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First Nations Worldview and Understandings

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    A review of First Nations understandings and worldview.
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  • True/False- First Nation's beliefs guide relationships with the land and the natural world
    True
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  • True/False- First Nations people didn't care about Mother Earth
    False- they had a spiritual relationship with Mother Earth that still continues to this day
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  • True/False- First Nations people knew how to live gently on the land, take care of the land and all beings.
    True
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  • True/False- First Nations people understood that we don't have to share anything, even the land.
    False - All beings are suppose to share the land and be respectful of one another.
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  • True/False- First Nations people knew that no one can own land.
    True- Mother earth and all of her parts are living and all living things have a spirit and can not own each other.
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  • True/False- First Nations people believed that it didn't matter about how we treated Mother Earth because she could take care of herself.
    False - we must care for Mother Earth for all of the future generations
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  • True/False- First Nations people ORALLY (by talking, singing and listening) passed on history, culture, teachings and traditions.
    True
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  • True/False - First Nations stories and teachings could be changed from one person to the next.
    False- they were passed on from generation to generation perfectly, exactly as they were told.
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  • True/False- Stories, songs and teachings are true and were given to First Nations People by the Creator.
    True
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  • True/False- First Nations people didn't know how to trade with other people before the newcomers came.
    False- There were many different First Nations before the newcomers came and they had established trade relationships with each other.
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  • True/False- First Nations people had land sharing treaties with other nations before newcomers came.
    True
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  • True/False- First Nations people understand that: air, water, plants, animals, rocks and the land are living and have a spirit.
    True
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