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Vocabulary
Mi’kmaq
Anishnabe
Haudenosaunee
Wild Card
100
First Peoples, the original peoples of a place.
Who are indigenous peoples?
100

The Mi'kmaq were the first to make contact with who.

Who are the Europeans?

100

Anishinabe means what.

What is "The People"?

100
The type of home that the Haudenosaunee lived in.
What is a longhouse?
100

This First Nations group lived near the Atlantic Ocean

Who are the Mi'kmaq?

200
Agreement by everyone.
What is consensus?
200
Groups of respected people that chose and advised Mi’kmaq leaders.
What is the Council of Elders?
200

Provide examples of two clans and their duties.

Crane, Loon = Leadership. Fish = Educators. Bear = Safety & Doctoring. Hoof = Caregivers. Marten = Providers. Bird = Spiritual Needs.

200

What makes up the Three Sisters?

What is Corn, Beans, and Squash?

200

These First Nations groups used consensus to make decisions?

Who are the Mi'kmaq, Anishinabe, and Haudenosaunee?

300

Way of life (being) shared by a group.

What is Culture?

300
How many districts were the Mi’kmaq organized into?
What is 7?
300

The lived their live according to the seven main values, provides me an example of TWO. 

What is..

  • Wisdom: cherish knowledge

  • Love: know peace

  • Respect: honour all creation

  • Bravery: face your foes

  • Honesty: face a situation

  • Humility: know yourself

  • Truth: know all these things

300

Society was based on the mother lineage.

What is Matrilineal?

300

Economy is how people meet what needs.

What is Basic Needs - Food, Clothing, and Shelter?
400
Shell beads woven into belts or strings used to record treaties and other agreements among different nations
What is a wampum belt?
400
Why did the Mi'kmaq move with the seasons?
Seasonal movement allowed them to make the best use of the resources of their land. In summer, they fished and hunted sea mammals. In winter, they hunted animals of the forest.
400

Who was seen as watchers of the Earth's people.

What is the Seven Grandfathers?

400

It created a confederacy of five and eventually six nations. It set down rules of government, in which each member nation of the confederacy had equal voice and status.

What is the Great Law of Peace/Iroquois Confederacy?

400

First Nations economies were based on what.

What is Food Supply?

500
An agreement among a group of nations to act together to support each other’s interests.
What is an alliance?
500
They advised Mi’kmaq communities where they could hunt, fish and set up their camps. It also managed relations with other First Nations.
What is the Grand Council?
500

Each clan had a leader chosen by what characteristics. 

What is courage, character, and skilled hunter?

500

They were powerful people. They chose the male leaders.

Who are Clan Mothers?

500

What was used to pass history, spiritual beliefs, values, traditions, and customs from one generation to the next.

What is Oral Storytelling?