DECOLONIZATION
& REBUILDING
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demonstrates an awareness of Aboriginal Peoples' contemporary
political, cultural and social issues in Canada
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demonstrates an awareness of the stereotypical images of Aboriginal
Peoples, and is able to accurately analyse portrayals and images
of Aboriginal Peoples and individuals
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demonstrates an awareness of the specific issues and challenges
facing Inuit, Métis, urban Aboriginal and First Nations Peoples
today
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demonstrates
an awareness of sustainable and effective renewable and non-renewable
resource mapping and management strategies, including use of local
sources of information, calculation of inventories and stewardship
responsibilities
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can
evaluate/acknowledges the significance of Aboriginal inherent
rights
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can
evaluate/acknowledges initiatives, both individual and collective,
that have the potential to improve the economic lives and advance
the economic independence of Aboriginal persons and their communities
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can
evaluate/acknowledges detrimental social patterns and issues associated
with the Aboriginal population in Canada as symptoms of a larger
malaise related to the loss of cultural identity or "ethno-stress"
(eg. colonization), and can identify some of the factors that
have led to this loss of cultural identity
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can
describe the meaning of the terms: First Nations, Métis , Status
Indian, non-Status Indian, enfranchisement, ceremony, world-view,
traditional teaching, Aboriginal, indigenous, self-determination,
genocide, assimilation, inherent rights, treaty, consensus decision-making,
Elder, paternalism. colonialism
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can
identify the date, signatories, name and general context of at
least one Treaty (where applicable, related to Aboriginal territory
in or near the student's locality) between a First Nation and
the Crown which still applies today in Canada
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can
identify significant legal decisions and precedents which advance
the right to self-determination of Aboriginal Peoples within Canada
