On the Land Question Reflection Paper Indigenous Studies Pimachiowin Aki…

On the Land Assignment Reflection Paper Indigenous Studies Pimachiowin Aki – The Land that Gives Life “Land is a gift from the Creator to share with the world – a healthy boreal forest and all life that emerges from and flows across it, including the Creator’s gifts of sun, water, wind, rain, fire, rock, soil, plants, and animals.” (https://pimaki.ca/the-land-that-gives-life) This assignment is to help you to understand and feel the land that you live, work, and study on from an Indigenous perspective. The Indigenous view of land differs from our conventional understanding of land. The land is alive, animate and filled with life. Land becomes a metaphor for creation. In preparation for this assignment, please read (found on BlackBoard with this Assessment Guide): On Reading Basso (Newhouse) and watch the video honouring the land https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xAEROzb8r4 and the medicine circle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGC1EncFa50 Before you start your walk, take a moment to quiet your mind and think about the land you are going to be walking on. Ask the land to help you to see it as you walk. As you walk, look at the buildings, people, plants, animals, water. Record what you see? What life do you see? Where do you see plants? Where do you see water? Record what you feel? What do you hear? Record what you experience and your reflections as you go about your walk. On your walk, choose a place to sit quietly and listen. Now, what do you hear? What stories are you telling yourself about the land? What is the land telling you? Take pictures and videos to include in your presentation portion of this assignment. At the end of the walk, take a few moments to thank the land for hosting you and for helping you to see it. Take written notes or record your reflections with your cell/tech. Use the 4 quadrants of the medicine circle (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual) as the framework for presenting your experience. This assignment is a 500-750 words double spaced paper in which you describe the walk, provide your reflections on what you saw, and outline its meaning to you. You should answer the questions: what is land? And what did it teach me? You need to also connect your paper to the readings listed above in this assignment. Proper in-text citations in APA format are required.
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9566541_1_Indigenous-paper.pdf
9566541_2_On-the-Land-Assessment-reflection-rubric.pdf
9566541_3_On-Reading-Keith-Basso-in-Indigenous-Poetics–Mcleod—WLU-Press-2014-.pdf