Event Title
Indigenous People in the Global Context
Description
There are 350 million indigenous people in the world, all are in a similar circumstance. They are still classically colonized, robbed of their territory and live on the periphery of a globalized imperial economy that is threatening the globe. Generally speaking the Indigenous people have been “dumbed down” to a pre-civilized state. It is generally agreed that Indigenous people were non-scientific, non-theoretical, incapable of abstraction and so forth. In fact, science is just now catching up to some key understandings that Indigenous people have had for a very long time. For the most part, Indigenous people are oral and therefore cannot be believed, nor studied by western intellectuals. Why is this a problem?
About the Lecturer:
Ms. Maracle is the author of a number of critically acclaimed literary works including: Ravensong [novel], Canadian Scholar’s Press, Bobbi Lee [autobiographical novel], Three O’clock Press, Daughters Are Forever, [novel] Theytus Will’s Garden [young adult novel] Theytus books, “Bent Box” [poetry] Theytus books, “I Am Woman” [non-fiction], Polestar/Raincoast and the co-editor of a number of anthologies including the award winning publication, “My Home As I Remember” [anthology] Natural Heritage books. Ms. Maracle is widely published in anthologies and scholarly journals worldwide. Ms. Maracle is a member of the Sto: Loh nation.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
18-4-2018 12:00 PM
End Date
18-4-2018 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Indigenous peoples--Government relations; Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.; Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs; Indigenous peoples--Social conditions; Indigenous peoples--Canada
Geographic Coverage
Canada
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Indigenous people, Globalized imperial economy
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Indigenous People in the Global Context
Fairhaven College Auditorium
There are 350 million indigenous people in the world, all are in a similar circumstance. They are still classically colonized, robbed of their territory and live on the periphery of a globalized imperial economy that is threatening the globe. Generally speaking the Indigenous people have been “dumbed down” to a pre-civilized state. It is generally agreed that Indigenous people were non-scientific, non-theoretical, incapable of abstraction and so forth. In fact, science is just now catching up to some key understandings that Indigenous people have had for a very long time. For the most part, Indigenous people are oral and therefore cannot be believed, nor studied by western intellectuals. Why is this a problem?
About the Lecturer:
Ms. Maracle is the author of a number of critically acclaimed literary works including: Ravensong [novel], Canadian Scholar’s Press, Bobbi Lee [autobiographical novel], Three O’clock Press, Daughters Are Forever, [novel] Theytus Will’s Garden [young adult novel] Theytus books, “Bent Box” [poetry] Theytus books, “I Am Woman” [non-fiction], Polestar/Raincoast and the co-editor of a number of anthologies including the award winning publication, “My Home As I Remember” [anthology] Natural Heritage books. Ms. Maracle is widely published in anthologies and scholarly journals worldwide. Ms. Maracle is a member of the Sto: Loh nation.