Sacred Medicines
This sacred medicine is used for purification, cleansing, and prayer
Sage
According to First Nations creation stories, humans were made from this material
What is mud, sticks, and other plant material
Louis Riel’s grandmother was named this.
Marie Ann Lagimodiere
This practice of marrying within the Métis community helped maintain language, culture, and religion.
endogamy
Marriage in Métis society secured these for European traders.
What are economic and political privileges?
his sacred medicine is sweet-smelling when burned, symbolizes mother earths hair, and is often braided and used in ceremonies
Sweetgrass
The First Nations creation story teaches that humans survived with the help of this group of beings.
animals
This illness caused the deaths of multiple Riel siblings in the 1870s.
What is influenza?
These individuals were indispensable to fur traders, providing food, labour, and cultural mediation.
Indigenous wives
Indigenous wives acted as these, helping traders learn European culture and negotiation practices
What are cultural mediators
During a pipe ceremony, this medicine is offered in the pipe to carry prayers to the Creator.
tobacco
In the Judeo-Christian story, humans are given this over the Earth and its creatures.
Dominion
Marie Ann returned to live with these women after her husband’s death.
Who are the Cree midwives?
The Michif word for grandmother is this
What is kokom
Early fur traders lacked these, which Indigenous wives helped provide.
survival skills and local knowledge
This sacred medicine is used for healing, strengthening, and protection, and is sometimes burned in sweat lodge ceremonies.
Cedar
First Nations hunters give thanks to with this when they kill an animal.
tobacco
This term describes a child who shows exceptional abilities at an early age.
Precocious
Métis families were strongly interconnected across settlements to resist this process.
assimilation
Marriages between European men and First Nations women created direct access to this resource
What is furs or fur-bearing territories
In many Indigenous teachings, the four sacred medicines are represented on this symbol
The Medicine Wheel
The First Nations creation story features this trickster and creator figure who helped make the world
Wesakechak
Marie Ann Lagimodiere’s first child was born during this type of journey with her husband.
canoe voyage west to Red River
The Métis trace ancestry through both parents in this type of kinship system.
What is bilateral kinship?
Marrying within the community helped Métis families support each other during this type of hardship.
resource depletion