Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Idle No More, Medicine Wheel, We Were Children

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

Document Summary

Aboriginal peoples in canada: aboriginal peoples (p. 120): includes first nations (north american indian), metis and inuit peoples not an indigenous term. Diversity of aboriginal peoples: many fn bands, nations, languages (p. 121, bc alone includes at least 28 first nations peoples, including: coast salishan, haida, tlingit, not a homogenous category, catego(cid:396)ized as (cid:862)othe(cid:396)(cid:863) (cid:271)ut many identify with specific tribes. It is important to remember the diversity of aboriginal peoples. Terminology: nations e. g. , c(cid:396)ee, bla(cid:272)kfoot, mi"k(cid:373)a(cid:395, on-reserve, off-reserve (majority live in urban areas, status, non-status, status is a legal category, recognized legally as indian on the act. Demographic patterns: population reductions after european contact. Health and aboriginal status: low le 5-14 years less (le= # of years a person of a given age and sex can expect to live if current age-sex specific death rates continue to apply throughout his/her lifetime)