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Environment Through Traditional Perspectives
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....Traditional Elders are great orators
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....Traditional Elders are great oratorsGrampa said that Elders were painting a picture for everyone to see
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....Traditional Elders are great oratorsGrampa said that Elders were painting a picture for everyone to seeA little dab here and there - some color over there - another section on the bottom left side
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....Traditional Elders are great oratorsGrampa said that Elders were painting a picture for everyone to seeA little dab here and there - some color over there - another section on the bottom left side
- etc, etc, etc...
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....Traditional Elders are great oratorsGrampa said that Elders were painting a picture for everyone to seeA little dab here and there - some color over there - another section on the bottom left side
- etc, etc, etc... When the picture was complete and everyone
agreed...
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting pictures....Traditional Elders are great oratorsGrampa said that Elders were painting a picture for everyone to seeA little dab here and there - some color over there - another section on the bottom left side
- etc, etc, etc... When the picture was complete and everyone
agreed...The next painting was started
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesNowadays we are....
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesChallenged in a Modern World
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesChallenged in a Modern WorldReporting to I.N.A.C. and other Federal and Provincial agencies
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesChallenged in a Modern WorldReporting to I.N.A.C. and other Federal and Provincial agencies not much happens or really changes despite the challenges on our Nation lands
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesChallenged in a Modern WorldReporting to I.N.A.C. and other Federal and Provincial agencies not much happens or really changes despite the challenges on our Nation lands
A Western Worldview tries to accommodate a Traditional Lifeway
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesChallenged in a Modern WorldReporting to I.N.A.C. and other Federal and Provincial agencies not much happens or really changes despite the challenges on our Nation lands
A Western Worldview tries to accommodate a Traditional Lifeway
A “Worldview” is very often in conflict with a “Lifeway”
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesWhat’s the difference?
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesPainting another part of the picture...
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of Knowledge
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Ontology comprising of:•An Explanation of the World•Where are we heading?•What should we do?•How should we attain our goals?•What is true and false?•An account of its own building blocks.
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Ontology comprising of:•An Explanation of the World•Where are we heading?•What should we do?•How should we attain our goals?•What is true and false?•An account of its own building blocks.
LifeWay
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Ontology comprising of:•An Explanation of the World•Where are we heading?•What should we do?•How should we attain our goals?•What is true and false?•An account of its own building blocks.
LifeWayA Living Knowledge
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Ontology comprising of:•An Explanation of the World•Where are we heading?•What should we do?•How should we attain our goals?•What is true and false?•An account of its own building blocks.
LifeWayA Living KnowledgeA life well lived and a concept of the world based on those experiences
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Ontology comprising of:•An Explanation of the World•Where are we heading?•What should we do?•How should we attain our goals?•What is true and false?•An account of its own building blocks.
LifeWayA Living KnowledgeA life well lived and a concept of the world based on those experiencesOntology perhaps comprised of:An acceptance of the natural world and the processes that occur in that world.
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesUsing fancy words.Worldview
Theory of KnowledgeA particular philosophy of life or conception of the world
Ontology comprising of:•An Explanation of the World•Where are we heading?•What should we do?•How should we attain our goals?•What is true and false?•An account of its own building blocks.
LifeWayA Living KnowledgeA life well lived and a concept of the world based on those experiencesOntology perhaps comprised of:An acceptance of the natural world and the processes that occur in that world.
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives
Painting another section...
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NaturalWorld
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NaturalWorld
Spiritual World
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Spiritual World
HumanWorld
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Worldview/Lifeway
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives
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Spiritual World
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Environment Through Traditional Perspectives
NaturalWorld
Spiritual World
HumanWorld
Worldview/Lifeway
Now we can speak from a cultural map of core beliefs...
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesThe painting is unfinished...
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesFunding agencies have a pre-set agenda
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesFunding agencies have a pre-set agenda
imposition of pre set notions
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesFunding agencies have a pre-set agenda
imposition of pre set notionspresumption that our way may come to the same conclusions - “so why not use a methodology that is more efficient”?
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesFunding agencies have a pre-set agenda
imposition of pre set notionspresumption that our way may come to the same conclusions - “so why not use a methodology that is more efficient”?
