Category: First Nations – Canada
Brain tanning Hides – Leather
Residential School System in Canada
Marie Battiste – What is learning spirit?
Eurocentrism – What is it?
I am placing several items here which look at Eurocentrism - which by definition means:" Eurocentrism (also Eurocentricity or Western-centrism) is a worldview centered on or biased towards Western civilization. The exact scope of centrism varies from the entire Western world to only Europe or even just Western Europe (especially during the Cold War). When… Continue reading Eurocentrism – What is it?
Lakota Sioux – Wiwanke Wachipi – The Sun Dance
Excerpt taken from: †††† http://aktalakota.stjo.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8668 The Sun Dance was the most important ceremony practiced by the Lakota (Sioux) and nearly all Plains Indians. It was a time of renewal for the tribe, people and earth. The village was large, as many bands came together for this annual rite. Each tribe camped within their own circle,… Continue reading Lakota Sioux – Wiwanke Wachipi – The Sun Dance
An excellent talk on how Eurocentrism is the central worldview in the world
Indigenizing the Academy: Indigenous Perspectives and Eurocentric Challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnw-G-D4wG8 Indigenizing the Academy: Indigenous Perspectives and Eurocentric Challenges
Clearances of the Native American peoples from their ancestral lands – (still continuing)
I am guilty of this..... we all are..... Money wins out every time…. and we are all a part of it…. The process which started with the Spaniards in central America, then the USA and their "Indian Removal Act", and Canada….. still continues…. if we look in our hearts, what does it say about us… Continue reading Clearances of the Native American peoples from their ancestral lands – (still continuing)
Awareness of the plight of Western Canadian Indigenous Peoples
These websites and articles are background and information to raise the awareness of the plight of Western Canadian Indigenous Peoples. In particular, the marginalization of Indigenous Women in Canada. Canadian national inquiry: Giving a voice to missing and murdered womenhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48274410 Canada complicit in 'race-based genocide' of indigenous womenhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48503545
The European Settlement of Western Canada
These websites and information locations are to move towards a better understanding of the history and the attitudes of both the indigenous peoples and the Europeans who have settled in the indigenous homelands. https://culturallymodified.org/decolonizing-bcs-roadside-history/?fbclid=IwAR1WefSaHoG2Ic-wnuOv0Oy307gB0v0csx9EcA3kZgIC_-u9OkFtoZSiDmg republicofarchaeology.ca
Reality is Dharma 