DAT-3000 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ether, Anthropomorphism, Agriculture

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School

Algonquin College

Department

Information & Communications Technology

Course

DAT-3000

Professor

heh

DAT-3000

MIDTERM EXAM

STUDY GUIDE

Fall 2018

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1.



Who?

CarolGeddes

What?

GrowingupasanAboriginal

Where?

Canada

When?

Secondhalfofthe20thcentury

Why?

TorefutestereotypesontheAboriginal

community



2.

a)



TheAboriginalcommunityasawholehasreceiveddiscriminationfromtherestofCanadaat

thestartofthecenturyforhavingdifferenttraditions.Nowadaystheyarediscriminated

againstuponstereotypes.



b)



“Weweren’tallowedtojoinanythingthewhitekidsstarted.”



“IhavetogobacktothebushwhereIwasborn,becausethere’smoretomystorythanthe

hurtfulstereotypingthatdepictsIndianpeopleasdrunkenwelfarecases.”



3.“Itwasn’tthoughasifwe’dneverexperiencedchangebefore.TheTlingitnation,whichI

belongto,arrivedintheYukonfromtheAlaskancoastaroundtheturnofthecentury.They

werethemiddlemenandwomenbetweentheRussiantradersandtheYukoninlandIndians.

TheTlingitgainedpowerandprestigebytradingEuropeanproductssuchasmetalgoods

andclothfortherichandvariedfurssomuchinfashioninEurope.TheTlingitcontrolled

Yukontradingbecausetheycontrolledthetradingroutesthroughhighmountainpasses.

Whentradingceasedtobeaneffectivemeansofsurvival,mygrandparentsbeganraising

wildminkincages.Minkpriceswerereallyhighbeforeandduringthewar,butafterwards

thepriceswentplungingdown.So,althoughtheminkpenswerestilltherewhenIwasalittle

girl,myfathermainlyworkedonhighwayconstructionandhuntedinthebush.TheYukon

wasthen,andstillisinsomeways,inatransitionalperiodfromlivingoffthelandtogetting

intoaEuropeanwagebasedeconomy.”



Theparagraphbeginsbyimplyingthattheyareaccustomedtochange.Theytrekfromthe

AlaskancoasttotheYukon,whilehavinginteractionswithneighboringinlandIndiansand

Russiantraders.Furthermore,astimeschanged,theybeganraisingandsellingwildmilks

asameansofsurvival.

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Lifewasmuchsimplerwhenwelivedinthebush.Altoughwewerepoorandworethesame

clothesallyear,wewerewarmenoughandhandplentytoeat.Butevenasayoungster,I

begantobeawareofsomeoftheproblemswewouldfacelateron.Travellingmissionaries

wouldcomeandimposethemselvesonus,forexample.They’dsitatourcampfireandread

thebibletousandlectureusabouthowwehadtoliveaChristianlife.Irememberbeing

veryfrightenedbystoriesweheardaboutparentssendingtheirkidsawaytolivewithwhite

peoplewhodidn’thaveanychildren.Wethoughtthosepeopleweremeanandthatifwe

werebad,we’dbesentaway,too.Ofcourse,thatwaswhensocialworkerswerescooping

upnativechildrenandadoptiongthemouttowhitefamiliesinthesouth.Thecounsequences

wereusuallydisastrousforthechildrenwhoweretakenawayalienation,alcoholismand

suicide,amongotherthings.Iknewsomeofthosekids.Thesurvivorsarestillstrugglingto

recover.”



Theauthorbeginsoffwithsayinghowsimplerlifewasbackinthebush.Theyquickly

reinforcethisremarkbyimplyinghowtheyarepoorbutlivecomfortably.Lifeoutsidethe

bushwasfrighteningasachild.Newfaceswouldimposethemselvesonthem,andstories

ofadoptionneverendedwell.Theauthordoesacknowledgethatthiswasduringatime

whensocialworkerswerescoopingupnativechildren,.

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4.

Lifeinthebush;

birthtofour

Movesoutof

thebushto

Teslin.

Siblingsgoto

residential

schools.

Movestothe

cityof

Whitehorse.

Goestoschool

inwhitehorse.

Clashof

culturesin

schoolcause

confusionand

fearamongthe

children.

Movestoa

predominantly

whitehigh

school.

Hangsoutwith

aroughcrowd

ofkids.

Yearslater,

movesto

Ottawa

Appliesto

Universityand

graduates.





Sight

Themuskegwastoospringytowalkon

Smell

Icanrememberthecosywarmthofthefire,thesmellofgoodfood,and

alwayshavingsomeonetotalkto.

Touch

Wekidshadbuiltinplaymatesandwouldspendhoursrunninginthe

bush,pickingberries,buildingraftsonthelakeandplayingin

abandonedminkcages.

Taste

Moosemeatsandwiches

Sound

SheyelledatmetoreadandwhenIdidn’tshesmashedherpointing

stickonthedesktofrightenme.

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