Page 8 - Siksika Nation - Indigenous Communities in Canada

GLOSSARY

artifacts pemmican
objects representing a culture or a period in the dried lean meat pounded finely and mixed with
development of a culture melted fat

bannock powwows
round, flat, unsweetened cake made from social gatherings held by First Nations Peoples
wheat flour, water, and sometimes fat; could
be combined with spices, dried fruit, and reserve
other flavours
land set aside for people to live on; many
First Nations now prefer the term “First
ceremonial Nations community”
having to do with a ceremony
residential schools
dialect schools that students live at for long periods
a form of language spoken in a particular area of time

extinction travois
the state of a species having completely died out a platform suspended on two poles pulled
by animals
hides
pelts or skins taken from animals and treated to
be used by humans

moccasins

heelless shoes or boots made of soft leather

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