First Nations, Métis, Inuit communities
What is one style of housing that either First Nations, Inuit, or Métis communities had
Longhouses, tents, tipis
One of the most sacred relationships Indigenous peoples carry is with _________ ________.
Mother Earth
True or false: Attendance at residential schools was mandatory for children up to the age of 15.
True
TRC Stands for....
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
When trauma affects generations who didn't experience it directly.
Intergenerational Trauma
Lands set aside by the federal government for the use and benefit of a first nations community
Reserve
A type of story, normally unique to each tribe, that articulate who they are, how they got to the place they live, and why they are here.
What is a creation story?
The year the last residential school closed
1996
An going process of establishing and maintaining respectful relationships.
Reconciliation
The response to highly distressing situations, such as abuse, and natural disasters that negatively affect how a person thinks or behaves in the long run.
Trauma
A person from a different country who migrates to a new country to take control of it.
Colonizer
A treaty belt created in the 17th century to record an agreement between the Haudenosaunee confederacy and the Dutch settlers in Eastern New York.
Two-Row Wampum
Experiences reported from survivors in residential schools included....
mental abuse, punishments, overcrowding, illness, and disease, etc.
What does reconciliation require?
Patience, time, commitment. Communication, collaboration, cooperation and compromise. Empathy and respect. Willingness to change.
True or false: Many of the important skills learned at residential school put these individuals at a disadvantage in the current workforce.
True.
_________ means that all people deserve equal rights and opportunities.
Egalitarian
Europeans predominantly viewed the land and resources as something to be bought and sold and exploited for _________.
Profit
The Residential school system was created because settlers and the government started seeing Indigenous people as a _____________.
"Problem"
A national charity whose mandate is to educate and raise awareness about residential schools and to continue to support the ongoing healing of Survivors.
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Early childhood traumas put children at higher risk for what?
health problems such as heart disease and diabetes and/or social conditions such as substance abuse, homelessness, etc.
What ancestral land do we reside on in Kingston?
Traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory
The effects of European settlement and trade were beginning to have immense impacts on Indigenous lives, including.... (3)
1) Diseases were killing off large populations
2) Interruptions to trade and food routes
3) Trade and alcohol and guns introduced notions of addiction and private property which undermined indigenous cultures
An act passed by the federal government of the new Dominion of Canada in 1876 that worked to terminate the cultural, social, economic, and political distinctiveness of Indigenous peoples.
Indian Act
How did people feel about Stephen Harper's apology regarding residential schools?
Many Indigenous people did not think that this apology was sufficient given the amount of pain their communities have endured, while others found relief in hearing the Canadian government recognize their experiences and apologize.
Those students who did return home from residential schools were stuck in "the middle ground" of society. Explain what this means.
They could not communicate with their family members or take part in indigenous society, but they also did not have the skills or education to take part in European society.