INDG 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10/09: Thai Baht, List Of Autonomous Areas By Country, United Service Organizations

• School: McGill University
• Department: Indigenous Studies
• Course: INDG 200
• Professor: Allan Downey

Document Summary

10/09 stark, larry, marked by fire: anishinaabe articulation of of nationhood in treaty- Story of nenabozho (the theft of fire) turning into rabbit to get fire, being burned/marked in the process. Story defines role of fire in anishinaabe identity/worldview. Has played important role in ceremony, political discourse as symbol (ex: three fires confederacy--fire used as symbol for nation, to connote alliance btwn nations) In negotiations w us, 3fc (ojibwe, odawa, potawatomi) represented themselves as tied to one another, yet distinct, using symbol of fires. This distinction is not reflected in final us treaty. Story explains animal features, while also showing how nations r marked by their alliances/agreements/treaties w other nations. Use of nation to describe indg groups is important--challenges western conceptions of. Note tho that nation/state r not synonymous. Nation=social group w commonalities, abt the act of being/identity/self-conception. Treaties articulate nationhood thru change in national identity. Anishinaabe identities r informed by groups" specific geographic regions/histories.