The Salmon People

Question 1

What is the First Salmon Ceremony?

Answer 1

An event held after the first salmon of the year is caught

Question 2

How often does the First Salmon Ceremony take place

Answer 2

Annually

Question 3

Happening once a year

Answer 3

Annual

Question 4

What is the profession of Bri’s mother?

Answer 4

She’s a fisher

Question 5

T or F

Bri hates the ceremony because Salmon is her least favorite food.

Answer 5

False

But why does she dislike it?

Question 6

Tell someone that they have done something wrong

Answer 6

Admonish(ed)

Question 7

According to Bri’s mother, the ceremony is celebrated as a form of _______________

Answer 7

Gratitude

Question 8

Very important

Answer 8

Cherished

Question 9

Describe the festival in your own words

Answer 9

• Drumming
• Long white tent with heavy cedar branches
• Several people
• Fire pit with salmon on sticks
• Scent of burning cedar wood and salmon

Question 10

Slowly and unwillingly

Answer 10

Reluctantly

Question 11

An older or senior person

Answer 11

Elder

Question 12

That has a lot of substances that the body needs to be healthy

Answer 12

Nutritious

Question 13

Retell the story the elder told about how the Natives acquired Salmon

Answer 13

They hunted elk and deer, but they weren’t full, so they asked for new food; the salmon people gifted the salmon to the tribe.

Question 14

What happens after they finish the Salmon? What must they do?

Answer 14

Gather each bone on a piece of cedar bark and return them to the river

Question 15

T or F

According to the myth, the salmon people may get offended if they hold back the bones and not send Salmon ever again

Answer 15

T

Question 16

What did Bri do during the ceremony?

Answer 16

She remained seated, bored and not participating

Question 17

Angry or upset at a perceived insult

Answer 17

Offended

Question 18

Who is Sen to Bri?

Answer 18

Her cousin

Question 19

Enjoying every moment of an experience

Answer 19

Savoring

Question 20

Include

Answer 20

Emcompass

Question 21

T or F

Bri believes the Salmon people are real

Answer 21

False

Question 22

What did Bri do with the bones after she finished her salmon? Why?

Answer 22

Put them in her purse to put them in the freezer; to prove that the salmon people weren’t real

Question 23

T or F

Sen warned Bri about keeping the bones

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Taking away something that someone needs

Answer 24

Depriving

Question 25

Emotionally overcome by strong feelings

Answer 25

Overwhelmed

Question 26

To feel unworthy of a great or important task

Answer 26

Humbled

Question 27

Who is the fisher assigned to catch the first salmon the next year?

Answer 27

Bri’s mom

Question 28

What happened to the salmon that year?

Answer 28

They did not arrive to the river

Question 29

A strong sense of trust

Answer 29

Faith

Question 30

Who does Sen blame for all o this?

Answer 30

Bri

Question 31

T or F

Bri felt guilty about her actions

Answer 31

True

Question 32

What did she do the next morning?

Answer 32

She went to the river bank and deposited the bones on a cedar bark decorated with flowers and leaves

Question 33

Why do you think she did that at the end?

Answer 33

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