Autochtones Flashcards
What is animisme?
A soul given to inanimate things, plants, animals etc
What is aîné
The old people that are respected for their age and wisdom
What does a chaman do in the tribe?
He is their spiritual leader and helps heal the soul.
Fluidité verbale
Their tribes language, how they understand each other and pass on their stories
To what standards do the Iroquoise build their homes
In a form of “cigare”, around 50 m long and 10m wide. It is shared by many families.
Totem pole
A long wool pole that they carve their stories onto, very significant to them and usually have animals on them
Are they polytheists or monotheists?
Polytheists because they believe in one god but many spirits
Pow-wow
The gathering of the Indians to celebrate many different things by dance, song and rituals
What is a quête de vision?
The purification process of an Indian after going into a hot hut with a spiritual guide so they will get dehydrated and see their paths, this is a very sacred ceremony that requires a chaman
Why is their land so important to them?
Because they believe in reincarnation and that their ancestors are all around them, they believe that that is very sacred and like to keep their land. Also because of their myths and their rituals
What is the sun dance?
They rip their nipples off
When did they come to North America?
Around 8000 years ago
Who is handsome lake and why is he important?
He was a prophet and said that woman play just as important roles as man
What does Oka mean?
It was back in the 80’s, after a cop was killed by an Indian and a huge war went on for 11 weeks, because the government tried taking away their land to build a golf course
Did they have a good or bad relationship with Europeans?
Bad, the Europeans tried changing them with a type of boarding school. They didn’t except them and tried illuminating them with surgery to make them infertile
