FNST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Wolverine
13 Jun 2018
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Azin Setoodeh
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Group Name: Respect
Vocabulary Assignment # 4
(1) Peace and Friendship Treaties:
Is one type of treaty, which is negotiated between First Peoples and settlers. In general, treaties are
ratiļ¬ed agreements made between two or more sovereign nations. These agreements aimed to form
peaceful relations between colonial governments and Aboriginal people. Also, these treaties were
enacted to ensure the safe passage of settlers.
(2) Oral Treaties:
Is a form of oral tradition among First Peoples. These agreements are made between original people,
and the spoken word is agreed upon. The aim of these treaties are to pass down information, settle land
disputes/conļ¬icts, trade and marriage arrangements. Afterwards, these agreements are sealed through
celebrations and ceremonies. However, European settlers changed this tradition and brought written
treaties, which extinguished First Peoples oral tradition.
(3) Ojig:
The story behind the Ojig it is about a Fisher who climbed up the Cedar tree and jumped into the hole in
the sky, and started twisting his tail to dissolve the angry cloud spirits. This allowed the birds to escape.
However, the angry cloud spirits noticed what the Fisher was doing and shoot an arrow into his tale.
Unfortunately, this caused him to lose his life. The work of this story underlies the bravery and self
sacriļ¬ce of the Fisher. The great spirits saw this act and threw nine stones into the sky, which formed a
star constellation of the Fisher. This was formed to always remember the bravery that the Fisher did to
bring back the birds.
(4) Anishaabe Record of Meteorite:
Through oral tradition Anishaabe people recorded a meteorite impact within their stories. Also, their
story has been maintained and preserved through the name Gwiingwaāaage (i.e., wolverine). This story
explains how a star fell from the sky and knocked an hole in the Earth. Anishaabe people would watch
this hole from far, and overtime this hole became a lake. One day an young Anishaabe hunter was
walking and saw an ill tempered mammal (i.e., wolverine) that came out of the lake and chased the
hunter away. The Anishaabe people referred to this animal āthe one who came from a falling starā
because it arose from the lake that was formed by the falling star.
(5) Crit Callebās Story:
Is about the Cherokee ļ¬re origin story. Initially, animals gathered around and discussed who could get
ļ¬re from the sycamore tree. Some of the animals tried but they all failed to bring ļ¬re. Finally, a little
black water spider went up the tree and she brought the ļ¬re back, and because of her Cherokee people
have obtained ļ¬re. In addition, he starts talking about his ancestors, and how they were removed from
their homelands by force. The only thing they took with them to the new place was ļ¬re. He explains
when they wanted to obtain ļ¬re they would call up the ļ¬re spirit and ask him to bless them and give
them ļ¬re, so that they could use it for various purposes (i.e., cooking, warmth, and/or gathering).
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Document Summary
Vocabulary assignment # 4 (1) peace and friendship treaties: Is one type of treaty, which is negotiated between first peoples and settlers. In general, treaties are rati ed agreements made between two or more sovereign nations. These agreements aimed to form peaceful relations between colonial governments and aboriginal people. Also, these treaties were enacted to ensure the safe passage of settlers. (2) oral treaties: Is a form of oral tradition among first peoples. These agreements are made between original people, and the spoken word is agreed upon. The aim of these treaties are to pass down information, settle land disputes/con icts, trade and marriage arrangements. Afterwards, these agreements are sealed through celebrations and ceremonies. However, european settlers changed this tradition and brought written treaties, which extinguished first peoples oral tradition. (3) ojig:
