What is the name of the young Beothuk woman from Newfoundland who died from tuberculosis but whose "single story" tells the greater story of her people's extinction?
100
Christopher Columbus
What is the name of the so-called "explorer" who founded the Americas?
100
Indian
What is the erroneous term that was mistakenly applied to the multiple and diverse First Nations people across the Americas by Chris Columbus?
100
Certain individuals who are blessed with the ability to receive and communicate with powerful spirits
What is a 'shaman'?
100
This entity allowed for the development of a diverse group of First Peoples across the western half of the continent and also allowed for the development of arts
What is the buffalo?
200
Coyote
What is the name of the Trickster figure in Thomas King's story ("The One About Coyote Going West")?
200
"To Christianize and civilize..."
What is the primary motive behind the missionaries who were sent to the "New World" to work with the Aboriginal people?
200
'Vanishing' cultures were believed to be best placed in museums and otherwise officially recorded before their ultimate demise or assimilation
What is the underlying belief that drove anthropologists and early artistic works of frontier painters to capture Native cultures?
200
Those 'other than human beings' who have the ability to transform or change shape
What is a trickster (Raven, Coyote, Nazabozo, Wasakychuk)?
200
Contrary to First Nations groups such as the Mandan and Hidatsa who built permanent settlements around horticultural practices, these people were nomadic
Who are the Lakota and Crow Nations?
300
Red ochre
What is the substance that was sprinkled over the young boy's body in the ancient burial site of the "Walrus People" and that was part of the reason why Native people were called "redskins"?
300
The main reason that Europeans kept coming back to North America despite their failure in finding the elusive Northwest Passage.
What is the Fur Trade?
300
When art is placed on useful items, such as pots, clothing, or weapons, it is placed in this category
What is 'craft'?
300
In traditional times, the body was seen as a canvas for art and was thus adorned "in proper relationship to the gods" through this practice
What is 'tattooing'?
300
The reason that artistic works such as quillwork, basketry and fibre arts have been largely ignored as representative of Plains culture
What is a male bias for warrior items such as war bonnets and tomahawks?
400
Ceremonial function
What was the original role of many artistic objects within Aboriginal societies?
400
This group prefers a linear representation of time, and therefore history, versus a cyclical view of time
What are Europeans?
400
This famous group of Canadian artists made reference to Native images in their works as part of their own severing of colonial ties to Europe
Who were the Group of Seven?
400
These items were welcomed into Aboriginal cultures as tokens of "status, wealth, power and ability to communicate"
What were trade goods?
400
The traditional practice of quillwork by women was eventually replaced by this post-contact item
What is beadwork?
500
Wampum
What is the name of a visual form of contractual agreement once used by indigenous peoples?
500
When Aboriginal groups assert their right to reclaim and recover their cultural items from museums and private collectors
What is repatriation?
500
When objects display little or no European influence and are therefore seen as more interesting or valuable in the eyes of collectors
What is 'authenticity'?
500
"Eyes of the spirit"
What were beads originally thought to be?
500
The belief that "Something sacred wears me..."
What is the belief in wearing a war shirt adorned with spiritual symbols?