Indigenous Peoples
An Indigenous people who live mostly in northern Canada, in or near the arctic.
Who are the Inuit?
An Indigenous celebration of culture.
What is a powwow?
An event where participants play a beat on an instrument.
What is drumming?
Girls and women dance to heal.
What is a Jingle Dance?
A nation within Canada with mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.
Who are the Métis?
A smaller powwow with dancing, drumming, teaching, and ceremonies.
What is a traditional powwow?
An event where participants orally produce songs.
What is singing?
A dance where men usually wear feathers and women ribbons.
What is a Fancy Dance?
A word that means village in Iroquoian language and is also a suburb of Ottawa.
What is Kanata?
A larger powwow where drummers and dancers from across North America compete.
What is a competition powow?
An event where participants move their bodies in rhythm to music.
What is dancing?
Where participants dance with rings to make animal shapes and tell stories.
What is a Hoop Dance?
A First Nation that historically lived in what is now Mississauga and surrounding area.
Who are the Mississaugas of the Credit?
When all the drummers and dancers enter.
When elders teach people about culture and traditions.
What is teaching?
A dance that is meant to respect the people who came before you.
What is the Grass Dance?
A First Nation located on a west coast archipelago known as Haidai Gwaii.
Who are the Haida?
The attire worn by participants, often adorned with beadwork and eagle feathers.
What is regalia?
People who sell crafts, food, clothing, jewelry, and art.
Who are vendors?
A dance that tells stories of battles or hunts.
What is Men's Traditional Dance?