Land
The name of rock paintings with red ochre and animal fats.
Pictographs
This famous Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" led the Red River Resistance.
Who is Louis Riel?
This acronym stands for the four distinct groups: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.
FNMI
This generation is often referred to as the "New People" who will reach back to their ancestors to find the path to the future.
7th
The name of rock formations to share teachings and history.
Petroforms
Traditionally used as a tool, a rope, and a body warmer, this colorful woven garment is a key symbol of Métis identity.
Metis sash
These are the Indigenous people of the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, and Alaska.
Who are the Inuit?
The Anishinaabe migration consisted of this many distinct eras or "fires. How many?
7
People use to carve maps, teachings and stories onto this surface to bring with them.
Birch bark (scrolls)
This unique language, still spoken by some Métis Elders today, is a combination of Cree and Anishinaabemowin (verb structures) and French (nouns).
What is Michif?
While "Aboriginal" was used in the 1982 Constitution, this word is now the preferred international term for original inhabitants.
What is Indigenous
Which fire discussed the first contact between Indigenous and European peoples?
4th Fire
What is often offered as a form of respect, thanksgiving, etc. and used in ceremony or asking for teachings?
Asemaa
What was the thing called that was the result of negotiations between the Canadian government and this "Provisional Government" led by the Métis? It also led to Manitoba joining Canada?
The Manitoba Act
This 1876 Canadian law still governs how the government interacts with First Nations and defines who is considered a "Status Indian."
What is the Indian Act
The migration was driven by a prophecy to find the place "where food grows on water." This refers to this specific food.
Manoomin
How is White Pine useful for humans as a medicine?
Tea, Vitamin C, various.
This 1870 execution of this settler and land surveyor from Ontario by Riel’s government turned much of English Canada against him. Who was it?
Thomas Scott
This term refers to First Nations people who are not registered with the federal government but still identify with their community and culture.
non-status
This confederacy, known as the "Three Fires," was solidified through this migration and includes which 3 groups?
Potawatomi, Anishinaabe, Odawa