First People
Who lived here before the Europeans?
First Nations
The first people to live on the land
First Nations
Why did Europeans come to Saskatchewan?
Jobs, money, freedom, land/farming
History/the past
What town are we in?
Ponteix
Name one First Nations group that lived in Saskatchewan
Plains Cree, Woodlands Cree, Denesuline, and Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota
People who came from Europe
Europeans
How did the First Nations people help the Europeans?
Show them where to hunt/pick berries, medicines, how to survive the cold/hot weather
What are items that help us learn about the past
4
Name one type of shelter First Nations people used
Teepee or wigwam
Both First Nations and European ancestors
Metis
Name one country that people from Ponteix originally came from
Germany, Poland, Russia, France, Ireland, Scotland
What is one way First Nations people pass on traditions?
What province do we live in?
Saskatchewan
What were the schools that First Nations people were sent to called?
Residential Schools
A formal agreement between two nations
Treaty
Why do people move to Saskatchewan today?
Jobs, money, better life, freedom, education, family
What can we learn from storytelling?
Lessons, how to live, what happened in the past
What country do we live in?
Canada
What animal was very important to the First Nations people in Southern Saskatchewan?
The First Nations, Metis and Inuit
Indigenous people
The people that first came to Ponteix are from
France
What continent are we on?
North America