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week 11

Artist: David Kanietakeron Fadden

Title of the art: The Three Shouts

Date: 2012

Media: Acrylic on Canvas

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1406129331497/1536599309200

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In my family. Fatima who is my mother came to Canada in 2013. She came here to provide a better future for my sister and I as well as to run away from the never ending war that she escaped from in her country. Her migration to Canada changed everything for my sister and I. We left everything behind to start fresh.

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week 9

Metis peoples are people of mixed European and Indigenous heritage who originated mostly in Western Canada and formed as a political force in the nineteenth century, expanding west from the Red River Settlement, according to Adam Gaudry's article. The terms "Metis" and "metis" are used differently and in various contexts. When capitalized, it refers to Metis people who trace their ancestors back to the Red River Valley and the prairies beyond. When written with a lowercase m, however, "metis" refers to any population of European-Indigenous descent, including those in Ontario and Quebec. I had no knowledge that Metis are people of mixed descent until I read this article. I used to believe that Indigenous peoples did not have mixed ancestry and solely lived in Canada.

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week 8

Billy talks about how he’s a hopeless romantic that romanticizes everything and thinks colonialism broke “us”, and we’re figuring out how to love and be broken at the same time. He uses queer theory and indigenous poetry to talk about how he and his family was impacted by colonialism, and also his struggles with having to be happy and being broken at the same time. I think the intersection of queer theory and poetry became a place of comfort for him to write freely. The intensity of both of these topics in his poetry is very comforting in a way. He writes about how bodies sometimes do not feel like bodies sometimes but wounds. Belcourt has certainly made me look at these two worlds that are weirdly the same and not the same look differently.

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Week 7

"We Will Stand Up," a short film by Tasha Hubbard, tells the tale of the murder of a young Cree man called Colton Boushie and his family's efforts to seek justice. The film depicts the racist features and history of injustice that indigenous people have faced in Canada, and which they continue to face now. Colton Boushie was murdered by a gunshot to the back of his head after invading Gerald Stanley's property with his buddies. Gerald Stanley was charged with second-degree murder but was cleared of all charges in 2018, leaving Colton's family left unjustified. Their son was murdered without cause and with no repercussions. This film depicts the horrific crimes committed to harm indigenous people for who they are, as well as how, despite all of the evidence proving Stanley's guilt of manslaughter, the judge and jury ignored all of the evidence and selected erroneous claims to influence them. It also demonstrates how, despite the fact that Colton and his companions had no intention of causing harm, he was shot in the back of his skull rather than anyplace else. The film is distressing because it depicts the unfairness in Canadian legal culture and how Colton was killed inadvertently.

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Week 6 blog

"A mind spread out on the ground," by Alicia Elliot, is an attempt to portray her mental health as something that is all over the place and spread out on the ground. She wants to get better and is willing to work with the therapist and do everything it takes to be healthy, but it reminds her too much of the residential schools, making it difficult for her to focus, which is why everything is strewn out on the ground. It reminds her of how she was treated and It depicts her mind's struggle to forget what occurred and her will to improve. In Mailhot’s "Indian Condition”, on the other hand, she defines being indigenous as not resilient, but more than resilient. Indian condition emphasizes the constant agony they have experienced, from having their children taken away to having their identity and language taken away. Nonetheless, they remain steadfast in their commitment to indigenous culture and beliefs. It indicates that despite everything, they are proud of themselves and hurt when others tried to take it away from them. It emphasizes their dedication and how important it is to them. The Indian condition refers to the hardships they have faced and how resilient they have proven to be.

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In both “The Scared Hoop” and “A Long Story,” the authors discuss Canadian society's patriarchal fear of gynocracy. They are afraid of indigenous women wielding such unrivalled power, as well as their presence in prominent positions and decision-making capacity at all levels of society. The main example of indigenous women's roles being disrupted is their ability to be mothers, which has been taken away from them. They took their children, ripped a hole in their hearts, and labelled them as insane women. They took their power and used it to silence them. It was a means for the government to gain access to their hearts. Another recent example is how women in Afghanistan are not permitted to attend school or obtain an education due to the risks and knowledge they may obtain.The government actively discourages women from obtaining an education and learning about policies or laws that may benefit them in some way. It allows them to control what they can and cannot do.

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I have chosen Yes I'm Changing by Tame Impala because the song describes how he is changing whether he likes it or not. It describes his journey of moving on and searching endlessly for something he discovered within himself. It discusses how life moves on and how, at long last, he discovered another version of himself, one who is related to the narrator of the story Super Indians. The song’s mood matches the energy of Dene Cho, it describes how he was looking through all the photos and realized how happier they were before and felt the dignity and pride through the portraits. It demonstrates Dene's acceptance of the changes that are taking place and his readiness to embrace his new self, one who is not afraid and gives up.

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هزاره - Hazara

The term Hazara refers to a Persian speaking ethnic group that lives in Afghanistan's mountainous region of Hazarajat. The word Hazara means “thousand” and is derived from the Persian word “hazar”. They are regarded as one of Afghanistan's most oppressed groups. Their Asiantic feature and culture distinguished them from the rest of Afghanistan. It has been said that Hazara’s are to be the descendants of Genghis Khan in the 13th century, the founder of the monogal empire. Throughout history, They have faced discrimination and persecution. The significance of this word is that it means everything to my family and me. It is our identity and who we are, where we come from. I believe that the original etymology does correspond with the meaning of the word because it tells the story of my ancestors and my great grandparents who were part of the cultural genocide that occured in 1880. It tells the story of thousands of Hazaras. The word’s etymology recalls the unforgettable history of the pain my people went through and what we did to get this far. The word Hazara carries a sense of culture and pride. It carries a lot of pain.