1.1 The First Peoples.

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1.1 The First Peoples

Introduction Observe the following paintings painted by First Nations artists. What insight do the paintings give you into the lifestyles and values?

The First Peoples of Canada The history of the land that is present-day Canada stretches back thousands of years. Science and oral tradition provide us with differing explanations of when and how the First Peoples came to live in what is now called Canada. The First Peoples formed many self-governing nations and created a wide variety of cultures. An important element of Canada’s history is the story of how the First Peoples related to each other, understood and explained their world, and organized their lives.

The First Peoples were self-governing nations with a wide variety of dynamic cultures. There were 6 major groupings in Canada: Arctic Subarctic Eastern Woodlands Plains Plateau Northwest Coast

These 6 major cultural groups can be divided into 50 different First Nations (once called tribal groupings). These major cultural groups roughly correspond with the physiographic regions of Canada.

What’s in a Name? Colombus first used the word Indian to describe the natives of North American, because, when he arrived at the island of Dominica he thought he had reached the East Indies (India). The world Eskimo, first used by a French priest in the 1600s, means “eaters of raw meat”. Neither group uses those names for itself.

Aboriginal Names & Their Meanings Assiniboine: people who use stones to cook Dene: the people Inuit: the people Haida: the people Iroquois: poisonous snake Kutchin: the people Mi’kmaq: allies or friends Mohawk: man eater Ottawa: traders Salish: the people Naskapi: rude people Dakota: allies Beothuk: man or human What does this tell us about how the groups think of themselves?

First Nations Theories of Origin First Peoples’: Created in North America by the Creator Have always been there Supported by legends and oral histories

Non-First Nations Theories of Origin The Land Bridge Theory Bering Strait covers a submerged land mass that was above water during the last Ice Age People used this land bridge to migrate from Asia to North America, and then through the Americas Between 25 000 and 12 000 years ago

Ice Bridge Crossed the Bering Strait during the Ice Age when the water was frozen Canoed from Asia across the Ocean, stopping at various islands along the way

Traditional Worldviews of First Peoples in North America What is a worldview? A worldview is a person’s set of beliefs or assumptions about the world and how it works. We each look at the world through our own set of “lenses” that affects how we perceive the world, other people, and our experiences. Every individual has a unique worldview, but people from the same culture and time period tend to have similar worldviews. Understanding Canada’s history requires some understanding of this country’s First Peoples and their traditional worldviews.

Spirituality First Nations and Inuit believed: Everything has spirit (plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and the sky) Find balance and harmony with the environment. For example, hunting communities believed animals participated in hunt by willingly sacrificing themselves to allow people to survive. Most communities took care to use as much of the animal as possible so the animal spirits would not be offended by the waste. Find harmony spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically.

Caretakers of the Land Give-and-take-relationship Not a sense of ownership Well-being of the land = well-being of their communities. Resources = gifts from the Creator. Communities with a mobile lifestyle did not wander randomly – they moved seasonally through their people’s traditional territory, taking advantage of each resource (berries, rice, fish, animals, maple syrup, or medicinal plants).

Language Verb based Reflects a world full of motion, energy, and change. Focus on connections and relationships English and French are noun based language, reflecting a world seen through discrete objects and division, such as living/non- living and black/white. Focus on differences

Values Co-operation, autonomy, sharing, and diversity All members of the community contribute to its well-being, food and other goods should be shared among all. Shared the most = most admired. On the West Coast, where resources were fairly plentiful, many First Nations had a formal ceremony for sharing: the potlach Potlach means “to give”

Oral Traditions Share values and ideas of a community’s worldview Entertain, educate, preserve cultural ideas and traditions. Stories belong to each community that tell them and often only certain people have the right to tell them.

“The story of life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans can be found in the sporadic archaeological evidence that survives. But it is also passed on to us through the oral tradition of the continent’s first inhabitants. While the archaeological record is more factually reliable, the oral legacy is often more compelling and speaks to a larger, metaphorical truth. These stories teach, record history, and offer entertainment. Unconfined by a conventional western narrative structure, with circular themes and wild, surreal tangents, they often resemble dreams: the collective wisdom and nightmares of a people.” - Canada: A People’s History, Don Gillmor and Pierre Turgeon