Where the Spirit Lives

Applying Class Concepts to “Where the Spirit Lives” Provide as many specific examples of each of the following concepts from “Where the Spirit Lives”: Framework: How the dominant group maintains power (Both Pharr and Weber’s frameworks): Institutional Power Political control: laws/policies/criminal justice system - The “Whites” lawfully took the children from their Native land - The school creating rules forbidding native practices of the Indian children Ideological control: control of ideas

Intergenerational Effects of Residential Schools Who are the people that went to residential schools, where are they, and their families today? Have you ever heard someone talk about residential schools like it was an everyday conversation? Residential schools have become so camouflaged into the back of people’s minds. People tend to forget that these schools took place and that they are real life events that can have an effect on everyone around them. These schools have left such an imprint

they would have to deal with this on the daily. And what made it worse was the fact that many of these teachers were harsh and cruel towards these students, hurting them physically, mentally or sexually, causing trauma they’d never forget in their lives. The

After watching the movie “Where the Spirit Lives”, I have had some strong feelings towards what was done to the First Nations People of Canada. At the beginning of the movie, it showcased the job of the Indian Agent, a man whose job was to interact with the tribes of the aboriginals in hopes of taking their children to the brutal residential schools. In this scene, the agent was trying to act friendly and tried to make a good impression on the aboriginal children. After watching this scene, I was

Life at Native Residential Schools In the 1989 movie, “Where The Spirit Lives”, the Canadian Government appeared to be an innocent, accepting and understanding group of people. However, history proves otherwise. Between the years of 1840 and 1996, Native children lost their identity and culture due to residential schools. Native children were taken from their homes, forced to change their culture through drastic means, and taught to support a different religion. Many Native children

Spirit bears people call them spirit bears although there real name is Kermode bear the Kermode bears lives Outside of Columbia only however one in a million black bears is white the rest are black only maybe 100 exist spirit bears are really interesting . Only about 20 percent of the bears on Orr and Princess islands are white the rest are black they have white creamy fur with brown eyes dark nose pads and nearly white claws . Beauseour and Princess island along the rain-forest coast

I gathered that the experience will be like being a part of a community inside and outside of the classroom and this is achieved through academic and living encounters. As Wataugans we spend time in academic and social environments together, our spirit of learning is shown through the times we spend together academically and socially. And by socially I mean we have lunch together, and when there are opportunities we volunteer together and take recreational trips when possible and through all of

Beliefs within Aboriginal Spirituality & Buddhism Religion is a set of beliefs towards life where it helps describe the truth, purpose, lessons and outlook on life and also beliefs toward a higher authority or creator depending on the beliefs. Aboriginal spirituality is the set of beliefs of spiritual traditions and teachings which is passed down orally through the generations and centuries of believers. Buddhism is the set of beliefs of ending personal suffering and discovering happiness

certain regions of the world. Below the line of gods, come spirits, who supposedly live in nature. After the spirits, there are the spirits of ancestors that still have a contributing role in interacting with the living (Zukeran, 2010). This chain of spiritual beings helps provide people with the idea of having a closer opportunity to interact with the high power spirits. As previously mentioned, most people place God at a far away distance, where He is not accessible to the people, so, this provides

think about the Holy Spirit or even recognize Him as a person of the trinity, to only refer to Him as “it” when speaking of Him. But He is the one that helps us, comforts us, and give us the word we need when sharing the Gospel. Jesus tells his disciples that he must “go away,” so that he can send the Helper (John 16:7), who will work in the lives of the believers, by guiding them, ministering to them and do good work in their lives. In the life of a Pastor, the Holy Spirit is an important ingredient