History
These were the first peoples to live in North America.
Who are Indigenous people?
Many Indigenous peoples tell stories about how the world began. These stories are called this.
What are creation stories?
This sport, now played worldwide, was first created and played by Indigenous nations and called “The Creator’s Game.”
tennis, lacrosse, spear throwing
What is lacrosse?
how many sisters does Molly have
what is one sister?
Many Indigenous communities hunted this large animal on the Great Plains.
What is the buffalo (or bison)?
Many Indigenous groups passed their stories down this way, by telling them, not writing them.
What is oral tradition?
This sacred plant, often braided, is burned in ceremonies by many Indigenous nations for cleansing.
sweetgrass, herbal grass, sourgrass
What is sweetgrass?
The Haudenosaunee (an indigenous tribe) practiced a form of this political system long before modern countries did.
What is democracy?
The police takes the 3 girls to a foreign place, what is it?
what is Moore River Native Settlement?
Indigenous peoples often made tools and clothing from this animal part instead of metal.
What is bone?
This term describes the original people of a land before others arrive.
What is Indigenous?
These spiritual leaders guide ceremonies, healing, and traditional teachings.
Who are elders (or medicine people)?
There are over 5,000 Indigenous communities speaking around x different languages!
3000, 4000, 5000
4000!
The tracker has a name, what is it
what is moodoo?
People of the Northwest Coast carved these tall wooden poles to tell stories and show family history.
What are totem poles?
These homes used by Plains tribes were coneshaped and easy to move.
What are tipis?
The First Nations “Talking Circle” encourages people to do this without interruption.
What is speak and listen respectfully?
The Maya (an indigenous tribe) created/used one of the worlds most accurate types of these time telling tools, we still use today.
What are calendars?
something happened to Olive, but what?
what is cut her hair and beat her?
Many Indigenous farmers grew “the Three Sisters”: corn, squash, and this third crop.
grass, wheat, beans
What is beans?
This word describes a group of Indigenous people who share traditions and ancestors.
What is a tribe or nation?
Many Indigenous groups see the eagle as a symbol of this, because it flies closest to the Creator.
strength, spirtual, encourage
What is strength or spiritual connection?
Some Indigenous languages don’t have a direct word for this type of farewell instead they say:
goodbye, see you agian, adios
what is see you agian
the person who made the movie.
who is Instructor: Phillip Noyce or story teller: Doris Pilkington Garimara?
Eastern Woodlands peoples often built round, bark-covered homes called these.
What are wigwams?