Social 7 Chapter 1 Vocabulary - Our Canada

an agreement among a group of nations to act together to support each other’s interests

• protocols
• consensus
• Mishomis
• alliance

female leaders of clans in Haudenosaunee society.

• clan mothers
• dodem
• Mishomis
• Hoyaneh

agreement by everybody

• consensus
• protocols
• tenet
• Hoyaneh

groups of respected people that chose and advised Mi’kmaq leaders.

• dodem
• Grand Council
• ogimauh
• Council of Elders

a clan of the Anishinable

• tewaarathon
• dodem
• ogimauh
• Midewin Society

a council for all seven districts of the Mi’kmaq Nation.

• dodem
• Grand Council
• ogimauh
• Council of Elders

the constiitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.

• Saqamaw
• Grand Council
• Great Law of Peace
• Council of Elders

a Haudenosaunee leader.

• Saqamaw
• ogimauh
• Mishomis
• Hoyaneh

a region for hunting. The Mi’kmaq used the land differently from season to season.

• tewaarathon
• hunting grounds
• Kespukwitk
• Unama’ki

one of the seven districts of the Mi’kmaq Nation.

• tewaarathon
• Midewin Society
• Kespukwitk
• Unama’ki