{"id":2704,"date":"2022-05-04T15:17:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/?page_id=2704"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:20:29","slug":"identity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/?page_id=2704","title":{"rendered":"Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe were very impoverished because our history was denied to us. So you can imagine all the work that we have to do still. That every community, very child that\u2019s growing, should know its history and, as much as possible, its language.\u201d \u2013 Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding Aboriginal Identity\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IcSnbXmJ9V0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndigenous languages across North America are under threat of extinction due to the colonial legacy of cultural erasure.\u201d Linguist Lindsay Morcom, Queen\u2019s University, Kingston.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lindsay Morcom: A history of Indigenous languages -- and how to revitalize them\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/lindsay_morcom_a_history_of_indigenous_languages_and_how_to_revitalize_them\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen, under the\u00a0<em>Indian Act<\/em>, were considered of little consequence, unless they were married to a status Indian. If they \u201cmarried out\u201d (1869 &#8211; 1985) to non-Indian or non-status Indian men, they\u00a0<strong>lost<\/strong>\u00a0their status, as did their children. If an Indian male \u201cmarried out\u201d they did not lose their status, and their wives and children\u00a0<strong>gained<\/strong>\u00a0status.\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictinc.ca\/blog\/what-is-indigenous-identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ictinc.ca\/blog\/what-is-indigenous-identity<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Women in Canadian History: Mary Two-Axe Earley\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0AXc9u5SuRA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More at WPL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wind.ent.sirsidynix.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:478073\/one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Identity and Culture<\/strong><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hidden-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hidden-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/hidden.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wind.ent.sirsidynix.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:446306\/one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Recla<\/strong><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2707 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/reclaiming-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/reclaiming-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/reclaiming.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wind.ent.sirsidynix.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:446306\/one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iming Aboriginal Justice, Identity, and Community<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2705 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/21.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wind.ent.sirsidynix.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:821292\/one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>21 things you may not know about the Indian Act<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wind.ent.sirsidynix.net\/client\/en_US\/default\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:907870\/one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Stolen lives : the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the Indian residential schools.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe were very impoverished because our history was denied to us. So you can imagine all the work that we have to do still. 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