Us/Them, Me/You: Who? (Re)Thinking the Binary of First Nations and Non-First Nations ...
Names speak who we are and who we do not wish to be. Issues of belonging, entitlement, representation, and autonomy related to the naming represented in the socially constructed binary—First Nations and non-First Nations—are briefly examined. A legacy of colonialism is the dichotomy of us/them, char...
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ftdatacite:10.14288/cjne.v22i1.195793 2023-08-27T04:09:24+02:00 Us/Them, Me/You: Who? (Re)Thinking the Binary of First Nations and Non-First Nations ... Calliou, Sharilyn 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v22i1.195793 https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/195793 en eng Canadian Journal of Native Education https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v22i1 Text article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v22i1.19579310.14288/cjne.v22i1 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z Names speak who we are and who we do not wish to be. Issues of belonging, entitlement, representation, and autonomy related to the naming represented in the socially constructed binary—First Nations and non-First Nations—are briefly examined. A legacy of colonialism is the dichotomy of us/them, characterized with a variety of terms. These include, among others, Native, Status Indian, Amerindian, Aboriginal, First Nations, Canadians, Euro-Canadians, Anglo-Canadian, and White. Just when is it appropriate to use the terms? The terms exclude individuals of mixed political, cultural, or other heritages, or recent immigrant Brothers and Sisters. Although the binary is necessary to explain longstanding geopolitical, spiritual, economic, and other injustices, the dualism obscures nuanced understandings of interrelated issues of class, gender or other discrimination. Unthinking use of the terms of this dichotomy contradicts some traditional teachings, which state that all humans are members of the same human family. ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 22 No. 1 (1998) ... Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Indian |
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Names speak who we are and who we do not wish to be. Issues of belonging, entitlement, representation, and autonomy related to the naming represented in the socially constructed binary—First Nations and non-First Nations—are briefly examined. A legacy of colonialism is the dichotomy of us/them, characterized with a variety of terms. These include, among others, Native, Status Indian, Amerindian, Aboriginal, First Nations, Canadians, Euro-Canadians, Anglo-Canadian, and White. Just when is it appropriate to use the terms? The terms exclude individuals of mixed political, cultural, or other heritages, or recent immigrant Brothers and Sisters. Although the binary is necessary to explain longstanding geopolitical, spiritual, economic, and other injustices, the dualism obscures nuanced understandings of interrelated issues of class, gender or other discrimination. Unthinking use of the terms of this dichotomy contradicts some traditional teachings, which state that all humans are members of the same human family. ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 22 No. 1 (1998) ... |
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