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Language
Traditions
Children
Earth
Situational
Communities
Passing it down
Me knowing a second language of my ancestors

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Something that most people wouldn’t notice that makes people very wealthy is having a family. Having people support you and someone to lean on. Having a family can help you a lot by growing up and always having people have your back. A community is a part of being wealthy as well and having people that care for you.
Wealth is also learning more about your roots and family. Where you are from? Wealth is having the ability to learn these stories and your family’s past.
- Being able to live on a healthy land.
- Having the necessary to learn a language so you can be able to communicate with more people and for a bigger community

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When speaking of indigenous vs western, capitalist wealth I think we have to be careful of using "us and them" vocabulary as this can deepen the separation between the cultures

Wealthy in
-knowledge of the land
-language
-stories (from family, elders)

Every single person on earth is sustained and given life by the Earth, but certain groups (ie Indigenous groups across the world) are more conscious of this.

-ownership through stewardship-- Chilcotin land claims (Chilcotin have legal title to their traditional territories as long as they harvest from and use the land, a decade+ court battle)

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It  has  struck me  that  the further we move away from the cities toward rural living, more value for life is placed on land connections.     In my community, many people hunt and fish, use the  trees for maple and birch syrup.  Regardless of whether  people are indigenous, more  connection  to and reliance on  the land exists.   Wealth  comes from understanding where  your life comes from: family, community, the  quiet in the woods.
Value and wealth develop with age.  Having the  ability to reflect is incredibly important to place our values in context.  Loss often  emphasizes  what is most  valuable.  From this perspective, indigenous people  have lost so much, and consequently have a profound  understanding  of wealth and what is valuable.

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Wealth for Indigenous People is quite different because they focus on things that will actually enrich their lives. They tend prioritize wealth of community rather then wealth of the individual because they are so connected to their family and the land that they are on. Wealth is geographical and dependent on the specific environment. Our definition of wealth (an abundance of something) still fits but applies to different types of wealth. Indigenous wealth is more authentic, less selfish and is connected to more cultural traditions.

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Indigenous Wealth:
- Community and supporting everyone in their community and surrounding
- Learning your culture and discovering more and more about family ties and ways to respect the earth and others
- not necessarily money wealth, could be emotional, or cultural
- Remaining with what your culture and family have done and been doing, for example our environmental state. All of the problems the world is facing is not because of the sustainable indigenous practices, it’s because of the people who came and put nothing but disrespect into the land

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Less obsession with ownership, more about sharing and partnership.
-Wealth in growth and sustainability in the land and families.
-Wealth is connection between family and to have strong bonds. -Dependence and trust on others and less an independent life like in western society. Indigenous communities help each other rather than trying to beat each other.
-Surviving as a whole community.
-Continuation of culture and knowledge of what makes each community different. Having a strong identity which relates to origin

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Wealth in community and a legacy that is passed down seems to be very important. Having a family that can be connected throughout generations, even if members have never met each other, is showed in the way stories are so valued and preserved.
Art, language, culture all show that there is enough wealth in ressources that there is room to grow and thrive as a community.

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Fulfillment definitely plays a part in the wealth, but especially family, since the new generations will be the ones who continue to live on and spread the society's culture.
Values present in different cultures have the largest impact on society's function, because they are shared values between people on the largest possible scale.
I think that the people who are most aware of their wealth (and most grateful for it) are people who have had the source of their wealth challenged or taken away/diminished at one point.
Wealth is more about basic things that are reachable by any individual, without any additional abilities necessary.
However, I think that it is impossible to completely eliminate monetary value within society, unless we take away most complex advancements in society, because I don't really see how modern society can be sustained without money. Would that be possible?

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Community, inter generational connection (elders being connected to young children), life enriching, less obsession with ownership and money (consumerism), connection to land, resources, not dependant on money, identity, love, knowledge, experience, wisdom, respecting resources and land, conscious

Money can only get you so far
Unhealthy to base self worth on money

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The author referred a lot to the strong relationships between indigenous communities and the land. Wealth can also mean intergenerational connections, and as well as strong ties to ancestry and nature. As mentioned in the group, the connection to nature can provide for generations to come. However often times wealth is hoarded when it should be shared between others. The story about collecting seaweed and sharing it with others shows how wealth can be distributed so not only one person can be happy and provided for. Connection to language and culture are important to value of ones self and wealth. Wealth is not something that can be bottled, or put away, or saved for a rainy day. Wealth is something that you live, breath, play every day. Knowing where and who you come from can help you gain wealth in belonging, and that knowledge of your ancestors and community can help you to grow as an individual.

