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Vocabulary
First Nations Tribes
First Nations Inventions
Uses of the Buffalo
Learning about the past
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Another name for buffalo.
What is bison?
100
These people lived along the foothills of mountains.
Who are the Nakoda people?
100
Clothing used to keep the body warm during the winter months. Often made from buffalo hides.
What is a robe?
100
Heart, liver, kidney and tongue were organs that were used.
What is parts of the buffalo used for eating?
100
How do we know about the First Nations people?
What is information that has been passed down from generation to generation?
200
People who study buildings and objects from the past. They have to carefully dig out objects that have been buried.
Who are archeologists?
200
These people lived in the grassland region.
Who are the Blackfoot people?
200
Housing commonly used by tying birch poles together and covering the poles with many buffalo hides.
What is Teepees?
200
This organ was a salted delicacy that the Europeans often hunted buffalo only to retrieve this one good.
What is the tongue?
200
Rock paintings or carved images on rock used to record stories from the past.
What is stories on stone?
300
A way of remembering the past through stories and spoken explanation.
What is oral teaching?
300
These people lived in the parkland region.
Who are the Plains Cree People?
300
Made from trees and used by trappers and hunters to transport furs and game during winter months.
What is the toboggan?
300
The part was used for tanning hides.
What is the brain?
300
Symbols and images that were painted on hides and used for story telling and passed on for many generations.
What is story robes?
400
Older people who are respected for their wisdom and understanding.
What is elders?
400
These people lived in the Boreal Forest.
Who is the Woodland Cree?
400
Made of tree branches and rawhide. Used to help hunters and trappers walk on snow during the winter months.
What is snowshoes?
400
This part had 2 uses. It could be used as a cooking pot or to carry water.
What is the stomach?
400
Objects and parts used by people who lived in the past that have been uncovered by Alberta scientists.
What is remains of the past?
500
Items made or used by people long ago.
What are artifacts?
500
These people lived in the Canadian Shield region.
Who are the Dene Suline?
500
A cart with no wheels, attached to a horse or dog and used to carry belongings.
What is the travois?
500
This type of bone is used for knives, or tools to scrape hides.
What is the shin bone?
500
A world heritage site that has a museum and interpretive centre where you can look up a cliff.
What is the Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump?