Head Smashed In
This is the toughest part of the buffalo hide, used for making shields.
What is the bison neck?
This is the most important member of the community in First Nations culture.
What is the child?
First Nations people use the Bison for these three very important purposes.
What is food, clothing and shelter?
This natural resource is currently used to create most of Alberta's electricity.
What is coal?
This is the largest region in Albert.
What is the Boreal forest?
This was the name for the "road" that was created to guide the bison stampede to the cliff and over the edge.
What is the drive lane?
In traditional FNMI communities, these were the decision-makers who ended up trying to negotiate with the Europeans on first contact.
Who are the women?
This is the other word for Bison.
What is buffalo?
This natural resource is currently used mostly to heat our homes.
What is natural gas?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!
Edmonton is in this region of Alberta.
What is the Parkland region?
These were the parts of the bison that were saved as special delicacies for special members of the community during the feast after a successful buffalo jump hunt.
What is the tongue and the internal organs?
In traditional FNMI communities, these are the people who teach and raise the child.
Who are the elders or grandparents?
In addition to dressing in a wolf or coyote hide, hunters would disguise themselves as THIS, to lure groups of bison toward the buffalo jump.
What are bison babies or bison calves?
This is the term that is used to discuss "being smart about our natural resources in the interests of the planet."
What is environmental stewardship?
This region is in the North East corner of the province of Alberta.
What is the Canadian Shield?
These are the two physical regions of Alberta that are closest to Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump.
What are the Grassland and Foothills Regions?
What is a
1. Tree trunk 4. The Moon
2 Bird's nest . 5. Drum
3 The sun . 6. Medicine Wheel
This part of the bison body was used as a "pot" to boil water.
This is the windiest region in Alberta.
What is the Grassland region?
This is the smallest region of Alberta.
What is the Canadian shield?
The buffalo jump hunts were usually planned in this season of the year.
What is Autumn?
To care and protect this giant floating orb is one of the most important parts of FNMI culture.
Europeans who came to Canada and slaughtered the bison by the millions were doing it for sport, or were after THIS part of the bison.
What is the fur hide?
What is the term given to resources such as oil, coal and natural gas, that formed millions of years ago?
What are fossil fuels?
Banff, Jasper and Canmore are located in this region of Alberta.
What is the Rocky Mountain Region?