Clan Mothers Flashcards
How is the clan mother title passed down?
Hereditary
How many clan mothers are there?
49
Who chooses if chief stay or go
Grandmother’s may remove their authority and select new candidates
Two other responsibilities of clan mothers
Naming children
Approving marriages to make sure they are not from the same clan
What happened during the establishment of the great law of peace
The peacemaker planted a sacred tree on top of the war weapons
Where did the great peacemaker war happen?
Great Lakes and present day, New York
What happened during the great peacemaker war?
The peacemaker walked into the middle of the battle without being harmed, but battled did not stop
Who is the executive branch
Onondaga
Who is the legislative branch
Mohawk and Seneca
Who is the judicial branch
Clan mothers
Who is the House of Representatives
Oneida and Cayuga
What did the great law of peace serve as a model for
The US constitution
Why do women choose chiefs
They spend the most time raising them as babies
6 things a clan mother looks for in a cheif
-mentor
-peaceful and good
-yearn for the welfare of people
-endless patience
-don’t clog their minds with anger
-words and action delivered calmly
What are the Haudenosaunee masks made of and what do they represent
Wood and corn
Shared power of the original medicine being
What is a condolence ceremony
Done in sing a prayer to clear the mind of negative sorrow, grief, and concern
The condolence ceremony played a role in the _____ century race treaty negotiations with who
18th century
Haudenosaunee
Canada
USA
When did the covenant chain operate from
17th century to 1750s
Why is it called the covenant chain
A metaphor that relationship was a silver chain that tied white mens ships to Iroquois canoes to the Tree of Peace
The term indigenous includes FNP people and Inuit people but not Metis
false
Canadian faucet is a faucet of colonialism
true
one can be aboriginal but not have status
yes
most important parts of Indian Status
account for less than half of Aboriginal people in Canada
Can be Indigenous, or not, band, or not, Metis and Inuit don’t have it
It doesn’t define you as native or not
a person with status is automatically a member of a band
false
registered Indians can only be considered registered Indians if their names are on the department of Indian affairs roll
true
when an aboriginal person regains status after having lost it with bill C-31 they are assured of acquiring band membership as a result of regaining status
false
all treaty Indians are status Indians
false
Metis identity is fairly easily established
false
how many Metis settlements are in Alberta
8
3 things the Red river Metis people developed
ordinate clothing
red river carts
codified laws
three groups of Indigenous people not governed by the Indian act
Metis
Inuit
non-status Indian
Two knee jerk reactions to accusations of cultural appropriation
-I’m just showing my appreciation for the culture
wearing a headdress as a non-indigenous person
-I don’t mind if you use things from my culture
like we can trade things from our cultures
