HREQ 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nuclear Family, Anishinaabe, Great Spirit

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 1700
• Professor: nadiahabib

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Lecture # 3: indigenous women before settlement. I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the haudenosaunee, the me tis, and most recently, the territory of the. The territory was the subject of the dish with one spoon. Wampum belt covenant, an agreement between the iroquois confederacy and the ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the great lakes. Today, the meeting place of toronto is still the home to many indigenous people from across turtle island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community, on this territory. Other related terms for indigenous peoples include aborigines, aboriginal peoples, native peoples, first peoples, first nations and autochthonous (this last term derives from the. Certain indigenous societies survive even though they may no longer inhabit their.