Learning Together

Diving In

Traditional, Ancestral, Unceded

1. The following are basic and broad definitions which help us to set a foundation for our learning. From UBC Indigenous Peoples Language Guide (p. 10)

Traditional: Recognizes lands traditionally used and/or occupied by the Musqueam people or other First Nations in other parts of the country.
Ancestral: Recognizes land that is handed down from generation to generation.
Unceded: Refers to land that was not turned over to the Crown by a treaty or other agreement.

2. Watch Musqueam Welcome by sʔəyəɬəq (Larry Grant) (1:52)

http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/community-youth/musqueam-and-ubc/\

Return to your questions from the Groundwork. Did this answer any of your questions? Did it raise new ones?
Write any new questions down. If you don’t have any questions, write a 2-3 sentence reflection of how you felt watching Musqueam Welcome.

3. Watch the Delta Animation (1:53)

http://www2.moa.ubc.ca/musqueamteachingkit/delta.php

How does this change the way you think about the land that UBC sits upon.
Relationship to the land as dynamic, because the land does change, just not on our timeline. Generational understanding of the dynamism of land. How has the land changed: during your lifetime? your grandparents’ lifetime? Their grandparents?
Think about this animation in relation to what you know of the history of Vancouver. The development of the city both historically and the past ten years; both where you came from and where you grew up and the changes in that place.
The geography in this animation changes drastically over the years. How has geography (both natural and human made) affected your relationship to a place? Your family’s relationship?
How much is for First Nations and how much is for the reserve?

3. With these videos and discussions in mind, reflect on the definitions of traditional, ancestral, and unceded that you saw at the beginning of the activity. How would you define these terms in your own words?