ANTH 4160 Lecture 3: Lecture Outline- January 24, 2017 (Moodle copy)

• School: York University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 4160
• Professor: Christianne Stephens

Document Summary

Lecture 2: a historical overview of indigenous peoples in canada: indigenous teachings about creation story and the peopling" of the new world. An example of one creation story (the ojibway) Indigenous beliefs, supported by legends and oral histories, state that indigenous peoples were always here ( since time immemorial"). Ojibway spiritual leaders are creationists- don"t believe in bering strait theory or evolutionism in the darwinian sense. Believe that ojibway and other algonquin speakers were originally settled up and down the. Speak of a great migration informed and guided by prophecies. The seven major stopping places of the great migration were 1) turtle-shaped island (montreal?: niagara falls 3) the detroit river 4) manitoulin island in lk. Spirit island in duluth and madeline island in the apostle islands of lake superior. Polynesia and australia: the atlantic route theory- people came from southern europe by navigating small watercraft, or walking on the borders of glaciers.