INDG 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gerald Vizenor, Medicine Wheel, Algonquin People
21 Sep 2016
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Wisdom, truth, humility, courage, honesty, respect, love. Ethical teachings about how one should live in the world, what all should strive for. Not only a dream catcher but also a medicine wheel. Used in numerous way in media today. 4 direction model: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. East: vision, south: time/emotion, west: reason, north: movement. Many interpretations: colours associated with different nations. Circle: represents wholeness, balance, interconnectedness, cyclical nature of life and universe. The medicine circle gives us a specific way to see all of the interconnectedness of things around us. The claim covers a territory of 36,000 square kilometres in eastern ontario that is populated by more than 1. 2 million people. The boundaries of the claim are based largely on the watershed, which was historically used and occupied by the algonquin people. Ontario is covered by 46 treaties and other agreements.
