Lesson 19 — Activity 3: People, The Land, and Globailization
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Lesson 19 — Activity 3: People, The Land, and
Globalization
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Many of the resources that fuel globalization and a global economy come from the land and natural world around us.
In this activity, you will learn about the relationships between people, the land, and globalization.
Many of the natural resources found in Canada are located on the traditional lands of Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples have an ancient and ongoing relationship to the land, and for many, it is crucial to their economy and way of life.
What Others Have Said ...
"We are people of the land; we see ourselves as no different than the trees, the caribou, and the raven, except we are more complicated."
George Blondin (1923 – 2008), a highly-respected Dene Elder, was born in the Northwest Territories.
Read the following information regarding Indigenous peoples' ties to the land:
“Most Aboriginal peoples make their living in the 'mixed' economy. Households combine cash income from a variety of sources (employment, social assistance, art and craft production) with hunting, fishing, and other harvesting activities. As jobs come and go, as fish and fur prices rise and fall, as their circumstances change, people shift their mix of activities to match.
The health of the mixed economy depends on the health of the environment. Environmental stewardship is thus a matter of survival for Aboriginal peoples — survival of the mixed economy and their way of life.
Most Aboriginal peoples favour commercial development — but only if it happens in ways that respect the land and all its life forms."
Adapted from People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, 2007, and courtesy of the Privy Council Office.