Know the Peoples
This Confederacy included the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani.
What is the Blackfoot Confederacy?
A community trades hides, food, and other resources with neighbouring peoples. Which category does this BEST represent?
What is Economic?
Buffalo meat could be dried and combined with fat to make this high-energy food that could be stored and transported.
What is Pemmican?
Many Plains communities changed locations throughout the year mainly because they needed to access these.
What are animals, plants, water, and other seasonal resources?
Leadership, laws, rules, and decision-making belong primarily to this category.
What is Political?
This Plains people are also known as the nêhiyawak.
Plains Cree
Elders teach children traditions, stories, responsibilities, and cultural knowledge. Which category does this BEST represent?
What is Social?
Buffalo hides could be used to cover these portable homes used by many Plains peoples.
What are Tipis?
Following buffalo herds to different locations is an example of this category.
What is Migratory?
Family roles, ceremonies, traditions, education, and relationships belong primarily to this category.
What is Social?
These people traditionally lived across parts of what are now northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and adapted their movement to available resources.
Plains Dene
Leaders meet to establish rules and make decisions for their community. Which category does this BEST represent?
What is Political?
This strong material from an animal could be used for thread, cord, or bowstrings.
What is Sinew?
This portable dwelling could be taken down, transported, and rebuilt, making it useful for mobile Plains communities.
What is a tipi?
These respected community members helped pass knowledge, teachings, histories, and traditions to younger generations.
What are Elders?
This distinct Indigenous people became well known for buffalo hunting, trading, and the creation of large buffalo-hunt communities on the Plains. They were famous for the sash and cart.
Who are the Metis?
A group travels to different areas throughout the year to find food and resources. Which category does this BEST represent?
What is Migratory?
Buffalo bones could be shaped into these useful objects for everyday life. Name TWO examples.
What are tools such as needles, scrapers, knives, handles, or other implements?
Indigenous peoples needed detailed knowledge of these natural changes to know when animals and plants would be available.
What are the seasons?
A council discusses an issue and works toward an agreement that members can support.
What is consensus?
These Plains Ojibwe people moved westward onto the Plains and are also known as the Plains Ojibwe.
Who are the Saulteaux?
People transform stone, bone, wood, hides, and sinew into objects that make everyday life easier. Which category does this BEST represent?
What is Technological?
Explain why the buffalo was much more than simply a source of food for many Plains Indigenous peoples.
It provided materials for food, clothing, shelter, tools, containers, cord, and many other necessities and also held cultural importance.
Moving between different locations at different times of year to access particular resources is sometimes called this.
What is a seasonal round?
Indigenous nations could develop these relationships with other peoples for purposes such as trade, peace, cooperation, or mutual support.
What are alliances?