Context
The area that the reserve is supposed to be in is under this treaty.
What is Treaty 9?
This respected elder opened ceremonies for the community.
Who is Aileen?
Scott first introduced himself to the community at this event.
What is a community meeting?
The emergence of this season represents the renewal of the community -- emphasizing one of the main themes of the novel.
What is Spring?
Scott bootlegged these items on the reserve.
What are booze and cigarettes?
Evan's people, the Ojibwe, are part of this larger cultural group.
Who are the Anishnaabe?
These two guys were Evan's best friends and coworkers.
Who are Isaiah and Tyler?
The power shifted from Terry to Scott after this happened.
What is Scott's shooting of the other newcomers?
The efforts to renew this piece of culture on the reserve are representative of wider efforts to preserve and renew Indigenous cultures across Canada.
What is language?
This is the main animal hunted for in the area of the reserve.
What is a moose?
Evan's people traditionally lived in this region, rather than their remote northern reserve.
What is the Great Lakes region?
These girls died early on in Part 2, raising initial suspicions about Scott.
Who are Jenna and Tara?
The community erupted into chaos at the food line after this canned product was served again.
What is canned ham?
The character of Scott, and his beastly representation in Evan's dream, can be linked to this umbrella term for the historical relationship of Indigenous peoples and outsiders.
What is Colonialism?
This protest movement was the subject of the movie that we watched on Treaty 9.
What is Idle No More?
This act was traditionally seen to 'open the door' to possession by the Wendigo.
What is cannibalism?
The name Maiingan translates to this.
What is Wolf?
Evan made this structure as part of his hidden refuge.
What is a teepee?
The difference in the responses to the disaster on the reserve and in Gibson could be seen as a critique of this economic system.
What is Capitalism?
This literary device is exemplified by the Wendigo in the story.
This character, prominent in Ojibwe and related cultures, acts as a 'trickster' in traditional stories.
Who is Nanabush?
This character killed Justin Scott.
Who is Meghan Connor?
The men noticed that a body was missing when the total in the morgue didn't add up to this number.
What is Twenty-One?
Aileen emphasizes the community's resiliency (a key theme of the book), by stating that the community has already been through this event.
What is an Apocalypse?
Traditionally, the Wendigo represents this.
What is Hunger?