Agencies in general are not prepared to accept the idea that we may come up with different conclusions and priorities. As a result: Native Lifeways become folk-loric
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesYet another part of the painting
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student Program
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student Program1 Post Secondary Student
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student Program1 Post Secondary Student
Joseph Simon
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student Program1 Post Secondary Student3 High School Students
Joseph Simon
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student Program1 Post Secondary Student3 High School Students
Sunny Rae Warrior
Joseph Simon
Brett Meguinis Steven Crowchild
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant Inventory
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant Inventory
2008 Tsuut’ina 25 Year Comprehensive Community Plan
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant Inventory
2008 Tsuut’ina 25 Year Comprehensive Community PlanThe Environment was number 5 of the 20 identified priorities
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant Inventory
2008 Tsuut’ina 25 Year Comprehensive Community PlanThe Environment was number 5 of the 20 identified prioritiesYouth population is 40% higher than the Alberta average
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant Inventory
2008 Tsuut’ina 25 Year Comprehensive Community PlanThe Environment was number 5 of the 20 identified prioritiesYouth population is 40% higher than the Alberta average2001 census majority were 5-14 years of age
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryIt was felt that students in this range had to be exposed to a practical approach to knowing the Environment
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryIt was felt that students in this range had to be exposed to a practical approach to knowing the EnvironmentLifeWays had to be introduced by the simple act of walking around for a week and taking pictures
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryIt was felt that students in this range had to be exposed to a practical approach to knowing the EnvironmentLifeWays had to be introduced by the simple act of walking around for a week and taking pictures
The first Instructor was a traditional herbalist who not only Identified plants and their use but the proper protocols needed
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryIt was felt that students in this range had to be exposed to a practical approach to knowing the EnvironmentLifeWays had to be introduced by the simple act of walking around for a week and taking pictures
The first Instructor was a traditional herbalist who not only Identified plants and their use but the proper protocols neededThe concept of time and space became relevant
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryA plant Biologist was brought in a couple of weeks later and the same walk was done. Western Science was introduced to the students
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryA plant Biologist was brought in a couple of weeks later and the same walk was done. Western Science was introduced to the students
The difference was that the traditional Herbalist defined the way of seeing plants, time and space - and the biologist came in to add another perspective
Environment Through Traditional Perspectives2010 Summer Student ProgramWorking Title: Medicine Plant InventoryA plant Biologist was brought in a couple of weeks later and the same walk was done. Western Science was introduced to the students
The difference was that the traditional Herbalist defined the way of seeing plants, time and space - and the biologist came in to add another perspectivethe result was an Traditional Environment Methodology steeped in the natural and spiritual world to support a human values
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesWhat does all of this mean to technicians?
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesWhat does all of this mean to technicians?processes in which we can draw from to ensure we are being heard
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesWhat does all of this mean to technicians?processes in which we can draw from to ensure we are being heard The unfinished business of “Decolonizing”
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesWhat does all of this mean to technicians?processes in which we can draw from to ensure we are being heard The unfinished business of “Decolonizing”
•Claim our Land•Testimonies thru oral evidence•continued story telling•celebrating the fact we are still here•remembering our past and how we responded to that time•Indigenizing - meaning we draw on our traditions•Intervening - stepping up to the plate•revitalize our language and lifeways•connecting to our families in other parts of the country•Gendering the Environment to its proper element•i.e: water as a feminine element•reframing for greater control•Sharing of knowledge
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesWhat does all of this mean to technicians?processes in which we can draw from to ensure we are being heard The unfinished business of “Decolonizing”
•Claim our Land•Testimonies thru oral evidence•continued story telling•celebrating the fact we are still here•remembering our past and how we responded to that time•Indigenizing - meaning we draw on our traditions•Intervening - stepping up to the plate•revitalize our language and lifeways•connecting to our families in other parts of the country•Gendering the Environment to its proper element•i.e: water as a feminine element•reframing for greater control•Sharing of knowledge
This will help in developing a trained workforce
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesThis particular picture is complete
Environment Through Traditional PerspectivesThis particular picture is complete
thanks to:A YUPIAQ WORLDVIEWOscar Kawagley
DECOLONIZING METHODOLOGIESLinda Tuhiwai Smith
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