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Vocabulary
Mi’kmaq
Anishinabe
Haudenosaunee
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100

A term used to describe Indigenous people who are not Metis or Inuit. They are original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada, and were the first to encounter Europeans.

Who are First Nations people

100
How many districts were the Mi’kmaq organized into?
What is 7?
100
Provide examples of two clans and their duties.
Crane, Loon = Leadership. Fish = Teaching, scholarship. Bear = Policing. Hoof = Community Needs. Marten = Defense. Bird = Spiritual Needs.
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
Describe the role of Dodems (clans) in Anishnabe society.
The clans worked together to provide balance and order in society.
200

What did the Haudenosaunee use the land for (list 3)?

What is harvesting corn, squash, beans, farming, berries, syrup, hunting, longhouses

200
These First Nations groups used consensus to make decisions?
Who are the Mi'kmaq, Anishinabe, and Haudenosaunee?
300

Symbols that need no language

What is picture writing?

300
A leader in Mi’kmaq society. Chosen and advised by councils of Elders.
Who are Saqamaws?
300

A leader of the Anishinabe.

Who is Ogimauh?

300
They were on a council made up of 50 chiefs. These chiefs were chose by women who also advised them.
Who are Hoyaneh?
300
These First Nations groups lived in Wigwams.
Who are the Mi'kmaq and Anishinabe?
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

Canoes, sap collectors, mattresses, battering sticks for rice

What is technology of the Anishinabe?

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?
400

Who created lacrosse?

Who is the Haudenosaunee

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
Men and women who had special gifts as spiritual leaders and healers. People had great respect for them. They taught their society the importance of living a good life.
Who are Midewin?
500
They were powerful people. They chose the Hoyaneh.
Who are Clan Mothers?
500
What was used to pass history, spiritual beliefs, values, traditions, and customs from one generation to the next.
What are stories and legends?