Tree ID
Name 3 types of trees and what they are traditionally used for.
Birch Tree- Canoes
Red Spruce- Spruce Root
Brown Ash- Ash Baskets
What direction does the sun rise and what direction does it set?
Hint/Bonus: Refer to the definition of Wabanaki People
Rises in the East and sets in the West
What did Gluskab do to create people (creation story)?
What is Gluskab shot an arrow into the ash tree, in the crack of the ash tree, out came the Wabanaki People.
Numbness and a white or bluish skin color
What is a sign of frostbite
What is a Canadian Lynx favorite food?
What is snowshoe hare.
Why are trees called coniferous trees?
Because evergreen trees produce "cones" hence con-iferous.
What is a common purpose for using stars other than for stories/teachings?
Why do we offer medicine to the water, trees, and mother earth when we use and borrow their gifts? What medicines do we typically offer?
To show respect, care, thanks for the gifts they provide and so we understand reciprocity.
Medicines: Sage, Tobacco, Sweetgrass, Cedar
For example: Hunting - offering tobacco if you kill an animal.
True or false, oranges have more vitamin C than cedar?
False: Cedar actually has more vitamin C than oranges!
What sort of disease is causing significant decline in bat populations in Maine?
What is White Nose syndrome?
What trees do we typically tap?
Bonus!
1. Sugar and Red maple
Bonus (100 points): Birch trees
What does vernal mean in vernal equinox?
Spring
The spirit that lives at the top of Katahdin
Who is Pamola
What is the type of stitch we used today in beading our keychains?
What is a flat stitch?
What type of birds can you identify using tracks in the snow/ground?
Partridge, Rough Grouse, Turkey
Name a few signs of stress in trees.
1. Crown/leaf die back
2. Epicormic/shoots from original tree
3. Exit holes
4. Fungal growth
Can you think of anymore?
In the Mi'kmaq story what does the big dipper represent?
Great Bear and the Seven Hunters
Why does the maple tree not taste so sweet anymore? Why does it need large quantities to be boiled down to a syrup?
Type of eyewear traditionally used by the Inuit and the Yupik peoples of the Arctic to prevent snow blindness
What are snow goggles
Why do moose have higher ticks count of them compared to deer?
Deer groom way more frequently than moose do.
What were the 5 trees we identified today during our Tree ID session?
What is Paper Birch Tree, Hemlock, Pine, Red Maple, Cedar.
Why are the moon phases so important to the Wabanaki?
1. Served as a calendar so we could keep track of the year.
2. Every 28 day moon cycle represents the most important/relevant time of the year. (Example: May 7th June 5th - moon of planting and sowing)
What is the name of the compounds that the softwood trees release as a defense to predators but also smell good to us?
What is phytoncides?
What are the 3 things that a fire needs to start?
1. Air/Oxygen
2. Fuel (wood)
3. Heat source (Bow and Drill, flint and steel, etc)
List 5 animals tracks we found today on the trails.
Bonus (100 Points): Can you list the 6th one Steven found?
1. Rough Grouse/Patridge
2. Chipmunk
3. Fisher/Martin/Mink
4. Coyote
5. Fox
(Bonus) 6. Otter