Creation Myths
Treaties
Residential Schools
Indigenous Vocabulary
100

What is a creation myth?

A story explaining where something came from

100

What treaty is Regina located on?

Treaty 4

100

Who had to go to the residential schools?

Indigenous children

100

What is another word for a winter jacket?

Parka

200

What did Eagle Man create when he dropped people into the ocean?

Pacific Islands

200

Whose laws were used to make the treaties?

Indigenous and European

200

What was taken away from Phyllis Webstad when she went to a residential school?

Her orange shirt

200

What is a toboggan used for?

Like a sled, it is used for travelling on the snow and down hills

300

Which waterfall was created in the Algonquin creation myth?

Niagara Falls

300

What are three things the government promised to give the Indigenous people?

Money, clothes, farm equipment, cows, rope, schools, reserve land
300

How many children attended residential schools?

About 150,000

300

What is a house made of ice used by the Inuit people called?

Igloo

400

In the story of Weesakayjack, which animal found a piece of dirt?

Muskrat

400

How many numbered treaties are there?

11

400

When did Canada's last residential school close?

1996

400

What do we call a slipper made from animal skin that is decorated with beads?

Moccasin