KEY TERMS
Decolonization: The progress of restoring ones culture that has vanished as a result of colonization.
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Colonization:The progress of taking control of an area and its Indigenous people.
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Activism: The action or intent to make change against a social or political issue.
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Two spirits: Native Americans that identify as possessing both female and male genders within them.
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Homophobia : Prejudice or injustices against people of the LGBTQ community.
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Historical Trauma:The increase of emotional and psychological wounds over the life span of a person, and across generations, coming from massive group trauma.
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Indigenous:Originating or being naturally there in a place; something that is native.
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Survival School:Schools created specifically to help restore Native American culture.
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Mindfulness: A type of meditation used by Native Americans to decolonize.
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Boozhoo: This means hello in the Ojibwe language.