Indigenous Studies Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• primary : _ sources - objects, writings or accounts that are from the time an event happened
• secondary : _ sources - accounts or images of the past created sometime after an event happened
• artifacts : objects that are from long ago
• elders : older indigenous men or women who are respected for their wisdom and knowledge of their people’s culture and way of life
• oral traditions : when elders pass knowledge, history and culture to the next generation through spoken word and stories
• talking circles : a form of community meeting where everyone sat in a circle and only the person holding the sacred object was allowed to speak. everyone had a chance to speak and decisions were made by consensus
• petroglyphs : rock carvings or paintings that were created long ago
• pictographs : symbols that stand for a word or idea (e.g. painted or carved on rock)
• alliance : an agreement between two or more groups who share a common goal
• trade : the exchange of goods between different groups of people
• treaty : an agreement between groups that usually has to do with peace, working together as allies or to trade
• wampum beads : created from shell and are strung together in patterns to make belts or crafts and are used by some indigenous nations as money or to create a visual record of an important event like a treaty
• confederacy : an alliance of several groups who share a common goal
• representative : _ form of democratic government in which people elect leaders to express and fight for their views and concerns
• consensus : means that everyone agrees