1. FIRST NATIONS – SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
CUE CARD QUESTIONS
FIRST NATIONS – SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
Cue Card 13. Briefly describe the social organization of the Algonquians & the Inuit.
Cue Card 14. Briefly describe the social organization of the Iroquois.
Cue Card 15. What impact did the seasons have on the social organization of the Inuit & the Algonquians?
Cue Card 16. What is a clan? What was each clan designated by?
Cue Card 17. How were decisions made amongst the Inuit? The Algonquians? The Iroquois?

2. Cue Card 18. Chiefs were chosen based on their various qualities
Cue Card 18. Chiefs were chosen based on their various qualities. Name 3 that were important.
Cue Card 19. What does eloquence mean?
Cue Card 20. How did native communities convey culture and knowledge? Who usually held this responsibility?
Cue Card 21. Explain how Indigenous peoples relationships with animals was portrayed in their hunting practices.
Cue Card 22. What powers did the shaman have?

3. Cue Card 13. Briefly describe the social organization of the Algonquians & the Inuit.
Algonquians and Inuit had a simple and flexible social organization, well adapted to their nomadic way of life
Cue Card 14. Briefly describe the social organization of the Iroquois
Iroquoian villages were made of hundred- and sometimes thousands of people - which required a more complex social organization, well suited to their sedentary lifestyle

4. Cue Card 15. What impact did the seasons have on the social organization of the Inuit & the Algonquians?
The size of the groups varied according to the seasons.
Algonquians:
In fall/winter - small groups called hunting groups of about 10 to 20
In summer - larger groups called bands of about 100 to 200 individuals.
Inuit:
Winter, camps – groups of about 100 people.
Summer -smaller camps of 10 to 20 individuals.

5. Cue Card 16. What is a clan? What was each clan designated by?
A clan was made up of all the families descended from the same maternal ancestor.
Each clan was designated by a totemic animal (wolf, deer, turtle…)
Cue Card 17. How were decisions made amongst the Inuit? The Algonquians? The Iroquois?
Inuit – usually by consensus
Algonquians – By chiefs & by councils
Iroquois – By chiefs and various councils

6. Cue Card 18. Chiefs were chosen based on their various qualities
Cue Card 18. Chiefs were chosen based on their various qualities. Name 3 that were important.
Bravery
Eloquence
Generosity
Cue Card 19. What does eloquence mean?
The quality of someone who speaks well and is persuasive

7. Cue Card 20. How did native communities convey culture and knowledge
Cue Card 20. How did native communities convey culture and knowledge? Who usually held this responsibility?
Orally/stories
elders
Cue Card 21. Explain how Indigenous peoples relationships with animals was portrayed in their hunting practices.
They believed a good hunt was based on:
The hunter’s respect for the animal (Mi’maq did not burn the animal bones out of respect)
The animal had to sacrifice itself to the hunter

8. Cue Card 22. What powers did the shaman have?
Interpret dreams
Predict the future
Healing powers
Warding off evil
Communicate with the spirits