SS7 Voices and Visions Chapter 1 Vocab

culture

• a way of living that a group of people share together
• the manner in which a community meets the needs of the people

• ideas about what is really important in life

Elders

• respected members of the community with wisdom and knowledge of traditional teachings that they teach to their community
• Aboriginal peoples of Canada other than the Inuit and Métis
• the original inhabitants of an area

ethnic

• having to do with people’s nationalities and their characteristics
• a way of living that a group of people share togethe

• a commonly held exaggerated or overgeneralized view of a person or group

First Nations

• Aboriginal peoples of Canada other than the Inuit and Métis
• the original inhabitants of an area

• Descendants of First Nations women and European men

indigenous peoples

• the original inhabitants of an area
• Aboriginal peoples of Canada other than the Inuit and Métis

• Descendants of First Nations women and European men

Inuit

• The original inhabitants of the coastal areas of the Canadian Arctic
• Descendants of First Nations women and European men
• the original inhabitants of an area

Metis

• Descendants of First Nations women and European men
• the original inhabitants of an area

• The original inhabitants of the Canadian Arctic

oral tradition

• the tradition of passing down stories and teachings from generation to generation by word of mouth
• ideas about what is really important in life
• a small grouping of several families who lived together and shared resources

pluralistic society

• a society that contains, respects, and values a variety of peoples and cultures
• a society that judges other cultures according to personal values and standards, beleiving one's own enthic group is superior

values

• ideas about what is really important in life
• the way a group of people organize themselves to make decisions and select leaders
• a union in which the members agree to work together and help each other