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Chanel; First People

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wampum
used among the Iroquoians both as money and as a record of treaties
HBC
Hudson Bay Company
igloo
The Inuit word for snowhouse
coniferous
trees that bear cone
canoe
They were used by the First Nations and later by the explorers and fur traders for travelling throughout Canada
culture
the way a group of people live
Sun Dance
A dance where the Plains Indian sought a vision to guide them for the rest of their lives
geology
The scientific study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth
democracy
Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representative
maize
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears
Blackfoot
the strongest Aboriginal nation on the Plains
Mohawk
a tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy
squash
A field crop grown by the Huron First Nation
travois
made of two crossed poles pulled behind a horse for carrying loads
Subarctic
a huge area of North America which spreads from Alaska in the west to the Maritimes in the East
totem poles
built by west coast tribes to honor their family
dispersal
The act or process of spread out or the condition of being disperse
Buffalo
the most important source of food on the plains
Nootka
An Aboriginal tribe on the west coast
culture area
an area where people share many features of the same culture
potlach
a feast at which the host gave away many gifts

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