SOWK 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Inuit, Indian Act, Wabanaki Confederacy
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How can naming be an active liberation: reclaiming your cultural identity, opposing hegemony. Indigenous terminology: first nations, native, aboriginal, ndn, savages, native american generally used in the states/ native canadian is not used in canada. Indian and not viewed to be acceptable: metis, primitive, tribe not used unless your speaking about a specific community that has tribe in. Inuit their: cherokee from the states, more specific nation, chief/chieftain direct translation in ogama (forgein appointed leader). Someone who has been imposed by the colonial government: elder/traditional healer, fnmi (acronym, native canadian, band people who make up the population. Administrative body, and recognized by the government of canada. Band is people: reserve the land base. Aboriginal it is a legal term in canada. Indigenous, sometimes it can mean just canada but it is global. When you say aboriginal, then you are applying the inclusion of all three of the below groups: first nation/ indian (live in reserves): indian is an official term.
