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Unit 1 review G9

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  • If you had to explain to someone why learning Sinixt history is important, what would you say?
    Because it reveals hidden truths, challenges colonial erasure, and helps us understand the land and people who were here long before Canada.
  • How do names, stories, and ceremonies all connect to identity?
    They are ways of expressing who people are, where they come from, and how they belong to the land.
  • What lesson does Chickadee makes a Sumix bow teach about holding power?
    Others may try to take it from you.
  • What interrupts the historical salmon runs in interior BC?
    Dams
  • Why do you think some Indigenous stories and practices were erased or ignored in history books?
    Because colonial governments wanted to control the narrative, justify land theft, and make Indigenous Peoples invisible.
  • Why are place names important for identity?
    They tell us whose stories and histories are recognized — names shape how we see ourselves, our community, and our connection to the land.
  • What is the Sinixt ceremony called that we participated in with our Elder Mike ?
    Take it to the water ceremony
  • Why is water sacred for the Sinixt ?
    Because it is the source of life, healing, and spiritual connection — it sustains people, animals, and the land.
  • What does the word “Sinixt” mean?
    The people of the place of the bull trout.
  • Who wasn’t invited to the first Columbia River Treaty negotiation?
    All Indigenous nations.
  • What lesson does Chickadee makes a Sumix bow teach about gaining power?
    That you need to take it from someone to acquire it. Gaining power is often not victimless.
  • What does it mean when we say a name was “erased”?
    The Indigenous name and the story it carried were replaced by a colonial name, removing it from public memory.
  • What’s one new thing you learned this week about the Sinixt?
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  • How can ceremonies like taking it to the water teach values for today’s world?
    They remind us about respect, gratitude, and reciprocity — lessons we need for sustainability and reconciliation.
  • How did being at the water make you feel or what did it teach you?
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  • What happened to the Sinixt in 1956 in Canadian law?
    The Canadian government declared them “extinct” — even though Sinixt people were still alive.
  • The Columbia River creation story has three characters, who are they?
    Rain, Coyote, and Ocean
  • Who wasn’t invited to the latest Columbia River Treaty negotiation?
    The Sinixt
  • In our Columbia River negotiation, who’s voices were the loudest ( group, not individual)
    Canadian and USA Governments.
  • In the Columbia River creation story what happens to Coyote when he smells rain.
    His hair stands up and he drools big globs of spit.
  • Give one example of a colonial place name in our region and the Indigenous name for it.
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  • What does it mean when we say place names can “hide stories”?
    It means colonial names replaced Indigenous names, covering up the original history, culture, and meaning of the land.
  • What are the three things every “truth placard” should include?
    The Indigenous name and its meaning , The colonial name and what it erased , Context or story that shows why the name matters
  • What is another name sometimes used for the Sinixt people?
    The Arrow Lakes People.
  • In the Columbia River creation story, who is Coyote in love with ?
    Rain
  • Did farmers in the Arrow lakes receive fair compensation for their displacement?
    Nuh uh.
  • Who are the Sinixt ?
    They are an Indigenous people whose homeland is along the Columbia River in what is now southeastern British Columbia and northeastern Washington.
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