Well in todays class we learned about the social structure of the first nations people of Canada. first in our notes we were taught about the clans and how they worked.
Clan :A clan is a group of people who exist in a larger area. Clans are usually determined by a common ancestor and where they live. Some groups fallow there moms (maternal) or dads (paternal) line.
Size: The size of these clans is determined by the availability of resources to make sure there enough food, shelter and water if there's a lot of resources means that there would be a bigger community. The size of the clans also depend on the season. For ex) "Many Blackfoot nations lived in small community for the summer because there wasn't a lot of resources for all of them and in the summer they would all become one massive community to make buffalo hunting more successful.
Gender roles: the gender roles of the First Nations were flexible me ahh you could do more then 1 job. The men usually have done the hunting if they need to be defended firm other clans they would also do that. They also mostly negotiated with other clans. The women usually organized the people I think that's like what ever Jon someone does etc: and there did the preparation of the game that was hunted and planted and harvested crops.
Elders
An elder was someone who was recognized for having great wisdom and knowledge. Most elders are the elderly but in the odd case there can be some younger people. Man or woman it only mattered for their experience, mostly natural leaders. These people were greatly respected and many people seeked their counsel.
Education
All the children in the community learn all the stuff they need to know from the other member from the community. They figure out what they want to do in the clan by just by wandering around asking anyone if they can teach them one of the skills there good at. Everyone was expected to know their tribes history, spiritual ideas and practical skills, like fire building and survival.
Justice and Conflict
Their justice system was more based around healing the person instead of punishment. When someone killed another then they would often speak to the elders so they could find out what part of the medicine wheel was out was out of balance so they could fix it. A couple of times they would send the person out into the wilderness either by themselves or wth an elder to help them find themselves to prevent it happening again. Stealing was mostly unheard of because everthing was shared instead of owned by a person. All of these decisions were made for the best outcome for the community. Murder was such a serious crime that it was seen as the responsibility of the whole community.
Quotes
"Any individual within a culture is going to have his or her own personla interpretation of the collective cultural code; however, the individual's world view has its roots
https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-peoples-worldviews-vs-western-worldviews
In the old days we used to respect everything… This isn’t done today, that’s why we are lost.
http://www.sicc.sk.ca/plains-cree-elders-quotes.html
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ReplyDeleteHey Jason is their any new info about how the First Nations structured their society because info is few and far between also how did the elders help them. What was their techniques to heal the person did they ever use their knowledge of plants and herbs to help the person to induce a trip or did they just help the with their knowledge. when the first peoples hunted during the summer did they have specific roles or did they just chase it down. And how big were these tribes during the summer and winter. Once again all this knowledge is really hard to find about how they structured their society's before European contact. And what do you mean by common ancestor are they people or animals because some of the material says its a animal lie a wolf or beaver. How did their community's deal with murder was there any specific ways to or just did the elders guide them. Or did the people just put their support behind the efforts of the elders. I assume that the children being taught were more hands on stuff as that was more prudent to their survival. And what kind of things did they learn about other then cooking hunting and farming. Overall though your blog was a good source of information because it is very hard to find any information about their society's before European contact.
ReplyDeleteThis was super helpful to me because I am never in class so I can actually have an idea of what is going on when I am gone. You provided a very detailed blog and covered lot us of different subjects which was really nice. I thought the justice section was good and very informative. I would have liked to see something about marriages, and the process they go through to have such a thing. Maybe talk about meeting people in the other clans and tribes, because your clan consists of relatives. I also would have liked to see something about the youth and what they go through only a daily basis or even just in general other then learning, maybe what they do for fun. Games they play or something they do for fun. No subject John kind of touched on, is the effects of Europeans. As we know the Europeans had a very different way of life, but when they came did it make a big splash in the first Nations every day a way of life. When he started trading with Europeans I'm sure that made it different because of new weapons and tools leave never seen before. Also these meeting times this would give them opportunities to find new spouses in the European groups. Aside from that I thought it was a very good blog very information, and it will certainly be helpful as he studying tool in the future. Here is a link to a website that I thought help you with years you missed. https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1307460755710/1307460872523 and a image http://shambhalatimes.org/files/2013/03/Saskatchewan_First_Nations_Children_at_Wanuskewin_Heritage_Park_staring_into_camera.jpg
ReplyDeleteHello Jason I like your explanation about how the First Nations structured their world. The beliefs of the First Nation were interesting, the amount of diversity was staggering. Each clan have their own tradition, beliefs, language and oral traditions. I personally like the way the First Nations. One of the most interesting tradition was the summer Bison hunt it is amazing how so many clan divided in the winter can come together in the summer and hunt such magnificent animals.
