Year 7 Indigenous ceremony & totems

What is a Totem ?

• A law created by elders

• A place that is important to the clan

• An object, symbol or animal that has significance

• A long pole with animals carved into it

How is Kinship related to trade?

• Kinship and trade mean the same thing

• Kinship is strengthened through the exchange of goods

• Kinship doesn't exist in Aboriginal culture.

Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Totems the same?

• Yes

• No

Totems are passed down throughout the generations

• True

• False

Is a key feature of Aboriginal spirituality to look after the land?

• Yes

• No

When do Aboriginals believe that the Dreamtime started?

• Yesterday

• 20 years ago

• Way back, at the very beginning.

How long does the Dreamtime date back?

• 600 years

• 1000 years

• 65,000 years

• 40,000 years

What is Kinship?

• Relationship to land

• Relationship with Mum and Dad

• Relationship with people, land and community

• Relationship to oneself

Initiation ceremonies meant that...

• Gave younger people knowledge of the

  Elders, the sacred lore of the Dreaming

  and the right to participate in the ritual and

  ceremonies of country

• Gave younger people the right to make laws for everyone in their tribe.

• Gave younger people spiritual powers they did not previously have.