Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

. Which of the following is NOT a general value within Indigenous worldviews?

Non-interference

Defence

Humility

Permissiveness

. What was one of the ways in which residential schooling affected Indigenous communities?

It slowed down population growth in Indigenous communities.

It turned the communities' interest from traditional healing toward western medicine.

It led to increased population growth in Indigenous communities.

It led to the decline of traditional parenting in Indigenous communities.

. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the "Sixties Scoop"?

Large numbers of children were removed from their families and placed in Indigenous homes.

Children were placed in homes not only in Canada, but in the United States and as far away as
Germany and Australia.

It has evolved into the "Foster Care Scoop."

Many survivors face cultural and identity conflicts as the result of their geographical dislocation and cultural dispossession.

. Which of the following is NOT true about intergenerational trauma?

It is trauma inflicted by older generations in Indigenous communities on younger people.

It is often used to describe social problems in Indigenous communities.

It often manifests itself as unhealthy family relationships.

It occurred as a result of the treatment of Indigenous children in the residential schools.

. Which of the following is NOT an effective healing principle as cited by Indigenous Peoples who have participated in healing programs?

The helper's personal experience is important.

Traditional ceremonies and teachings help families heal.

Create a fixed timetable for making changes.

Allow for flexible and diverse healing modalities.

. A major component of Indigenous worldviews is ________.

individuality

materialism

spirituality

secularism

. Each direction of the Medicine Wheel holds a gift that guides us in the work that we do. These gifts are vision, relationships, insight, and ________.

action

cleansing

respect

self-importance

. Groups of families that have the same inherited social and political roles are a ________.

band council

patriarchy

clan

faction

. The process by which individuals' cultural identities are minimized or eliminated and replaced by the cultural identities of the larger society is called ________.

integration

separation

assimilation

marginalization

. ________ refers to trauma experienced by someone who may not have been exposed to past atrocities or personally experienced any form of individual trauma, but who still carries a memory of victimhood without being aware of this.

Collective trauma

Historical trauma

Latent trauma

Intergenerational trauma

. Which Indigenous Peoples are denied access to programs and services available to all other Indigenous Peoples?

First Nations

Inuit

Métis

Cree

. Which social work theory is best described by the belief that reality is made up of multiple stories and is fluid and historically specific?

Conflict theory

Postmodern theory

Structural theory

Anti-oppressive theory

. Which of the following is an example of how Indigenous Peoples have resisted colonization?

Going underground with their ceremonies during the nineteenth century

Publishing their versions of colonization and its impacts

Joining educational institutions as professors and researchers

All of the above

. Which term refers to people who come from a particular nation, or whose ancestors came from it, but who now live in many different parts of the world?

Assimilation

Resettlement

Diaspora

Refugee

. When did the Idle No More movement begin?

1999

2003

2012

2014

. Despite the diversity among the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, there is a foundation of worldviews, values, and beliefs that is common to all.

True

False

. In the Indigenous Peoples' view of life, emphasis is on the individual rather than on the collective.

True

False

. Indigenous Peoples' traditional tribal structures were clan oriented, patriarchal, and communal.

True

False

. The Indigenous survivors of residential schools and the child welfare system continue to have poor overall health status, commonly referred to as intergenerational trauma.

True

False

. The Medicine Wheel can be used in healing and helping, but it has not been adopted by the social work profession.

True

False

. Recent research indicates that between 2000 and 2008, Indigenous women and girls represented approximately 10 per cent of all female homicides in Canada even though they made up only 3 per cent of the female population.

True

False

. Over 60 per cent of Indigenous Peoples live in rural areas.

True

False

. Reserves are areas of land created for status "Indians" which are owned by the Nation's Band Council.

True

False

. Schools in First Nations communities receive 30 per cent more funding than schools anywhere else in the country.

True

False

. Family group conferencing is a widely used form of restorative justice.

True

False

. There are three groups of Indigenous Peoples: Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, and Inuit.

True

False

. Some social work theories, such as anti-oppressive, structural, and anti-colonial, do not fit with Indigenous worldviews.

True

False

. Allies to Indigenous Peoples can end the use of master narratives of "manifest destiny," reject constructions of "otherness," and question what is presented as "universal truths."

True

False

. Elders who provide a presence at community events and meetings and help to keep Métis culture alive by sharing Métis traditions and ways of life are called Commissioners.

True

False

. Bill C-45 brings forward changes to the Indian Act that lessen community consent in the buying and selling of reserve lands by resource companies, further violates treaties, and aims to make changes to environmental legislation that will take away protection of the majority of our lakes.

True

False

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