ReplyDeleteAlthough generally men would hunt, defend and depending on the clan represent the clan in peace meeting or trading ceremonies. The one thing I like with the First Nations is the gender roles a very flexible unlike the Europeans who have strict gender roles. Women usually do the job of preparing the meat, planting and harvesting crops as well but could do whatever role they were needed. The idea of the medicine wheel is very interesting. Healing people instead of punishing them is a good philosophy to have but can be costly at times because you can try to heal people some can be beyond help. What I like about education is the children learn from everyone not just one person and children learn their place in the community by trying and are not given a job they don’t like or forced to do a job because they had no choice or for money.
Stealing destroys a community. First Nations avoid this by sharing with all members of a community leaving no reason to steal and if someone were to steal they would see it as an aspect of the medicine wheel out of balance. I wish stealing wasn’t as common as it is now it terrible. Stealing has become so common it seems like nothing but it is a serious issue. A issue I wish we can address sometime in the future.
hey Jason I really liked your blog, it gave a lot of god information. I really like the how you explained how the First Nations society is structured. I thought the part about their justice and conflict was really important because they wouldn't punish, they would heal. The other part was the stealing part because they share everything so there's no need to worry about stealing for them which is really important.
ReplyDeleteI liked the education part I thought was interesting because in order for them to learn they get someone from the community, and by doing that they can learn how to do stuff the way that their ancestors did, then they can teach more and that makes sure that the tradition stays which can be important, especially if you want to lead the community. I have one question about the clans and size. Considering that it says clan live in larger area would they split up due to lack of ressources or would they stay together? I also believe that the genders roles were flexible because that would if a man isn't capable of doing a job that the woman can do they could switch . good job on the blog Jason
ReplyDeleteHello Jason very amazing job on your blog I really thought you explained everything with very detailed information, I decided to comment on your blog because I wanted to and because I want my mark to go up, so I’m just doing because I have to, I thought you did an amazing job on explaining all of the social structures, this blog is probably going to help me a lot in the near future for the exam that’s coming faster and faster. I like how you provided a lot of information for every aspect of the social structures; I liked how you explained the clan size like how the clans would change depending on the season. I really liked how you talked about the gender roles and there flexibility between the clan and there males and females. One of my questions are what did the elders do for the clan? I feel like that would’ve been a good thing to add for information. I really how you put that the clans would have more of a healing system rather than a punishment system, I like how you put in the justice and conflict system that no one would steal because everyone shared everything . I thought you did a really good job on the education part, I bet they'd have a better understanding then me! Another question would be if there were even specific people who would teach them the way of there clan and what there supposed to do.
This blog is probably going to help me out a lot since im pretty unintelligent with the whole history stuff, this information if I even want to learn more about the first nation people in the future! I don’t know if you were supposed to put picture but I feel like it would've added more light to the blog.
omg wow jason so much information in your blog! you explained everything so well. the information was very detailed. i picked your blog because we're friends. your blog is going to help me and a lot of other students on there exam. every topic you covered in this blog was very easy to understand. not trying to be mean to rock but i learnt a lot more information on yours then his. especially in the gender roles category. i like how you thoroughly explained that the men and woman had different jobs and it was okay to do more then one job. that is my comment on your blog post jason. thanks for all the help that this blog will give me while study for my exam bye boo bear. ps: like riley said add a picture next time.
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