Skin Names
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In this section, learn about Skin Names, how they provide information about a person's bloodline, how generations are linked and how this sets up systems of reciprocal relationships and responsibilities.
Consider
- What are your responsibilities in your community and family? How did you learn these?聽
- How could you learn how to work with Aboriginal people in your profession?
- How do Aboriginal people relate to their extended parents and grandparents?
- Consider how Skin Names help link families. Why and how would this be important?
- Marriage requirements to monitor bloodlines 鈥� why is this important?
Themes
- Skin Name and what it means to Aboriginal people.
- Examples of women鈥檚 roles and men鈥檚 roles.聽
- Examples of relations with extended family members.
- Loss of family under 鈥榩rotection policies鈥� and what this meant for Aboriginal people.