Diversity of Indigenous Knowledge

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This reflective paper engages with the diversity of indigenous knowledge, cultures, experiences, histories, and the work of indigenous filmmakers and storytellers. We can understand various ideologies and skills acquired due to past experiences and unique cultures that came about due to different communities and surroundings. Diverse storytellers and filmmakers piece together the happenings in the ancient world to help us understand better the inherent insight, cultures, and experiences and the transformation that has taken place over time. Our focus will be on Colonization Road, The Experimental Eskimos, Martha of the North, and The pass system.
The documentary "Colonization Road (2016)" directed by Michelle St John, discusses the roads built by the colonial Government to bring settlers across the country, connecting them to resources to create industries and a nation. The title is a metaphor that refers to more than 1600 kilometers of roads built in Canada leading towards free plots of land. The streets led to a new beginning of life in Canada as viewed by the new people. However, primitive settlers regarded constructing these roads as the beginning of destroying their land and culture.
The Experimental Eskimos (2007) explains the attempt at social engineering that took part in the Canadian Government between 1962 and 1963. Three 12-year-old boys were separated from their families and sent to Ottawa to live with foreign adopted families who were a part of a formal experiment. They have been educated in public Ottawa schools. They scored highly in their IQ tests; hence, the boys relocated with the consent of the adopted families. It was to see how the brightest young Inuit would compete with a white man. All three...