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Assignment 2:6 – Authenticity

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5] “To raise the question of ‘authenticity’ is to challenge not only the narrative but also the ‘truth’ behind Salish ways of knowing “(Carlson 59). Explain why this is so according to Carlson, and explain why it is important to recognize this point. When one questions the authenticity of a narrative, they are simultaneously questioning the beliefs of the people to whom that story belongs. Carlson says that “we have grown so accustomed to associating authentic aboriginal culture with pre-contact temporal dimensions that we have dismissed or ignored Native stories…read more

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Assignment 2:4

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Question: In this lesson I say that our capacity for understanding or making meaningfulness from the first stories is seriously limited for numerous reasons and I briefly offer two reasons why this is so: 1) the social process of the telling is disconnected from the story and this creates obvious problems for ascribing meaningfulness, and 2) the extended time of criminal prohibitions against Indigenous peoples telling stories combined with the act of taking all the children between 5 – 15 away from their families and communities. In Wickwire’s introduction to…read more

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Assignment 2:3 – Home from Multiple Perspectives

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After reading through a few different blogs about what people think of when they think of home, I see a few common themes. For many, the feeling of home is directly correlated with family or roots. In Laryssa’s post, she talks about her family roots stretching way back 100 years through their farm. I think history is a big part of home for lots of people, and story is a big part of history. When stories regarding family history are shared, I find people often feel a strong connection to…read more

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Assignment 2.2: Home

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Write a short story that describes your sense of home and the values and stories that you use to connect yourself to your home: A photo of me catching my first fish two summers ago in the Prince Rupert Harbour.   For many people, home is not a place but a feeling or a multitude of places. For me, home is definitely a place. I was born and raised in Prince Rupert, B.C.  which is located on Kaien Island on the Northwest coast of British Columbia. Though I currently do not live in…read more

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