a sense of civilization; and that’s why society is so out of kilter.” (Bolman and Deal, 2017, p. 251).
"The Government of Canada continues to be committed to a renewed nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous peoples based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership" ("Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada," 2019).
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
"Indigenous knowledges [are] important knowledge systems that still exist around the world, that have been denigrated by what we call Eurocentrism, or Eurocentric Western knowledge systems, and those have been the foundations of education. And to move to anything like reconciliation, since the TRC calls to action, the aim then is to rethink what the harm has been, and then also to rethink all of the structures that Indigenous People were never part of, that those were created by people, in terms of the context of their time, and that if we were going to include Indigenous People in decision-making, what would they bring into those decision-makings with regard to policy changes" ("Lunchtime decolonization #002 - Dr. Marie Battiste," 2020).
Extension Resources
Extension Resources
48 books by Indigenous writers to read to understand residential schools
8th Fire episode 1. Indigenous in the City
8th Fire episode 3. Whose land is it anyway?
Canadian Museum of History - First Peoples of Canada
Inuit Nunangat: Indigenous Peoples of Canada
Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: Understanding the numbers
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Norval Morrisseau (Anishinaabe 1931–2007), Children with Tree of Life, ca. 1980–85, acrylic on canvas, 132.7 x 189.2 cm, Gift of Mr. Nicholas John Pustina, Mr. Robert Edward Zelinski, and Mr. Kenny Alwyn Whent, 1985.
https://www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/the-four-rs-of-morrisseau/
Top Image: "Bent Wood Medicine Box", old-growth western red cedar, Coast Salish carver Luke Marston, commissioned in 2009 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, https://lukemarston.com/art/bent-wood-medicine-box/
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