Across
- 2. stands for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit
- 5. ceremony for prayer or cleansing using the smoke of sacred medicines
- 8. a person's right to makes choices about their own life
- 10. removal of Indigenous children from families into foster care
- 11. a group of people seen as its own nation to govern itself
- 12. stands for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
- 13. the practice of automatically alerting child welfare workers
- 15. seven virtues taught to help people live in balance with each other and nature
Down
- 1. Indigenous people's right to govern their own people, land and resources
- 3. traditional clothing for ceremonies and dances
- 4. the federal legislation related to the rights and status of Indigenous peoples
- 6. a distinct and separate culture created from a mixture of Indigenous and French ancestry
- 7. represents the four directions, balance, continuity, and the cyclical nature of life
- 9. the descendants of the original people of Turtle Island (North America)
- 14. legally binding agreements between two nations