First Nations
Metis
Francophone
British
NWMP
100
This First Nation tribe lived in the foothills and Rocky Mountain region.
Who are the Nakoda?
100
If you are Metis, this is your heritage.
What is European and First Nation.
100
These men traveled by canoe and worked for the French fur trading company.
Who are the Voyageurs?
100
This was the latest trend in fashion that caused the Fur Trade.
What are beaver felt hats?
100
This is what NWMP stands for.
What is the North West Mounted Police?
200
This First Nation tribe lived in the grassland region of Alberta.
Who are the SikSika?
200
What languages could Metis people speak?
What is French or English, AND Aboriginal (Cree or Blackfoot).
200
These people are Francophones who were born in Canada.
What are the Canadiens?
200
This is when fur traders had to carry a canoe and supplies over land.
What is a portage?
200
This is the modern version of the NWMP.
What is the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)?
300
This First Nation tribe lived in northern and central Alberta.
Who are the Cree?
300
Many Metis people decided to do this for a living.
What is work in the fur trade?
300
These people came to Alberta to build schools, hospitals and churches.
Who are the Missionaries?
300
This famous British explorer came to the west and made maps of this area. He has a highway named after him.
Who is Anthony Henday?
300
Two groups of people the NWMP worked to get rid of in Alberta.
Who are the whiskey traders and wolfers?
400
The First Nation people believed that the Creator was responsible for this.
What is creating the world, animals and people.
400
The Metis could do this job easily because they had a mixed background.
What is translate or be an interpreter for the two different groups. (Europeans and First Nations)
400
This Francophone man was a Catholic priest and has a town named after him in Alberta.
Who is Father Lacombe?
400
This type of building is surrounded by strong walls to protect the supplies inside.
What is a fort?
400
This was something the NWMP had to protect. Why did the government issue men to protect this important structure?
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway? It transported settlers to Alberta.
500
This part of the buffalo was used for spoons, cups and ladles.
What are the horns?
500
Two symbols of the Metis culture.
What are the sash and Metis Flag (infinity symbol).
500
Besides building schools and hospitals, missionaries also did this.
What is teach religion to people?
500
The name of the British fur trading company who owned most of the land in the 1800's.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
500
Three requirements to join the NWMP.
What are: be a male, healthy and fit, between 18-40, be able to ride a horse, be a good person (of good mind).
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