Analysis Of Ten Canoes

Unique traditions, language, beliefs and values all comprise Indigenous culture. It is critical that a meaningful appreciation of their culture

Betrayal, loss, and forgiveness are common themes amongst the Inuit legend of Lumaajuuq (an adaptation of The Blind Boy and the Loon) and the history of FNMI peoples. Inequity is something faced continuously and that has its struggles to be brought forward and addressed. The story of Lumaajuuq grasps all of these concepts and brings them forward beautifully, addressing the problems of the FNMI peoples through an artistic concept and with hidden links and connections within a broken relationship of a boy and his mother.

“The Boat” by Nam Le, is a serious of short stories that while representing a number of different themes throughout each story, the central theme regards the complicated relationship between children and their parents, with each story examining this theme in different ways. The opening and closing stories, “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”, and “The Boat”, not only develop the relationship between children and parents and how the child attempts to maintain this relationship; but also how they live their lives without their parents.

Indigenous literacies are used to communicate certain messages that are meaningful to the people in that individual community. These literacies are used to communicate stories, laws, maps, songs and dances to their own society. These forms of literacies are seen as being crucial to the cultural community as they are used to convey the social practices that should be handed down through the generations. Indigenous literacies may be interpreted in western cultures as art but they are actually narratives and recounts that Indigenous people generate. Indigenous literacies derive from different worldviews and connection to a range of components. They are then shaped and reiterated through knowledge systems that highlight knowing one’s stories of kinship. Indigenous Literacies are seen in forms such as on tress, bark, wood, sticks, rocks, carvings, in the soil and on bodies and

The READing outlined the role of movement and myth as a part of Indigenous histories yet with the arrival of settlers to Canada their colonial notions tried to replace and erase many of these worldviews and understanding. With the colonial attempt to assimilate and destroy Indigenous cultures in favor of European Christianity, Indigenous practices, understanding and tradition were band or lost. As seen through the banning of Potlaches and PowWow celebration, ritual and spiritual practises, destruction of land and the removal of children from communities and placing them in harmful residential schools stripping them of their languages and cultures. There are many, particularly due to their placement in residential schools that have lost the traditions and practices of their families and communities. The loss of these practises within art due to colonialization is a part of the reason why there large gape within Indigenous art histories, as many practise were banned, or not given the chance to learn from their communities. There are differences to pre- and early contact art as many could no longer practise or no longer knew how to make these traditional forms. It is this loss of information within nations that cultural continuance look towards, it is a re-learning of

Stories that have been passed on for decades by Indigenous people have many cultural values and meanings that can help teach and guide others. In his book Earth Elder Stories: The Pinayzitt Path, Alexander Wolfe’s includes three stories “The Sound of Dancing,” “The Orphan Children,” and “Grandfather Buffalo,” that reveal important Anishinaabe cultural values. In the story “The Sound of Dance,” the value of family sacrifice is shown as a strong Anishinaabe cultural value. In the story “The Orphan Children,” Wolfe expresses the importance of orally transmitted knowledge as a core Anishinaabe cultural value. Then in “Grandfather Bear,” the keeper of knowledge emphasizes the importance of the connection to the past, especially within family relations in Anishinaabe culture. There are many cultural values that can be found in these three stories told my Alexander Wolfe. Family sacrifice is one of many values shown throughout these stories, specifically in the story “The Sound of Dancing”.

