First Nations People - Humanities 9

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Pemmican

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A trail food made up of ground-up bison meat, lard, and dried berries

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Patrilocal

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When a man and woman marry and live with the man’s extended family

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Matrilocal

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When a man and woman marry and live with the woman’s extended family

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Potlatch

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a traditional ceremony practice by many peoples. The gifts of this are payments to those who witness a family ceremony

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Patrilineal

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When a culture traces its ancestry through the male lines of descent

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Matrilineal

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When a culture traces its ancestry through the female lines of descent

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Ethnography

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An organized way of describing the characteristics of a culture

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Shamanism

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is the belief that everything in the world has a spirit and that certain special people can communicate with the spirit world

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Totem Pole

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a large cedar log carved and depicting a family history using crests and designs owned by a family

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Nomadic

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A group of people who travelled great distances to hunt their food sources

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Inukshuk

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Human figures that serve as landmarks

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Dugout

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A kind of boat or canoe that is made by hollowing out a large log

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Seasonal Round

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The yearly cycle of a cultures search for food resources

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bison jump

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A cliff where bison were driven over

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Bilaterial

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The line of a person’s descent is traced using both paternal (father) and maternal (mother) sides of the family

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Hunting/Gathering

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Before agriculture, people would hunt animals for food and gather wild plants for food

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Kinship

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Describes a person’s relationship with their blood relatives. It can be described through the mother’s family, the father’s family, or both sides of a family

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Soapstone lamps

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The Inuit used them as a source of heat and light. They were made from animal fat and a moss wick

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Agriculture

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Humans plant and harvest food (Ex. corn, wheat, etc.). Raising animals provide meat and other products are also included in this (Ex. cows, pigs, etc.)

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Tipi

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a house made out of poles that were covered with a bison hide. It was easy to set up and take down

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Domesticated

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To adapt a plant or animal for human use. For example, corn is a domesticated plant and dogs are domesticated animals

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Bilateral Kinship

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is ancestry that is traced through both female and male lines of descent

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Purpose for the potlatch (four reasons)

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the birth of an heir, the death of a chief, the raising of a totem pole, and raising of a new house

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Purpose for the totem pole

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carved to depict a family history using crests and designs owned by an individual family

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Agricultural foods grown by the Iroquois (four)

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Corn, Beans, Sunflower, Squash

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What would happen if a main food source was no more for a group?

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The people would starve to death