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Alberta Online Encyclopedia and Edukits
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia and Edukits
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Glossary Page A-F | I-R | T-ZIndoctrination is the process of repeating an idea or belief in order to persuade others to believe a similar point of view. A form of residential schools in which students were taught a specific activity or skill that was intended to aid and allow them in finding work once they were completed school. “Eskimo” is the historic name that came from the Abnaki term meaning either “eaters of raw flesh” or “snowshoe maker.” In contemporary times these people prefer to be known as the Inuit. They live in the very northern regions of Canada. The upper and lower branches of the Kutenai (Kootenay) are divided more or less equally between Canada and the United States. The Upper Kootenay are properly a British Columbia People, but throughout the first half of the 18th century at least on band of Kootenay occupied southwestern Alberta, hunting buffalo. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Kootenay have been in southwest Alberta as long as 2000 years.
http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/fn_metis/glossary.html#chipewyan Language is a way to communicate using spoken or written words. There are many different types of languages around the world. The Métis People are of mixed First Nations and European ancestry who identify themselves as Métis people. They are distinct from First Nations, Inuit, and non-Aboriginal peoples. The Métis history and culture does draw on diverse ancestral origins such as Scottish, Irish, French, Ojibway, and Cree. The slang term “half breed” is not commonly accepted today. At one time it referred to those of mixed Aboriginal and English or Scottish ancestry. The Métis flag is the oldest patriotic flag indigenous to Canada. It first appeared at the Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816. The infinity symbol, or lazy eight symbol as it is sometimes known, represents the coming together of two distinct cultures, which form the Métis nation. Métis Nation of Alberta Association The Association consists of an elected provincial and vice-president as well as six elected zone presidents and zone vice-presidents from each of the six zones across Alberta. The Métis Nations national definition of Mėtis is: Way of life in which a person possesses no permanent residence. Nomadic peoples have no permanent home (place of residence) and generally live in portable structures. The Plains peoples were all nomadic and survived by following the buffalo herd and living in portable tent-like structures or tipis. Information not originally recorded in written form, but is instead passed down through generations using stories and legends. The Piikani nation is the southernmost within the Siksika Confederacy. The tribe in Canada is referred to as the North Piikanis while those in Montana are known as the South Piikanis. By themselves, the Northern Piikanis are the smallest Siksika tribe to sign a treaty with the Canadian government, but together with their fellow Piikanis in Montana they form the largest tribe within the Confederacy. Their traditional name is Piikani and they belong to the Algonquian language family. The Piikani nation was the first to vote in Alberta. Proselytize is the practice of trying to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or way of life to your own which is often believed to be superior. A rebellion is an opposition to control by government power or another power. The Red River cart was devised by the Métis to suit the travel conditions of the Plains. It was a simple cart with two wheels designed to be attached to one horse. The wheels had bowed spokes and were "off-set" to give the cart’s axle a wider track and to absorb some of the shocks delivered to the cart while carrying heavy loads. The Red-River Cart enabled the Métis to transport great quantities of freight without having to maintain large herd of horses. http://www.abheritage.ca/alberta/fn_metis/glossary.html#chipewyan The jig is a traditional dance of the Métis often accompanied by the fiddle Residential Schools were developed by different religious institutions and often financially supported by the federal government. The schools were developed as a primary tool for assimilating young Aboriginal children into the ways of the western world or dominant culture. Religious instruction was paramount with often less than half of the day spent in educational activities. Parcels of land throughout Canada were set aside and held in trust for the Native peoples of Canada after Confederation. Established in a series of numbered treaties, reserves were integrally connected to official "Indian" status and rights. A resistance group is an organized group who fights against another authority or power. |
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