Education
This was the main way Aboriginal women passed down knowledge and traditions
What is oral traditions/storytelling?
These older indigenous women helped make important decisions
Who are grandmothers?
These women used plants and traditional Knowledge to help others
What is Indigenous healers?
Fur traders often married these women to build relationships
What is Indigenous women
Indigenous communities did not have these buildings for teaching?
What is schools?
Indigenous women protected the land and this important resource
In Europe, almost all doctors were this gender
What are men?
Indigenous women helped fur traders by showing them where to go
What are guides
What is chores?
The class level that is working in small businesses and shops as well as at home
Indigenous women who helped with childbirth were called this
What are midwives?
Indigenous women helped keep peace between groups as these
What are peacemakers?
Most European girls were not encouraged to get this
What is education?
European women were expected to take care of this place
What is home?
European medical care was unsafe because they didn't understand these tiny things
What are germs?
European women were not common in the fur trade because they stayed here
What is home
Indigenous girls learned foraging, hunting, and this healing practice
What is medicine/healing?
European women were considered this by their fathers and husbands
What is property?
European medical practices were dangerous because they lacked this basic cleanliness
What is hygiene?
Indigenous women provided food and clothing, making them essential to this industry
What is the fur trade?