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Wealth to an indigenous person: less materialism, have a wealth of culture, religion, land (resources) and connection to the land and the community. Also they have lots of respect within the community (towards their elders- for instance) but unfortunately less from the outside world especially when the Europeans took their land from them because they didn’t view the Indigenous Peoples as equals. Wealth is immediately connected to their values and the Indigenous share (we, not I) theirs more, whether through stories or music. Their values are similar but also very different.

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Culture, community, land and legacy-- a sustainable wealth and a connection to things/places of value rather than ownership of them.

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I think there are indeed some similarities between our definitions of wealth and those of indigenous people, but there are also many differences. For example, indigenous people may define wealth as nature/natural sustainable resources, traditions that can be passed down (or languages) and different basic life skills (such as collecting and preparing food). I also think indigenous people in general will not define wealth as having materialistic things such as money. In addition, wealth for indigenous people may link to their origin stories where knowing who your parents and grandparents are and what group were they a part of.

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Being wealthy in one aspect in your life can be something that enriches you as a person. The definition I used before was “wealth is an abundance of one thing”. This definition could still be used to describe what is wealth to an indigenous person. All people find wealth is different ways. They are not obsessed with having materialistic objects yet find wealth in sharing, communities and the arts. Dances, clothing, language, family and love are some examples of many ways they find wealth. I heard one student mention in the group conversation that indigenous people do not focus on the ideology that when “I” have something I am wealthy but rather that when “WE” have something I/we feel wealthy.

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Wealth to indigenous people is much less amount personal ownership. It’s not about what “I” own but what “we” have. Wealth to indigenous people could be measured in family, friends, connection to culture and spirituality, environment, abundance of food, and art. An important part of wealth to indigenous people is sustainable wealth. Indigenous people take much more care to restore and protect their natural resources, as well as their culture. Knowledge and wisdom is a great factor of wealth, but indigenous communities spend more time teaching their children about their culture than other communities do.

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Wealth to Indegenous person can vary from wealth to someone of another culture. Natural resources and tradition were the biggest thing that came up. Being able to find food 12 months out of the year and learning the native language and being able to pass that on to your children seemed to be just as important as reproduction itself. Other treasured things are community, Mother Nature, Family connection, and above all continued cultural education to the young.

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- land/family/etc... culture
- inter generational connections: wealth regarding stories and culture
- community ; everyone is connected with the earth
- cultural education
- wealth is based on the resources you have available to you - wealth is relative
- Amanda’s village is so connected to the ocean so they are greatly influenced by the climate crisis and they can see clearly that there is something wrong with the system
- now culture seems to be moving towards community more and more
- wealth is about being a community becoming less selfish
- being connected to your ancestors
- based on values
- it’s about acceptance of everyone- living in community
- what does it mean to be Canadian?
- colonization has affected our values and wealth because they have assimilated the culture
- being accepted for who you are
- “the life that they should be living “
- love respect honestly humility etc - 7 sacred teachings
- being spiritually wealthy
- knowing who you are and how you can contribute to your community
- knowing different languages and being able to communicate and learn from different cultures

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Wealth to an indigenous person:
-Cultural education is really important (song, arts, language, dance, traditions)
-practical "you can't eat money"
-Intergenerational connections that can help to build strong relationships and pass down knowledge and traditions are important
-The value of community: having a support network to fall back on and that will teach you and help you develop
-Nature: sustainability and being able to take care of and live off the land in a traditional way.
-History: ancestors and family past. What can you learn from your ancestors? How can you carry their support with you?
-"The Earth gave you life and provided the necessities as you grew. The Earth nurtures you and will one day reclaim you" This quote shows how essential and valuable the Earth is and how having a positive relationship with it can be a source of enormous wealth.
-Reclaiming culture and identity: after the cultural genocide committed by the Canadian government to the First Nations people there was so much lost that Indigenous people are still trying to reclaim. That has so much value and is so important, especially after the turmoils First Nations have had to endure to keep their traditions and culture alive.
-7 sacred teachings
-What does it mean to be Canadian? How do we define who fits into certain cultural groups? Is it ethnicity? Family connections? What you grow up learning? Is culture something you are born into or something you learn?

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Anishinaabe believe in living a good life! It teaches us to thrive in today’s world in attitudes, skills and knowledge necessary to live a good life. Connected through relationships and environment.
Also being connected to through the seven sacred teachings. It provides us with what is necessary to live a wealthy life.