The First
Nation Station
Nation Station
This is the local First Nation in Nanaimo.
Who are the Snuneymuxw?
This word helped inspire the name Canada and means village or place.
What is Kanata?
This fish was an important food source for many coastal peoples.
What is salmon? (shellfish, berries = half points)
This language is spoken by the Snuneymuxw people.
What is Hul’q’umi’num’?
This explorer made contact on the west coast.
Who is Captain Cook?
This group traditionally lives in Arctic regions of Canada.
Who are the Inuit?
About this many people identify as Indigenous in Canada today.
What is 1.4 million?
This animal became valuable during the fur trade.
What is otter / sea otter?
Sk'elep is Indigenous for this native animal.
What is otter?
This was the location where Captain Cook met Chief Maquinna.
What is Nootka Sound?
People with First Nations and European settler ancestry may identify as this group.
What is Métis?
Indigenous peoples have lived in Canada for over this many years.
What is 12,000 years?
This type of boat was used for travel by many Indigenous peoples.
What is a canoe?
This phrase means thank you.
What is Hay ch q’a?
This was the location where Captain Cook met Chief Maquinna.
What is Nootka Sound?
These are the three main Indigenous groups in Canada.
What are First Nations, Métis, and Inuit?
If you do not know someone’s Nation, this respectful word can be used.
What is Indigenous?
This word means exchanging goods between groups.
What is trade?
This is the proper pronunciation of the name of Nanaimo’s local First Nation.
What is Snuneymuxw? (Snaw-Nay-Mow, Snaw-Nay-muck)
These First Nations people are from the Nootka Sound area.
Who are the Nuu-chah-nulth People?