Soren C. Larson writes the second article, titled, Promoting Aboriginal Territoriality Through Interethnic Alliances: The Case of the Cheslatta T’en in Northern British Columbia. Larson worked for five years from 1998 to 2002 conducting ethnographic research on the Cheslatta T’en tribe in northern British Columbia. He conducted 82 formal interviews between himself and tribal as well as non-tribal members alike, as well as becoming integrated with the aboriginal

b. Bandicoot-a small animal in Australia that looks like a cross between a rat and a rabbit

Leanne Betasamosake is a popular Indigenous writer who’s had growing experience throughout her life writing numerous of books in multiple of genres, which speak particularly upon Indigenous issues alongside of the playful stories and poetry she enjoys sharing. Leanne is part of the Annishnaabe community and proudly acknowledges her ethnic background and her tradition. “This Accident of Being Lost” written by Leanne Simpson successfully attempts to discuss the underlying issues surrounding Indigenous people and government conspiracy, she views the different types of ways in which love can be expressed and how the mind is deceiving in terms of forgetting old love. The author relates real life issues to her poems written in her book attaching a deep connection. One of the reasons why I chose to write about this book was its connection to one of many discussions we all have, there’s living moments of significant stories, lyrics and poetry she includes in her book. Leanne hasn’t failed to give an authoritative author reader connection in really making one explore the emotion in the book and understand the factual meaning behind her words.

Drum portrays the Gwich’in ontology through indigenous theories of substantive kinship, cosmology, and structuring legal order. The Gwich’in ancestors have relied of the Porcupine Caribou herd for their “nutritional, cultural, and spiritual needs” (Drum, 3); a relationship that lasts to this day. Drum illustrates the dependent relationship between the Gwich’in and the Caribou to strengthen the kinship between humans and non-humans. In 2004, the Gwich’in Steering Committee stated, “In our creation story, the Gwich’in came from the caribou when there was a separation of humans from animals” (Drum, 14). The origin of the Gwich’in is centralized around the caribou also strengthening the spirituality between human and non-human entities. This statement

I was scared. Our coach yelled , “Shark bate!” then we jumped into the ocean. I jumped first then my two team mates jumped in after me. We had to perform a transition in an outrigger canoe race; Three people jump off the canoe and three people jump into the canoe. The goal is to maintain momentum as much as possible, we couldn’t lose anytime. Three hours forty two minutes and fifty two seconds later we crossed the finish line. Our team of nine people came in fifty second out of sixty canoes. I was excitied that everyone had survived the 20 mile open ocean canoe race and that we had finished the race: The 46th annual Whitey Harrison Classic in Dana Point, CA.

Leanne Simpson’s “Islands of Decolonial Love” is an exploration of the lives and complexity of Indigenous people and their communities. She writes of the pain many Indigenous people experience as a result of colonial practices, which are still in effect today. Despite this, her collection of poetry and prose is not a despairing work but rather a book that inspires and creates paths for love and Indigenous revival. It is important to note that reciprocity is a major principle among Indigenous communities. It is the practice of both giving and receiving to create balance in a relationship with anyone and anything. In “Islands of Decolonial Love” reciprocity is done through Simpson sharing her work and us, the audience, reading and listening

The film Avatar (2009), a sequel science fiction, is a story of the exploitation of native people by the more powerful group so that their territory and natural resources might be obtained for the colonizers own self-filling purposes. The director of the film is James Cameron who presents a cinematic film with a theme of environmentalism, indigenous cultures, and nature’s triumph over colonizers/aggressors and technology. The movie is written in the social-political context. It has been used for political ends by peoples throughout the world. The depiction of the alien native species is problematic from a postcolonial perspective.

When i was 9 my brother Jack was 16 and my cousin Collin was 13. We were in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania at my grandmother's lake house. We decided to kayak over to Mud pond which is similar to a swamp in the sense that in filled with lilypads, bugs, muds, vegetation, and especially turtles. Mud Pond is at least a mile away from my grandmother's house by kayak. Kayaking is the only way you can get there. We there in a large kayak seated for two people, where Collin and Jack sat while i sat in the open space between them. When we got there, there were turtles everywhere. You can spot them on floating logs or their heads poking out of the water. The turtles were too quick for us we would also try to sneak up on them and they would jump into the

“most indigenous peoples have environmental ethics embedded in their worldviews. This is evident in the complex reciprocal obligations surrounding life-taking and resource-gathering which mark a community’s