Honouring Indigenous peoples

Did you know that June is National Indigenous History Month? And that June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day?

Try our quiz on points of English, and learn about Indigenous peoples too!

1. The term “” refers to all Status and Non-Status Indians in Canada.a) First Nationsb) first nations
2. The epic poem The Song of Hiawatha is based on Ojibwe legends the real Hiawatha was an important Iroquois leader.a) , althoughb) . Although,
3. Inuktut is the native language of .a) the Inuit peopleb) Inuit
4. Six Nations, the largest reserve in is home to members of all six Iroquois nations.a) Canadab) Canada,
5. The word “caribou” comes from the language.a) Mi’kmaqb) Mickmac
6. Michif is the traditional language of the Métis peoples in the Canadian it is mainly a mixture of Cree and French.a) Prairies;b) Prairies,
7. In Canada, the preferred collective term for Indians, Inuit and Métis is peoples.a) Aboriginalb) Indigenous
8. The are the largest group of First Nations in Canada.a) Creesb) Cris
9. The Constitution of the Haida Nation states, “Like the forests, the roots of our people are intertwined such that the greatest troubles cannot overcome a) us.”b) us”.
10. The traditional hunting grounds of the Siksika, or Blackfoot, were the buffalo ranges in Alberta and Montana.a) Southern, Northernb) southern, northern