I find it extremely disturbing that police officers would do this to Indigenous peoples. Police officers are meant to stop crimes and make people feel safe. By barging in to Indigenous people's homes because of racial prejudice (assumption) Iit would cause people in the police officers community to feel unsafe. I understand police officers didn't care to make Indigenous people feel safe at this time (some to this day) but still extremely disturbing that this disrespect went on from law enforcement. Not just this but all discrimination from the legal system.

I think this quote is very strong because it conveys that harsh ultimatum of what you want to do in life. What I find most interesting about this quote is what the correlation was for Indigenous kids during this time. The ultimatum takes somewhat of a drastic turn from what I want to do to what can I do. In a time when Indigenous populations were under surveillance and being controlled by settlers many restrictions were put on these younger people. Rather than what they wanted to do they had to think about what they couldn't do first.

This shows the importance of passing down traditions and showing the importance of it. She finds it extremely important to her and she wants to convey that feeling so that it transfers over. It's pretty heartwarming to read this as you can tell how much this passing down of respect means to her. It shows the value she holds in her tradition and in her grandchildren. This is the essence of transmission of way of life and her reaction is that of someone who truly cares.

This sentiment speaks truly to that level of respect and repaying someone when you disrespect someone. It could be considered interesting from a Euro-centric lens that someone would apologize by cleaning their house but this sort of action would be very meaningful in Indigenous communities. Food and acts of service are held in much higher regard than money and materialistic items in Indigenous communities from my experience. This apology demonstrates some very distinguishing cultural differences.

Respect is a topic that always comes up in Indigenous cultures. Respect for others, respect the land and respect your elders. As important as respect is in other cultures it seems to hold an extra dimension with Indigenous cultures. When comparing to European lifestyles, the European peoples often put their importance of respect on people because they believed they held the most importance. In Indigenous culture that respect takes a step beyond from respecting others to respecting them and all else. Respect seems to not only be something they give people but rather a way of life.

When I was younger I heard many Indigenous stories in school as a means to learn lessons. As I enter the history academia sphere I've noticed many people use these stories as a means to explain indigenous history. They take stories out of context to explain the past. It seems quite problematic as you wouldn't use a fairytale to explain a European people's history. It seems to me that some extra measures could be put in place in order to stop misrepresentations of Indigenous history.

In my experience, this seems to be a significant cultural difference. My grandmother on my father's side is not Indigenous and she seems to ask my father and his siblings to do nearly everything for her even if she is able. On the other side, my grandmother would only take a break when she was finished. After a short break, she would go to my mom's or one of her sister's houses and start working. I'm not sure if this experience is universal but I'm curious to see if this may be common practice.

I wonder if early on with the introduction of instruments post-colonization if this was a common event. After colonization I could believe that the European populations did not want to teach Indigenous populations how to play these new instruments due to their early discriminatory behaviours. However I wonder if down the road during this period if it was still common that Indigenous people still had to find their own means to learn? Also was this simply a more natural way to learn due to most musical experience in Indigenous populations being percussion?

Looking at Euro-centric versus indigenous culture is very polar when considering the community. In my past experiences white/euro-centric communities aren't extremely important and not many gatherings happen outside of the church. Whereas I find Indigenous groups hold a much higher importance on community as well as the frequency of community gatherings.

This exert resonates with me personally. In my experience, my grandmother didn't speak on our heritage very often due to her past experiences. Whenever she would it was shocking and almost something she wanted us to ignore. The phrasing "sI should have listened" speaks to that. I understand that feeling of regret from not picking up on these details in the moment. To this day I still wish I had those moments of reflection with her.