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MODULE 10 | Readings & Resources

Readings

You should complete the following readings prior to continuing with the Module Notes:

Textbook

Chapter 7: “atikowisi miýw-āyāwin, Ascribed Health and Wellness, to kaskitamasowin miýw-āyāwin, Achieved Health and Wellness.” pp. 63-72. In, Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health.

Resources

Video

You should watch the following video when it is assigned within the context of this module:

Canada Needs Thriving Indigenous Languages | Khelsilem | TEDxWestVancouverED (8 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljBjUbVWmbQ&feature=emb_title

Understanding Aboriginal Identity (21 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcSnbXmJ9V0&feature=emb_title

Questions:

Based on our readings for this week, please post an original response to all of the following questions, as well as at least one response to a peer’s post:

Why do you think Dion Stout chose to incorporate her Cree language into this chapter? (250 words)

Why is it important to shift our paradigm, as Dion Stout describes? (250 words)

What did the video, “Understand Aboriginal Identity,” tell us about identity? (250 words)