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Mi’kmaq 10

Mi’kmaq 10. Test Review: Culture Unit Test date: Monday, April 30 th , 2012. Format. Multiple choice Fill in the blanks OPVL analysis Short answer Long answer. Universals of culture. Know what they are (there are 9). Refer to your handout.

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Mi’kmaq 10

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  1. Mi’kmaq 10 Test Review: Culture Unit Test date: Monday, April 30th, 2012

  2. Format • Multiple choice • Fill in the blanks • OPVL analysis • Short answer • Long answer

  3. Universals of culture • Know what they are (there are 9). Refer to your handout. • Be able to come up with examples for each from Mi’kmaq traditional culture. • For example, material culture are the THINGS a culture uses for everyday life. It includes food, tools, housing, clothing, etc. Some examples of material culture for Mi’kmaq culture would be: moccasins, wigwams, etc.

  4. Theory • Know the following terms/concept: • Racism • Institutional racism • Assimilation • Inner cultural conflict • Truth vs. perception (remember the marker in the middle of the circle?) • Stereotypes

  5. Historiography • Understand the differences between primary and secondary sources (refer to your notes) • Be able to analyze a document using the OPVL method (refer to notes and OPVL class activity) • O= origins (who, when where?) • P= purpose (what were the author’s intentions?) • V= what is the value of the source to you as a historian? What does it tell you about culture/events? • L = what are the limitations of this source?

  6. Pre-contact Nations • Be able to name the 7 pre-contact Nations • Know about warfare or lack thereof in pre-contact Nations. (refer to your research assignment) • Know how many language groups there were/are (5)

  7. Contact/ Early Relations • Know the Christopher Columbus story: where did he land (Espaniola)? Who was there already (Taino)? What happened? (Refer to 500 Nations notes) • DeSoto’s March: Important points (refer to 500 Nation’s notes) • Early trade between Mi’kmaq and French. What did they trade? How did this affect supplies? (Refer to notes) • Relationships between Mi’kmaq, French, and English. How did the struggle between the French and English affect the Mi’kmaw people? • The introduction and affect of alcohol. • Differences in understanding of land and land ownership.

  8. Cultural practices • Medicine Wheel: • What do the circles represent? (elements, life stages, seasons, and aspects of personality) • How is the wheel used? (to teach interconectedness of life, environment, etc.) • How does it teach balance? (shows us the various aspects of ourselves and how we relate to the people and natural environment – we are not one thing! We are many things connected together ) • Mi’kmaq Pottery lesson: • Museum perspectives: archaeological vs. living culture • What happened to the pottery? Why did it stop?

  9. Cultural Practices, cont. • Dream Catcher: • What is the story behind the dream catcher? • What does it do? • What do the different parts of the dream catcher represent? • Smudging: • What is used in a smudging ceremony? • What is the significance of a smudging ceremony? (why is it done? When is it done?) • Elderhood: • How does one become an elder? • Why are the 7 virtues important?

  10. Contemporary Culture • Artists: Alan Syliboy and Daniel Paul (painters) • Rita Joe (poet: “I lost my talk”) • Thomas King (writer: “A Columbus Coyote Story”, “Borders”) • Club Native: what are the causes of inner cultural conflict for the women in the film? • DRUM!: how is this an example of maintaining cultural identity within a multicultural society? • Pocahontas: What are the messages of the film? • UncontactedAyoreo tribe: what’s happening? Why is it happening?

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