Medicines
what is used to fan the smoke onto someone being smudged?
What are the three main types of clans called?
Patrilineal, Unilineal, Matrilineal
Where do the Algonquins live today?
On the Ottawa River and its tributaries
Who are the Algonquin closely related to?
The Ojibwe and Odawa
Where can the medicines sweetgrass, sage, cedar, and tobacco primarily be found? (Not referring to where they're found in the wild)
On the medicine wheel
What type of clans were most commonly seen in Algonquin tribes?
Where did the Algonquin tribes first settle down?
Ottawa and St. Lawrence River valleys
Name one of the tribes within the Algonquian linguistic group besides the Algonquins
- Atikamekw
- Blackfoot
- Cree
- Mi’kmaq
- Wolastoqiyik
- Innu
- Naskapi
- Ojibwe
- Oji-Cree
Which directions is smoke offered to during smudging?
North, East, South, West
In the past, what have clans been used for in Indigenous culture? There are 2 answers; give one of them
1. To categorize members in social groups
2. To trace members back to their male or female ancestors
In 1650, what happened to the remaining Algonquin in the upper Ottawa Valley area?
They were attacked and overrun.
In the 2021 census, how many people identified as having Algonquin ancestry?
30,000 people
How do the Indigenous say sweetgrass relates to Mother Earth?
They say sweetgrass is "Mother Earth's hair"
Why were clans typically named after birds, fish, or deer?
To help regulate marriage because members from one clan were typically forbidden from marrying other members of their clan.
the Mohawk attacked the Algonquin-Montagnais trading village at Sillery (just outside Quebec) in what year?
1629
What is the name of the Algonquin language?
Omàmiwininìmowin
What is the tightly bundled ball of sage called that is used for smudging?
A Mashkodewashk
Different clans often had specific rights, privileges, and property that the other clans did not have to help distinguish them how?
Linguistically and geographically
True or False: The Algonquins were displaced from the St. Lawrence River valleys by the Iroquois
False.
Real answer: The Iroquois were displaced from the St. Lawrence River valleys by the Algonquin
The Algonquin language is endangered, with only how many people identifying as knowing the language in the 2021 census?
1929 people