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    Professional Education Taft Ave.‚ Manila INDIGENOUS EDUCATION A TERM PAPER IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 13 Submitted to Dr. Camila Gonzales (Professor) In Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements in Prof. Ed. 13 (Developments in Education) Submitted By Inguito‚ Rose Ann Palencia IV- 20 BSE Social Science November 20‚ 2012 Semester II‚ 2012- 2013 INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (A Development in Education) I. INTRODUCTION “Well‚ I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they’ve

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    Why is the term/idea of Indigenous peoples as “primitive” problematic? Give some examples that support this claim. For many years non-indigenous individuals accepted that indigenous individuals and societies had changed before colonization started. The advancement of human sciences can be followed to the seventeenth and eighteenth hundreds of years‚ when "pioneers" started depicting their experiences with beforehand obscure societies that were fundamentally oral in natures‚ for instance. Accepting

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    World‚ and discuss their impact. C) Identify TWO things transported from the Old World to the New World‚ and discuss their impact. Outline: A Columbian Exchange B - precious metals - tomatoes C - horses -smallpox Movement of people‚ specie‚ plants‚ animals and disease from Europe to the Americas (and vice versa) - gold‚ silver; used for currency (made mother countries extremely wealthy & powerful) - one of several plants brought; improved nutrition & variety (but minimal

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    Indigenous religions are those that are not mobile‚ came into being in certain areas and have not expanded beyond that area. These were also more tribal based‚ with mostly oral histories. I find animism very interesting and it is a strong belief in many indigenous religions. Animism to me symbolizes the closeness that indigenous people had with nature. Respecting their surroundings was a path to sustainable survival. Animism capturers my imagination‚ because in today’s world there is very little

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    Modernization and Indigenous � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �7� Modernization and Indigenous Cultures William Ward Axia College of University of Phoenix SOC120 Intro to Sociology Yvonne Moore March 23‚ 2008 � � Introduction Modernization is the process of moving from farming and agricultural society to an industrial society and it mainly deals with societies after the Industrial Revolution of the mid-18th century. Some key features of modernization would be large‚ formal organizations and division

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    January 25‚ 2013 Indigenous Peoples Movement: Okinawans (Ryukyuans) I decided to do my report on the Indigenous Peoples of Okinawa because I am full Okinawan and I am very interested in my people! Okinawans‚ also known as Ryukyuans live in the Ryukyu islands also known as the Okinawa Island and it is the largest and most populated island of the chain. Although considered by the Japanese as a speaking a dialect‚ the Okinawans speak separate languages such as Okinawa‚ also known as Uchinaguchi and

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    INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE EROSION Jyoti Kumari Jyoti Kumari is a freelance researcher and doctoral candidate researching ‘Environmental History of Colonial Punjab’ at the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in New Delhi. The author can be contacted at jyotikm202@rediffmail.com he indigenous communities in India are the original inhabitants of the natural region and they have been maintaining a historical continuity with pre-industrial societies by following traditional patterns of life. Scattered all over the

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    Upon reading this chapter I was intrigued. How have these indigenous religions survived hundreds of thousands of years with little to no written text? I understand that most of their teachings were passed down orally or from some form of pictures. However‚ I cannot help but wonder if maybe parts of the religions were changed along the way. These indigenous religions are usually found in remote parts of the world with almost no access to technology. With that being said‚ how did we come to know so

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    looking at Indigenous communities in Canada compared to the rest of the world. Today‚ over 4% of Canada’s population describes themselves as Indigenous. Indigenous people were the first people to live on what is now called Canada‚ they had their own culture‚ beliefs and lifestyle. When European settlers came to Canada in the 1800’s they assimilated the Indigenous people. Europeans convinced Indigenous people to sign treaties which still are the same ones that are used today. Indigenous communities

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    In this essay the paradoxes and difficulties associated with the ongoing debate between ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ and scientific knowledge will be thoroughly discussed. An attempt will be made to take a stand and decide whether ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ and ‘Scientific Knowledge’ should have distinct boundaries or whether they are able to co-exist successfully. In order to do this‚ reference will mainly be drawn from readings by L. Green (2012)‚ M. Leach and J. Fairhead (2002). I will draw on evidence

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