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What is a important resource for the Woodland First Nations? and why?
Birch Bark was easy to find and work with because it was waterproof and light weight.
Describe the "Buffalo Jump"? Which Nation uses the Buffalo Jump?
They would arrange bushes, branches, and stones along the migration route of the buffalo. They would then chase them over a cliff, stampeding them to their death. This method produced large quantities of meat in one hunt. First Nations of the Plains
What is corral?
Corral is to take (or somehow move) animals into a fenced or smaller area to make it easier to hunt.
What is “oral tradition?”
Oral tradition is passing down important stories from Elders to the younger generation.
What did the First Nations of the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basinhunt?
Moose
What are "sister crops"? And which First Nation tribe uses these items?
Corn, Squash, Beans. Iroquain First Nations.
Which animal is important to the First Nations of Plateau?
Salmon
What is permafrost? Which tribe goes through this?
When much of the land stays frozen throughout the entire year. The First Nations of the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basin
What is “connection to the land?”
Connection to the land is how First Nations used and respected the land as well as how they thanked the land.
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Describe the housing of the Woodland First Nations.
They made wigwams that were easy to build and transport. They were made with wooden poles and covered with materials easily found such as woven mats, bark, or animal skins. A hole was cut at the top to allow circulation and air in.
Describe the ceremony of dance for the FNPL and what makes it special?
Lillooet and Shuswap danced with masks to tell the Vision Quest the youth went on. The dance told of the Guardian Spirit that possessed the young man or young woman.
Describe the housing of the First Nations of the Plains?
They were traveling people so needed easy to build and move housing. Teepees were the main form of housing. A tripod of poles dug into the ground and then covered with buffalo skins. The teepee tipped forward a bit to allow air in.
What resources were important to the Pacific Coast First Nation?
Oil, Fish, and Wood.
The Pacific Coast used these as a method for transportation? and what were they called?
Canoes and they were called "dugouts"
Describe the clothing of the Woodland First Nations?
Their clothing was made from caribou, deer, and moose hide. Men wore tunics, leggings, moccasins, and loincloths. Women dressed similarly but had longer tunics. Fur bearing animals such as beaver, muskrat, and rabbit were used to make warm winter clothing.
What is special about the totem pole? And which is that important too?
The Totem Pole is symbols that are important to the ancestry of the tribes. It is carved on huge red cedar poles and shows forms of humans and animals sitting atop each other almost reaching the sky. The Pacific Coast Nations
Why is oral tradition so important to the First Nations People?
These stories were important because they told stories of the Elders, ways of life, traditions, struggles and challenges, and many other important stories about ancestors. They would also teach important lessons to the younger generations.
What is one ceremony First Nations participate in to show respect to the land?
Special dances to show respect. Lillooet and Shuswap from FNPL
Describe their clothing of the First Nations of the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basin
Moose and caribou hide were mostly used for clothing. For winter, the fur was left on the hides. In the summer, the hides were scraped to allow for lighter clothing.
What is one similarity and diffenerce between the Iroquain First Nations and the Woodland First Nations?
One difference: WFN lived in Wigwams and the IFN lived in long houses.
One similarity: The women wore long tunics. Both tribes used animal skins for their clothing.
What is the diffenerce in clothing between the First Nations of the Plateau and the First Nations of of the Mackenzie and Yukon River Basin?
FNPL consisted of buckskin shirts, breechcloths, leggings and moccasins for men, while women wore longer shirts. Robes of rabbit or groundhog fur helped make winter clothes.
FNYK Moose and caribou hide were mostly used for clothing. For winter, the fur was left on the hides. In the summer, the hides were scraped to allow for lighter clothing.
What are 3 ways First Nations People connect/use the land?
Ceremonies to thank the land, used all parts of animals hunted, didn’t take more than what they needed from the land, returned things to the land.
What is the diffenerce in clothing between the First Woodland First Nations and the Pacific Coast First Nations?
WFN Their clothing was made from caribou, deer, and moose hide. Men wore tunics, leggings, moccasins, and loincloths. Women dressed similarly but had longer tunics. Fur bearing animals such as beaver, muskrat, and rabbit were used to make warm winter clothing.
PCFN In the rainy season they wore capes made from bark or striped roots.
What type of wood did the the Pacific Coast First Nations use for totem poles, utensils etc.?
Cedar