Power into knowledge

Indigeous

Eliza Fellows,

Dr. Gumming    

Lecture Nine: Two Canoes One River

Section Title

Cues

Indigeous cultural competency: Understand, idnigeous cultures, and worldviews.

Positonality: highlights where and who we are highlights our position within an event.

Privilege: A special rights, advantage, or immunity granted to groups or persons

Homogenization of indigeous communities, doesn’t highlight the diversity within indigeous communities.

Colonial project

Ethnic cleansing

Colonization:

-              Canada has a tendency to time stamp colonialism

-              Helps avoid people feeling guilty.     

Indigeous people were conquered (WRONG)

-              Indigeous peoples in Canada were not conquered

-              Their histories are complex interactions, ally ship, treaties and negations

Indigeous people don’t pay taxes

-              Do pay taxes, with only certain exemptions for status/and/ or on reserve Indians, which does not include non-status, metis, or Inuit.

-              80% of indigenous people live off reserve, and pay taxes off reserve.

Indigeous people were conquered (WRONG)

-              Indigenous peoples in Canada were not conquered

-              Their histories are complex interactions, ally ship, treaties and negations

Two Canoes: One River

Focus: Journey though indigenous ways of knowing being and worldviews.

Positionally and Privilege.

-              Wheel of Power

o   Many indigeous people are unable to connect to their indigeous culture and beliefs,

o   Unable to own property and able to get a steady life.

Reflection

-              A lot of people are unable to see themselves in the media

-              Lack of presence of people that don’t have a dual income, or people that have parents that don’t have post secondary education

-              Lack of being able to speak their native language.

-              History- due to me being white- lots of privilege around that.

-               Personal experience- not have relationships with idnigeous people because of the system, and were segregated within Canada, i.e schools, hospitals,

-              Push- good stuff,  Pull- bad stuff.

Police

-              RCMP was created to controlling indigeous Canadians.

-              Indian act- unable to pass Indian status to children

-              Missing and murdered indigeous women.

Reserve land

-              Cant build equity, wealth for generations or even a Mortage

-              Don’t own the land.

-              Mobility- idnigeous people, weren’t able to leave the reserve.

Myths and Misconcpetions

-              Lack of representation- no statues, no history books

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Indigenous stereotypes

-              Eligibility for funding is restricted to status Indians recognized by the federal government. It’s important to note that even if eligible, not everyone automatically gets funding to high demand.

Indigeous people don’t pay taxes

-              Do pay taxes, with only certain exemptions for status/and/ or on reserve Indians, which does not include non-status, metis or Inuit.

80% of indigenous people live off reserve, and pay taxes off reserve.

Indigenous people get free housing

-              The “free ride” myth suggests that indigenous people in Canada receive special benefits from the federal government, which is rooted in historical fiduciary.

Indigenous people are Alcoholics

-              Response to alcoholic similare other groups

-              No cultural or genetic predisposition that makes them more prone to alcoholism.

Wearing any indigeous item is cultural approriation

-              Buying stuff by indigeous companies.

-              Helps avoid people feeling guilty.     

Indigeous people were conquered (WRONG)

-              Indigeous peoples in Canada were not conquered

-              Their histories are complex interactions, ally ship, treaties and negations

Indigenous people don’t pay taxes

-              Do pay taxes, with only certain exemptions for status/and/ or on reserve Indians, which does not include non-status, met-is, or Inuit.

-              80% of indigenous people live off reserve, and pay taxes off reserve.

Indigenous people were conquered (WRONG)

-              Indigenous peoples in Canada were not conquered

Their histories are complex interactions, ally ship, treaties, and negations

DNA DON’T prove indignity

Implicit Bias

-              Indigenous cultures, sign of disrespect of looking someone directly in the eyes.

-              Review culture, family of why I think this biased system.

Summary

Where does hate come From?

Implicat biases affects the real world, within hospitals, schools.

Biases are seen and are continually replicated within Canada, which has horrible consequences for school systems, medical systems.

Lack of understand of complex issues.

Lack of seeing indigeous lives as good, lack of agency.

Lack of understanding of importance of indigenous knowledge

Identities of yourself and identities of the person your with