ANTHR207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Osoyoos Indian Band, Interior Salish Languages, Inuit Languages
27 Dec 2015
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Notes on the ethnology of british columbia (1887) In the video: inuit lifestyle was determined by their environment. Mastered in spite of their environment and harsh climate. Humans have potential to shape their environments not to survive but to thrive in it. Okanagan nation, osoyoos indian band, nk"mip, interior salish. Describe how a culture was shaped by / could shape a cultural identity. How do people create an identity when they are engaging a new identity/activity. Parliament buildings in ottawa (20th 21st century) Tikal, a city state in guatemala (200 900 ad) The state may have been gone but the people were not gone (dispersed, or incorporated into other cultures) Centralized government (power is consolidated to one location) Wrong to impose that lower societies are primitive". Achieved state status does not mean you stay there. You can see their view (opportunity into how they see into their world than how you see your world)
