ONE WORLD CIRCLE (OWC): Ten Questions for Indigenous Nations
In Regard to Loss and Damage Due to Colonialism
Thank You from Barry Tillman, Co-Founder, American Life Cooperation Party, 505.567.9290, [email protected]
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2. What was considered the “Fundamental Rights” of your tribe as a People that was passed down to every generation?
3. In what ways did communication and relationships change among tribal people?
4. What was the consequence of the interruption of young people’s training for adulthood in the tribal community?
5. What was the male and female gender life-tasks before European contact and how was this partnership eroded by Colonialism.
6. What happened to the Shamans and the medicine people and their healing knowledge-sharing with the people?
7. How did oppression of language and culture affect your tribe?
8. What was the intergenerational relationship between elder and youth and how was it changed and what was lost?
9. How were the tribal resources, both individual and communal distributed among the people?
10. What was the worldview regarding the relationship between the people of your tribe and the land?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconciliation - the act of causing two people or groups to become friendly again after an argument or disagreement; the process of finding a way to make two different ideas, facts, etc., exist or be true at the same time.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restitution - the act of returning something that was lost or stolen to its owner.
Questions written by Patricia Anne Davis M.A.
In Regard to Loss and Damage Due to Colonialism
Thank You from Barry Tillman, Co-Founder, American Life Cooperation Party, 505.567.9290, [email protected]
Please request an email version or join our team to meet the Navajo Nation Government in September 2016
- The following questions are designed to expose how the UN International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is not designed to correct the systematic Colonialist losses and damage to Indigenous land, resources and people.
2. What was considered the “Fundamental Rights” of your tribe as a People that was passed down to every generation?
3. In what ways did communication and relationships change among tribal people?
4. What was the consequence of the interruption of young people’s training for adulthood in the tribal community?
5. What was the male and female gender life-tasks before European contact and how was this partnership eroded by Colonialism.
6. What happened to the Shamans and the medicine people and their healing knowledge-sharing with the people?
7. How did oppression of language and culture affect your tribe?
8. What was the intergenerational relationship between elder and youth and how was it changed and what was lost?
9. How were the tribal resources, both individual and communal distributed among the people?
10. What was the worldview regarding the relationship between the people of your tribe and the land?
- Describe how your tribe was damaged and list categories of specifically identified Historical Grievances
- Is your tribe willing to participate in designing a Reconciliation and Restitution Plan?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconciliation - the act of causing two people or groups to become friendly again after an argument or disagreement; the process of finding a way to make two different ideas, facts, etc., exist or be true at the same time.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/restitution - the act of returning something that was lost or stolen to its owner.
Questions written by Patricia Anne Davis M.A.