Indigenous

Question 1

Turtle Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 1

responsible for teaching and healing, duality of water and land, wellness, love, care

Question 2

Thunderbird Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 2

guardian of sky, healer, protectors, power and strength

Question 3

Loon Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 3

singing, art of sharing, political, peace maker, beauty of spirit

Question 4

Wolf Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 4

brings spirit of people together, family and community, individuality and responsibility,
survivors

Question 5

Martin Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 5

hunting and scouting, teaching gathering food and creating tools

Question 6

Porcupine Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 6

warrior strength, protector, defender of territory

Question 7

Crane Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 7

leadership, intelligence, order and functioning of clan system, speakers, hereditary leader

Question 8

Deer Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 8

kind-hearted, giver, quick, agile, athletic

Question 9

Bear Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 9

largest clan, guardian, know plants, berries and bark medicine, healing and policing roles,
warrior

Question 10

Sturgeon Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 10

ancient ones, wise, royalty, connection to ancestors

Question 11

Butterfly Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 11

transformation and change, kindness, understanding self and others, beauty, gratitude, healing of community

Question 12

Eagle Clan

Ojibway Clans

Answer 12

visionary, creative, freedom, dreaming, warrior, messenger, leadership, seeing things
differently

Question 13

Purpose of Clans

Answer 13

“Your clan is with you from the day you are born. It is said that your clan walks with you and looks after you. Your clan takes care of you so that you don’t have to go through life without help and protection. The spirit of your clan is for you to use because you are a member of that clan; you always offer tobacco when you ask your clan for help.”

Question 14

The goal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was

Answer 14

to hear from the Indigenous people
who spent their childhoods in these schools so that their voices could be heard, and
reconciliation could begin.

Question 15

Once the report was released, the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the Psychology
Foundation of Canada (PFC) formed

Answer 15

an Indigenous task force made up of leaders of Indigenous
communities and psychological service providers with the goal of developing specific and action-
orientated recommendations in delivering psychological services, including the development of
mental health programs and psychological assessment to the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations people in
Canada.

Question 16

Many Nations, including the Iroquois and Ojibway,

Answer 16

have a traditional practice of burying belongings or objects
of significance with the deceased, including weapons, jewelry, or food (these objects might be markers of their
loved one’s status in life, or tools to help them in their journey after death)

Question 17

Many Indigenous traditions include a prescribed period of mourning.

Answer 17

Ex. Members of the Navajo Nation also traditionally observe a four-day prescribed period of mourning, after
which the name of the deceased is no longer spoken, to allow their soul to journey freely.