ES 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Douglas Treaties, First Nations, Grameen Bank
Document Summary
Indigenous resurgence on the water-revitalizing the saanich reef net fishery. Indians and the land reserved for indians is the responsibility of the federal gov. research shows that oldest human footprint in bella bella go back farther than the ice age. Despite this the canadian government acts as though the canadian land was free for them to take. Indian reserves make up . 2 percent of land in canada, the rest is canadian land. Colonisation is about disconnecting people from the land. Douglas treaty says that first nations people are free to continue their fishing. Indigenous resurgence involves a collective community to transmit spiritual teachings of the land and water. Assimilation was aiming to move towards mainstream knowledge, resurgence is aiming to bring us back to indigenous knowledge and reverse assimilation. From indigenous pov, the spiritual and natural worlds are connected. First nations people see animals and creatures as relatives not commodities or resources.