Jumps | | The diet of human groups and the ways in which people obtain food. |
Sun Dance | | The study of human groupings and the interactions of human beings. |
Totem Pole | | Because fuel is scarce in the Arctic, most foods were eaten this way. |
Walrus | | This food was common to the Plains people for its nutrition and its portability. |
Inuit | | The Northwest Coast nation living at the head of Howe Sound. |
Subsistence | | This Native group was one of the only matrilineal societies in Canada. |
Stereotype | | These were constructed by the Inuit and used as landmarks during the caribou hunt. |
Dances | | Coast Salish had this type of kinship. |
Iglus | | An organized way of describing the characteristics of a culture. |
Inukshuk | | Iroquois towns were guarded by these. |
Clan | | The Northwest Coast natives used these type of people for menial tasks. |
Plateau | | Because the Iroquois made decisions based on the opinions of the majority, they can be considered Canada's first _________ society. |
Squamish | | The staple crop of the Iroquois |
Caribou | | The main wood used for housing and canoes among the Northwest Coast peoples. |
Longhouse | | This animal was hunted by the Plateau. |
Fraser | | Tells the story of a clans origins and deeds. |
Raw | | During this season the Northwest Coast peoples lived in permanent villages. |
Potlatch | | Inuit society was organized according to groups of people who did this activity together. |
Council | | The gifts from this ceremony are payments to those who witness a family ceremony. |
Kinship | | A famous Haida carver. |
Patrilineal | | The discovery of this led to larger permanent villages for the Iroquois. |
Hunting | | The tipi is a suitable shelter for groups of people who are _________ because it is easy to put up and take down. |
Ethnography | | An Iroquois town was run by a _______ which consisted of chiefs from each family. |
Seasonal Round | | Descent from generation to generation is reckoned through the male line only. |
Anthropology | | To make generalizations about people. |
Lower Mainland | | The Northwest Coast did this to the salmon to preserve it. |
Pit House | | The Native group that resides in the Arctic. |
Bison | | This type of housing is suitable for the cold dry climate of the interior of BC. |
Domesticated | | This Native group was very concerned with status. |
Tobacco | | A method of hunting buffalo. |
Winter | | This boat was used by the Inuit for transporting groups of people. |
Legend | | A plant or animal adapted for human use. |
Palisades | | A Northwest Coast village that was home to at least a thousand people. |
Bilateral | | One of the sea mammals hunted by the Inuit. |
Tipi | | Another name for a buffalo. |
Seal | | Participants in the Sundance sought these by subjecting themselves to pain and suffering. |
Musqueam | | A dietary staple of the Plateau people during the fall. |
Salmon | | The name of the river with the major salmon run for the Northwest Coast people. |
Agriculture | | A valuable trade item for the Iroquois. |
Corn | | A story that explains something about the world. |
Myth | | This group was the least rigid in their social organization of the Northwest Coast groups. |
Berries | | This group of Northwest Coast natives live on the Queen Charolette Islands. |
Nomadic | | An extended Iroquois family would live in one of these. |
Pemmican | | This Native group depended upon the bison for survival. |
Visions | | Bison hides were used to make this type of shelter. |
Slaves | | The Northwest Coast natives used these to commuicate the legends of different clans. |
Cedar | | This Native group constructed pit houses. |
Haida | | When a man and a woman marry, they go to live with the woman's exteneded family. |
Democractic | | This animal's blubber provided energy and protein for the Inuit. |
Matrilocal | | A story that describes the challenges and adventures of a heroic person. |
Bill Reid | | The Inuit used these for walking on snow. |
Dried | | How a person identifies his or her blood relatives. |
Kayak | | The movement of the Northwest Coast peoples to different food sites. |
Deer | | The area of BC with one of the densest pre-European population concentrations. |
Northwest Coast | | Pemmican is made of bison, lard, and ________. |
Umiak | | Inuit clothing is primarly made of this animal skin. |
Plains | | A group of people who shared a name and descent from a common ancestor. |
Coast Salish | | Domed snow houses. |
Snowshoes | | Participants in this religious festival were not allowed food, drink, or rest. |
Iroquois | | This boat was used by the Inuit for hunting. |