BC First Nations
What Indigenous land are we on?
Songhees
The 'wampum belt' is a ceremonial garment for which eastern Canadian tribe?
The Algonquin
What region do the Navajo Peoples inhabit?
Starting North-to-South following along the Colorado River.
What is the traditional language of the Osoyoos?
Okanogan language Nsyilx'can
How much land do the Osoyoos own?
Over 13000 hectares.
What was the purpose of the residential schools?
to remove and isolate children from the influences of their family, culture and home in order to assimilate them into the dominant culture.
True or False. The Apache celebrate over 4 days for a girl's Rite of Passage into womanhood and becoming an official adult member of the tribe.
True. The Apache girl dresses in a special garment and feasts with the adults for days.
What countries do the Lenca People inhabit?
Honduras and El Salvador
Where does the name Cree translate to?
"She believes"
What is bannock?
fried bread
What does Scia'new translate to?
Who was Marie Potts?
An famous Odawa basketweaver
What is the Garifuna People's cultural dish?
"Hudutu baruru with falmo" which is a coconut based seafood stew.
What is the reason for the many different languages spoken in BC?
The variety in regions and accessibility (mountains, islands, valleys, etc)
As of 2020, this local-to-BWS band has less than 270 members.
Beecher Bay
What challenges did the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples face?
loss of language
Before colonization, the Kiowa's diet relied mostly on this now extinct animal.
What are the neighboring tribe(s) of the Hopi?
The Navajo
Which word is used for the linguistic group along the Ottawa River? Algonquin or Algonquian?
Algonguian
The Mapuche are the largest Indigenous group in Chile with how many people approximately?
84% or 1.3 million
What are the two major clans on Haida Gwaii?
Raven and Eagle
How have the Hopi maintained their culture?
They are surrounded on all sides by the Navajo Reservation and have rejected all external influence, including the federal government and it's other imposing 'tribal' government.
What indigenous group is found in Chile's Araucania region?
The Mapuche
Say something in an Indigenous language
Examples; Aloha, caribou (mik'maq), chipmunk (Odawa), pecan (ojibwe), Nanook (inuit), barbeque (Haiti)
Which South American indigenous band has a popular board game of the same name?
Teothihaucan