Okanagan (nsyilxcən) Words
Literary Terms
The Truth About Stories
Circle Talks
Wild Card
100
DAILY DOUBLE
What is way'?
100
What is analogy?
100
In Chapter 5, King tells a story about Coyote deceiving these birds
What are ducks?
100
This South American country produces roughly a third of the world’s lithium
What is Chile?
100
The Indigenous People of the Okanagan are a First Nation traditionally known by this name
What is syilx?
200
The Okanagan traditional story system, which is built on cumulative knowledge, or the living record.
What is captikʷl?
200
What is a symbol?
200
In Chapter 4, King claims that these are "medicine"
What are stories?
200
This Indigenous group protested by blockading the R.W. Bruhn Bridge Project
Who are the Splatsin?
200
A set of moral rules is known as this
What are ethics?
300
To pull together one's heart, mind, strength, and determination for leadership
What is qwilmist?
300
DAILY DOUBLE
What is a paradox?
300
In Chapter 3, King tells a Coyote story about this historical explorer
Who is Christopher Columbus?
300
To legally transfer the ownership of property is known by this word
What is cede?
300
Despite caring about their respiratory health, many people smoke cigarettes
What is cognitive dissonance?
400
Translating to “we are the people," it is a term that represents origin stories in the oral tradition of the Syilx Peoples
What is kou-skelowh?
400
“Love, I see you there, adrift on the air, floating by the open window.” — Sarah Harmer, “Open Window”
What is an apostrophe?
400
In Chapter 2, King claims that this is just a "construction and an illusion"
What is race?
400
It is estimated that the monarchy costs Canadians this much money in tax dollars
What is ~ $58 million?
400
A Hollywood film about ancient Egypt featuring a cast White actors with American accents is an example of this literary blunder
What is an anachronism?
500
The “Indigenous way,” this word has been translated to “people of the land” or “dreaming ones, bound together, of the land.”
What is sqilxwlcawt?
500
After creating the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer said, “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds,” quoting a line from Hindu scripture
What is allusion?
500
In Chapter 1, King tells a creation myth about how evil came into the world, thanks to these mythical beings
What are witches?
500
Sarah Allen advocates for this technique of "imitation" to improve your writing
What is collision?
500
“What you sow, you will reap" (Galatians 6:7) is a wise saying, also known as this
What is an aphorism?