Vocabulary
This is the general, respectful word used to group First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples together.
Instead of writing things down in textbooks, traditional teachings were passed down this way.
Stories / Talking / Orally
This famous superhero team from Marvel Comics and movies features Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor working together to save the world.
The Avengers
The prime minister of Canada who delivered "the apology".
Stephen Harper
Old movies often used these unfair, oversimplified, and flat ideas to show Indigenous people.
Stereotypes
This is a formal agreement made between Indigenous nations and the government to share land.
Treaty
These older, respected community members are trusted to pass down history and wisdom.
Elders
Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food through this essential life process.
photosynthesis
These church-and-government schools were built to take Indigenous children away from their families and cultures.
Residential Schools
This happens when a non-Indigenous company copies or steals sacred cultural designs without asking.
Cultural Appropriation
This group of Indigenous people has mixed First Nations and European heritage.
Metis
Lacrosse
This famous civil rights leader gave the inspiring and historic "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr
This group listened to survivors and wrote 94 "Calls to Action" to help heal the damage from residential schools.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Canada became one of these on July 1st 1867 when the four provinces (Ontario, Quebec, NS and NB) united.
Dominion
This old Canadian law, made in 1876, still controls rules about status and reserves.
Indian Act
This special belt made of purple and white beads was used to record history and agreements.
Wampum Belt
Which popular music artist embarked on the record-breaking "Eras Tour" celebrating their musical journey through the years?
Taylor Swift
What does MMIWG stand for?
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The historical and ongoing process where European powers (and later the Canadian government) took control of the land, settled permanently, and forced Indigenous peoples to assimilate into European culture.
Colonialism
What does BNA stand for?
British North America Act
The name of a traditional gift giving tradition that was outlawed in the Indian Act.
Potlatch
Which hit Netflix sci-fi series features a group of kids in the 1980s fighting monsters from a creepy alternate dimension called the Upside Down?
Stranger Things
What was the nickname given to the government initiative that gave social workers permission to remove many indigenous children from their homes and adopt them out to white families in the 1960's?
The sixties scoop
A word that is used when referring to the Pope.
Papal