Vocabulary 1
This means; inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists;
Aboriginal
To combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit
Ally
This is a country that sends settlers to a place and establishes political control over it.:
Colonizer
slang, no longer used to describe northern Indigenous people
Eskimo -
Shortened word that means; First Nation, Metis, Inuit but is no longer used as we cannot justly refer to a whole community and culture by a single letter.
FNMI
This is a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period
Costume
the action of playing a drum or drums.
Drumming
This is a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group
Elder
This is essentially a political term used as a substitute for band in referring to any of the numerous aboriginal groups formally recognized by the Canadian government under the Indian Act of 1876
First Nation
This word means relating to India or its people, customs, or languages and not to the first people of Canada.
Indian
This is a member of an indigenous people of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska
Inuit
This is the only culture that has been created in Canada through Ethnogenesis
Metis
This is a sacred First Nation social gathering often with drumming and traditional dancing where all are welcome
Pow wow
This word means the restoration of friendly relations
Reconciliation
In Indigenous cultures this refers to the traditional and often sacred clothing, accessories and artifacts worn or carried during various ceremonies, such as pow wows
Regalia
These were created by Christian churches and the Canadian government as an attempt to convert Indigenous youth and to assimilate them into Canadian society. “Kill the Indian in the child”
Residential schools
This is a tradition, common to many First Nations and Métis, which involves the burning of one or more medicines gathered from the earth. The four sacred medicines used in First Nations’ ceremonies are tobacco, sage, cedar and sweetgrass. The most common medicines used in a smudge are sweetgrass, sage and cedar.
Smudge
This is a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states
Treaty
This is a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader.
Tribe
This is universal to Indigenous people on the North American continent. Though songs are unique to each tribe, the drum is the primary connecting instrument between tribes. It is often described as the “heartbeat.
Round dance