Metis
Metis people were a mix of what ancestry?
European and Native.
What animal primarily fueled the fur trade?
Beavers
Guns being imported by the British and French were called:
Muskets
How many drawings were done per year in a winter count?
1
Stories passed down over generations that contain life lessons, warnings, and creation stories are called...
Oral histories
The fiddle or violin
What commodity in Europe fueled the demand for beaver pelts?
Hats
What technology allowed people to spend more time on art rather than hunting?
Horses.
Did the Ojibwe live a stationary or nomadic lifestyle?
Stationary
What type of ice age animal is Manny from the movie Ice Age?
Mammoth
From which two European countries did most European fur trappers come?
France and Scotland.
What company supplied guns to the Blackfleet people?
The Hudson Bay Company
What is a smooth bore gun?
A gun with a smooth inner barrel.
Crushed berries, nuts, and animal fat formed into bars were called...
Pemican
How much is known about the wood tools used by ice age peoples?
Very little, almost nothing at all. Wood is very rarely preserved.
How is a Metis sash most commonly worn?
What is the name of the large bay in Canada that European ships could access from the Atlantic Ocean? It was crucial to the fur trade. (You cannot look at the map)
The Hudson Bay
Name two advantages horses have over dogs.
They are easier to feed and better for transportation.
In the seasonal round, fall is the season for...
Gathering and trading
What was a common use of bison brains?
Tanning a hide.
Michif, the language of the Metis people, is mostly a mix of which two languages?
French and Cree
Name at least two native tribes that held positive trade relations with European fur traders.
Blackfeet, Ojibwe, Chippewa, Cree, Metis
What event in the Southeastern US resulted in the trade of horses to Native peoples of Montana?
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
Why were the Kootenai and Salish people forced into the mountainous valleys of northwestern Montana?
The Blackfeet acquired guns and displaced them from their lands.
Which Indiana Jones movie contains the famous boulder-rolling scene?
Raiders of the lost arc