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Objects:

Inuit Snow Goggles

Moose Call

Halibut Hook

Ulu (knife)

Mi'kmaq Drum

Unstamped/Stamped Treaty Medals

Birch Bark Canoes

Snowshoes

Arrowheads

Qulliq (oil lamp)

Mukluks (Inuit boots)

Other:

 

Art:

Metis Floral Design

First Face

Moose Hair Embroidery/Tufting

Painted Caribou Hide Coats

Deer hide Moccasins

Porcupine quillwork on birch bark

Burden straps of twined hemp

Beadwork

Paintings

Totem Poles

Other:

 

Ceremonies/Structures:

Potlach

Powwows

Smudge Ceremony

Full Moon Ceremony

Solstice Celebration

Igloos - 2008 Education Act

Sweat Lodge

Other:

 

Individuals: Modern

Tom Longboat (Olympian)

Elsie Knott (Female Chief)

Ralph Garvin Steinhauer

Edith Monture (Nurse)

Nellie Cournoyea (Prov. Gov)

James Gladstone (senator)

Roberta L Jamieson (Law)

Thelma Chalifoux (Metis- Government)

Jordin Tootoo (NHL player)

Mary Greyeyes (WWII)

Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (Inuit -Government)

Individuals: Contact

Louis Riel

Shawnadithit

Pitikwahanapiwiyin  (Poundmaker)

Sara Riel

Thunderchild (also known as Peyasiw-Awasis or Kapitikow

Charles Edenshaw  (Tahayren)

Other:

 

Indigenous Activism:

Ipperwash Crisis

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada

Assembly of First Nations

Van der Peet Case

Sparrow Case

Matthew Coon Come

Elijah Harper

Sandra Lovelace Nicholas

Chief Theresa Spence

Idle No More

Oka Crisis

Delgamuukw Case

BVG Resources