Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations in Contemporary Society
Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations in Contemporary Society
Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations in Contemporary Society
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Appendix 2.5.2<br />
Op<strong>in</strong>ions<br />
Op<strong>in</strong>ion 1<br />
I am amazed at how resilient the Anishnaabe spirit is; after all, First Nations people <strong>in</strong> North America<br />
have endured a few hundred years of assault on their cultures. They have not survived by cast<strong>in</strong>g<br />
themselves as victims or lament<strong>in</strong>g the dispossession of their l<strong>and</strong>s, language <strong>and</strong> forms of spiritually.<br />
- Roger Spielman, You’re so Fat! Explor<strong>in</strong>g Ojibwe Discourse, p.25<br />
Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1998<br />
Op<strong>in</strong>ion 2<br />
“It is becom<strong>in</strong>g more <strong>and</strong> more important for Corporate Canada to talk to the <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> people. In the<br />
past, <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> people were viewed as costly impediments. Now, there’s a shift. We’re back be<strong>in</strong>g seen<br />
as valuable partners. ...As the developers move farther north, they come across heavier concentrations of<br />
<strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> communities. Somewhere along the way they have to talk to the people where they impact the<br />
most, like it or not.<br />
If we don’t take advantage <strong>and</strong> negotiate with the people who are develop<strong>in</strong>g near us, we’re go<strong>in</strong>g to lose<br />
out aga<strong>in</strong>.”<br />
- David Tuccaro, Mikisew Cree B<strong>and</strong> near Fort McMurray, Alberta, quoted <strong>in</strong> On the Move, First Nations <strong>and</strong> Inuit<br />
Entrepreneurs, prepared by Indian <strong>and</strong> Northern Affairs Canada (ISBN 0-662-65695-4)<br />
Published <strong>in</strong> The Globe <strong>and</strong> Mail, Friday March 16, 2001<br />
Op<strong>in</strong>ion 3<br />
“Self-sufficiency, community reliance <strong>and</strong> a strong sense of purpose have been ties that have bound First<br />
Nations <strong>and</strong> Inuit <strong>in</strong> Canada for generations.<br />
Those same characteristics will carry those peoples through the many challenges <strong>and</strong> opportunities fac<strong>in</strong>g<br />
them at the dawn of the new millennium.<br />
For Indian Affairs <strong>and</strong> Northern Development, the Department for First Nations, Inuit, <strong>and</strong> Northern<br />
Development, the challenge is to provide skills <strong>and</strong> opportunities to enable <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> communities to<br />
grow <strong>and</strong> prosper.”<br />
- from On the Move, First Nations <strong>and</strong> Inuit Entrepreneurs,<br />
prepared by Indian <strong>and</strong> Northern Affairs Canada (ISBN 0-662-65695-4)<br />
Published <strong>in</strong> The Globe <strong>and</strong> Mail, Friday March 16, 2001<br />
Unit 2 - Page 24<br />
• <strong>Aborig<strong>in</strong>al</strong> <strong>Beliefs</strong>, <strong>Values</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Aspirations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Contemporary</strong> <strong>Society</strong> - College Preparation