NOVEL
Author's name
Michelle Good
A famous female character associated with Indigenous stereotypes
Pocahontas
Name three First Peoples in Québec
Abenakis, Algonquin, Atikamekw, Cree (Eeyou), Huron-Wendat, Innu, Inuit, Mi'Kmaq, Wolastoqiyik (Malecite), Mohawk (Kanien'kehà:ka), Naskapi,
Name of the tall sculptures carved by First Nations
Totem Poles
Law obligating Indigenous children to attend these schools
Indian Act
Name of the Indigenous people the author belongs to?
Cree First Nations
A historical Métis figure
Louis Riel
Number of First Peoples in Quebec
10 First Nations + Inuit = 11
Name an Indigenous singer
Samian, Florent Volant, Elisapie (Inuk), Scott-Pien Picard, Anachnid, Buffy Ste-Marie, etc.
Year the last residential school closed
1996
Name three of the five main characters
Lucy, Kenny, Clara, Howie, and Maisie
An Atikamekw woman who drew attention to the problem of racism in the healthcare system
Joyce Echaquan
First name to designate Montréal
Hochelaga
Salutation in many Indigenous languages
Kwe and all its variations
Total number of schools across Canada
130
Name four themes explored in the novel
Racism, stereotypes, colonialism, assimilation, community, hope, intergenerational trauma
Name a famous hockey player of Indigenous descent
Carey Price, Zack Whitecloud, Brandon Montour, Travis Hamonick, T.J. Oshie, Ethan Bear, Theo Fleury, etc.
Land dispute between a First Nation group and a Québec town in the summer of 1990
The Oka Crisis
Name an Indigenous author from Québec
Michel Jean, Natasha Kanapé Fountaine, Noémi Fontaine, Joséphine Bacon, Sonia Bonspille Boileau (tv), etc.
Number of children who died in these schools
3000 official number - but estimated 6000
Reason the author uses the term Indian rather than Aboriginal
That generation will use it until the Indian Act is changed
The first Indigenous governor general in Canada
The Right Honourable Mary Simon
Number of Indigenous languages in Canada
at least 50
Name of the art project related to the missing and murdered Indigenous women
The Red Dress Project
Purpose behind the creation of the residential schools
Kill the Indian in the child = assimilation