Non-Fiction Flashcards
(29 cards)
Who made the memoir, apology day?
Isabelle Knockwood
What did Isabelle Knockwood right? Title and form
A memoir, Apology day
Who made the personal essay, Returning to harmony
Richard Wagamese
What did Richard Wagamese make? Title+Format
Returning to Harmony, Personal essay
What is the main idea in Apology Day
-The trauma of the school and painful memories triggered by the apology
-The importance of honoring, healing thru indgenous ceremony
-How some felt the apology wasnt enough
Authors Opinion in Apology day
Indigenous ceremonies are important to heal from trauma, and that forgiving opened a door for self reflection and future discussion
Purpose in Apology day
Tell people abt the trauma indegenous children faces, makes sure the children are remebered
Reliability of apology day
Pretty reliable because its from her person experiences
Bias in apology day?
Good bias towards the survivors of the school but doesnt shame other viewpoints
Agree or not with POV in apology day
Yes B/C it talks about the trauma and acceptinng of it
Perspective changed? In apology day
No, my oriningal perspectove was on how horrible they were treated but I agree on how apology isnt enough but how its the first step to peace
Summarize Apology Day
It talks about her experience on the day the GOV apologized and everything leading towards it, talks about the trauma and how she waved her scarf as a door opened for reflection, future discussion
Summarize Returning to Harmony by richard wagamese
He is a victim of residential schools, not a survivor because he did not go to one, but a victim because his parents and family went and the pain they felt because of his pain. When he was born his parents still lived the traditional Ojibwa people life, the first sounds that he heard were loon calls, fire sounds and the Ojibwa talk. He lived communally where time was irrelevant in the face of cultural paths that he followed. Everyone in his family who went to residential school carried burdens when they came back that haunted them, the pain they bore was invisible and unspoken, it poisoned them. Then they discovered alcohol and the family stopped. He and his siblings endured abuse and violence from the drunken adults; such as beatings, drowning and terrorized, they used to hide away from the abuse, only coming into the camp to get food and blankets. Then he was left alone, he would freeze to death, so his siblings hauled themselves across the bay on a sled, this was really tiering until a police officer found them and took them to the children aid society. He lived in countless foster homes and was adopted, but left at 16 in search of safety, security, sanity; even there we were beaten, mentally and emotionally abused; he was withdrawn from his Ojibwa ways and only got the presbyteral ethics. This caused him to live on streets and prison, using drugs, alcohol, haunted by fears, PTSD. He only found healing in a church. After he went to the church, he did not recede back into resentment, rage or hurt, but he found peace with everything, the church changed everything, he went through a path of resentment to one of inner healing
Deffine Reconciliation
restoring friendly relationships
Commision
A command/instruction given to group of people
Ancestors
Person that comes before you, probably older than grandparents
Generaitons
All the people born and living at about the same time
APOLOGY
sAying sorry for something wrong you did
Residential schools
System of schools used to assimilate inidgenous children into euro-canadian culture
Summoned
Call/attract something to you
Immesurable
Too large/Extreme to be measured
First Nation
Indigenous people who metis or inuit
Mi’kmaq
indegenous group
Turtle Island
Term used to describe north america
