Blog Assignment Value: 30% of final grade The main project for the semester is a blog that students will create and maintain about a current event related to indigenous people in Canada. Students must make at least three blog posts during the course of the semester. Each post is worth 10% of your grade for the blog assignment. What is a blog? A blog is an online forum for sharing information about a specific topic or theme. The word “blog” is a combination of the words “web” and “log
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Indigenous religions are those that are not mobile‚ came into being in certain areas and have not expanded beyond that area. These were also more tribal based‚ with mostly oral histories. I find animism very interesting and it is a strong belief in many indigenous religions. Animism to me symbolizes the closeness that indigenous people had with nature. Respecting their surroundings was a path to sustainable survival. Animism capturers my imagination‚ because in today’s world there is very little
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Indigenous religion refers to those religions which are native to indigenous peoples around the world. They are “descendents of the original inhabitants of lands now controlled by larger political systems in which they may have little influence.” In the second chapter of her book‚ Living Religions‚ Mary Pat Fisher takes the position that indigenous spiritual practices should be called lifeways and not religions. Lifeways are “a particular
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Task 2 The Indigenous people – they are the holders of unique languages‚ knowledge and beliefs and of practices for use of natural resources. In addition‚ they have a special relation to their traditional land. Their land has a fundamental importance for their cultural survival for them as a people. Indigenous people hold their own diverse concepts of development. The development is based on their own traditional values‚ visions‚ needs and priorities. At least this is how it used to be for the
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How the Lives of the Indigenous Changed “Don’t expect anyone to understand your journey‚ especially if they’ve never walked your path.” During the 1600’s Colonist completed a voyage to the new world in which it took them 66 days. Within the time‚ the Colonist managed to interact with the Natives the Colonist showed the Natives many new ways of living‚ including the many different types of tools that were brought along. Although the Colonists did not only introduced new tools and a different living
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Rebecca December 2‚ 2010 FCS 3150 Thursday 4:00-6:20 pm Interview Paper: Cultural Competency Living in a country that has more than on nationality definitely has both its challenges and rewards. For this assignment I interviewed an employee for a German company‚ in the automobile industry. During this interview I asked many questions about his job and responsibilities and the different types of cultures he works with‚ what are the rewards and challenges working with such a culturally
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In connection with my own experiences‚ the readings related to Indigenous student experiences during postsecondary education allowed me to better understand what these students need to overcome throughout their studies and how difficult they must be to balance between different responsibilities of their family and community‚ in addition to their academic achievement. I was also able to connect various aspects of Aboriginal student experiences through 4Rs by Kirkness and Barnhardt (1991). The story
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Stella G. Fernandez Central Philippine University Iloilo City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in SciEduc 325 (Term Paper in Ecology) By Aragon‚ Femie Cabaya‚ Charity Dave Dago‚ Rose Anne Dohino‚ Rodel March 2013 PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA Flora and Fauna refer to plant and wildlife. The indigenous plant and wildlife of a geographical region is often referred to as that region’s flora and fauna. Both are collective terms‚ referring to groups of
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that is funding for hospitals in rural areas of countries in South America‚ especially Haiti and Peru‚ where deadly diseases like Tuberculosis and HIV/AID was raging. Farmer and his organization are the two main subjects of the biographical “Mountain Beyond Mountain”‚ written by Tracy Kidder. Farmer and Kidder meet when the author was in Haiti‚ interviewing the American activity
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The Rocky Mountains A look into the alpine biome’s ecosystems and a potential stressor to them The Rocky Mountains are located in the biome known as the alpine forest. The Rocky Mountains are a large mountain range that is located in western North America which runs more than 3‚000 miles‚ from the northernmost part of British Columbia‚ in western Canada‚ to New Mexico‚ in the southwestern United States. Average January temperatures in the Rocky Mountains can range from -20 °F to 43 °F‚ with
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