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epidemic
Affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
Inuit
Inuit simply means "people." Inuit were earlier known by Europeans as "Eskimos"
longhouse
The basic house type of northern Iroquoian peoples such as the HURON and IROQUOIS.
umiak
Used for moving family and possessions to seasonal hunting areas and for whaling expeditions.
Indian Reserve
land set aside by treatys.
Aboriginal
original or earliest known; native; indigenous
tipi
A conical skin-and-frame dwelling, the tipi was an easily moved yet substantial structure used by the nomadic Plains Indians.
Quebec
The largest province in Canada
voyageurs
An adventurer who journeyed by canoe from Montréal to the interior to trade with Indians for furs.
Montcalm
Military officer at Québec City to 14 Sept 1759. Defeated by the English at the Batlle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759.
buffalo
hoofed MAMMALS of the cattle family common to the Canadian prairie.
seigneurial system
An institutional form of land distribution and occupation established in NEW FRANCE in 1627.
travois
A device for transportation among Plains Indians, the travois consisted of 2 long poles, each lashed to the sides of the dog (and later horse) pulling it.
Jean Talon
Talon was a determined, energetic and imaginative INTENDANT of New France from 1665-68 and 1669-72.
Indian Treaties
Treaties in Canada are constitutionally recognized agreements between the Crown and aboriginal peoples
shaman
A religious or mystical expert (male or female) who in FIRST NATIONS and INUIT societies undergoes initiation experiences in altered states of consciousness.
totem pole
The signboard, genealogical record and memorial of Northwest Coast Indian tribes
potlatch
A highly regulated event historically common to most Northwest Coast native groups
sun dance
An annual Plains Indian culture ceremony given at midsummer when bands and tribes congregated at a predetermined location.
land claims
Enabled INDIANS, INUIT and MÉTIS to obtain full recognition of their rights under treaties or as the original inhabitants of what is now Canada.
Iroquois
A term which designates a confederacy of 5 tribes originally inhabiting the northern part of New York state, consisting of the SENECA, CAYUGA, ONEIDA, ONONDAGA and MOHAWK.
Jacques Cartier
Navigator; Cartier led 3 voyages of exploration to the St Lawrence region beginning in 1534.
canoe
Principal means of water transportation of the woodlands natives and the VOYAGEURS.
residential school
A variety of educational institutions. Residential schools are usually considered part of the assimilative policies that the Canadian government directed at native peoples from the 1880s onward.
wigwam
an Algonquian domed or conical dwelling prevalent in the eastern half of N America. The circular framework of poles was covered with bark or reed mats.
Samuel de Champlain
Cartographer, explorer, governor of New France. The major role Champlain played in the St Lawrence River area earned him the title of "father of New France."
pemmican
Dried meat, usually BISON, pounded into coarse powder and mixed with an equal amount of melted fat, and occasionally saskatoon berries or other edibles.
coureurs de bois
Itinerant, unlicensed fur traders of NEW FRANCE known as "wood-runners" to the English on Hudson Bay and "bush-lopers"
igloo
Igloo, or snowhouse, was a winter dwelling utilized by INUIT across the Arctic.
kayak
A one-person closed-deck hunting craft, employed by Inuit groups.
First Nations
the name used by Canada's Aboriginal or indigenous peoples, which refers to INDIAN peoples and may sometimes include the MÉTIS and INUIT

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