Aboriginal%20Groups%20Shared%20Characteristics

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Aboriginal GroupsShared Characteristics

• History
• Sept 2006

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Shared Characteristics

• Cooking
• Clothing
• Housing
• Religion

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Cooking

• Roasting over open fires
• Heated containers or food by adding red hot
  stones
• Preserved fish meat by drying smoking

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Clothing

• Produced from cleaned animal skins
• Protection from winters (fur blankets, moccasins)
• Robes from cedar bark (Pacific areas)

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Housing

• Varied with location (affected by climate
  building materials)
• Plains leather tipis
• Pacific - Cedar plank houses
• Far North - Igloos

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Religion

• Varied with group
• Religious belief in a Great Spirit
• People, animals, nature are all connected
• Ceremonies rituals are performed to protect the
  balance of nature

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Focus Questions

• What significant role do animals play in North
  American aboriginal culture?
• What evidence would you use to support the
  argument that aboriginals are closely connected
  with / products of their environment?

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Sources

• Francis, Daniel, and Sonia Riddoch. Our Canada A
  Social Political History. Canada Pippin
  Publishing, 2001.

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Aboriginal Profiles

• The Iroquoians
• The Northwest Coast
• The Plains
• The Sub-arctic

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Aboriginal Profiles

• For the 4 aboriginal groups provided, compose a
  minimum ½ page summary incorporating the
  following
• 1. Geographical living area
• 2. Tribal groups living within that area
• 3. Tribal social structure / govt organization
• 4. Food sources / agricultural production