Wildlife
Food
Outdoors
Culture/Lifestyle
Lang./Industry
100
How can you tell the difference between a male and female bison?
male horns curve and females horns go straight forward
100
Name a popular dish of the NWT.
Caribou, anything from the sea, polar/grizzly bear, wild plant greens/berries
100
What is the most common colors that occur in the Northern lights?
Yellow & green
100
Residential schools because a prime method of what?
Assimilation
100
How many official languages are in the NWT?
11
200
Name one type of fox that lives in the NWT?
Artic fox or Red fox
200
When are wild plant greens and berries gathered?
Spring, summer
200
What is the best time of year to view the Northern lights?
Winter time
200
The winter months of Northern NWT can be referred to as the land of the what?
Northern Lights Summer months - land of the Midnight Sun
200
How many of the languages in the NWT are indigenous?
9
300
What are the three types of bears that live in the NWT?
grizzly, black, polar
300
How are the four different ways you can prepare caribou?
Raw, frozen, boiled, dried
300
Name one mode of transportation you can you to get the Robertson Mountains.
Car, Airplane, or snowmobile in the winter
300
A type of singing that is very prominent in Indigenous communities.
Throat singing.
300
What are 2 out of the 3 major industries of the NWT?
diamond, oil, fur, agriculture, fisheries
400
Name one animal that was talked about that contributed to the fur industry?
moose, fox
400
Why do the residents of the NWT eat wild plant greens and berries?
Vitamin C
400
Name one of the great lakes that flow into the MacKenzie river.
Great Slave, Great Bear or Athabasca
400
An example of traditional art.
baskets, clothing
400
How far back does the oil industry date in the NWT?
1929
500
What family does the moose come from?
the deer family
500
What food do you never eat raw?
Bear: polar/grizzly
500
How long is the MacKenzie river?
4250Km
500
The ripple effect of Residential Schools has resulted in these challenges for the Indigenous people.
Identity loss, language loss, alcoholism, family violence, suicide, drug addictions
500
About how many people in the NWT make there living trapping?
700
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