Canada's Aboriginal People

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Across
  1. 1. Many items are said to be this in Indigenous culture.
  2. 4. Times for support, venting, cleansing in Indigenous communities
  3. 7. Refusing to surrender to oppressive norms; strong in Indigenous communities today.
  4. 8. What the Canadian government stole from Indigenous communities during the time of residential schools.
  5. 9. Indigenous culture; attempted by the Canadian government.
  6. 11. Wisdom and responsibility to a community; integral to Indigenous communities.
  7. 13. "They thought their culture made them savages. Their goal was to make them leave their culture to act "normal". It's called _____. They said it was necessary."
  8. 15. A preliminary effect of many genocides throughout history.
  9. 17. Indigenous families experienced this during the "Scoop Up" of the 1960s.
  10. 18. Affect only people of a certain age; antonym.
  11. 19. "Harmful experiences that are remembered across the country and time."
Down
  1. 1. Both physical, mental, and emotional were left on Indigenous children
  2. 2. A strong aspect of Indigenous communities; ripped by the RCMP
  3. 3. Extreme sense of suffering and isolation; both for parents and children.
  4. 5. Spoken entertainment that often comes with lessons, folklore, or history.
  5. 6. Emotion often associated with mourning.
  6. 10. Cut long hair; Indigenous significance
  7. 12. Truth and _____
  8. 14. Survivors of residential schools feel this the most when thinking about their heritage.
  9. 16. The connection that binds Indigenous peoples to most aspects of life.