The ______ is smoked by all people in the circle to represent the unity between them and with all of creation.
Sacred pipe
The FNMI people use their own ______ for healing people which uses natural herbs and plants.
Sacred Medicine
The practice of ______ is when smoke is brushed over someone to remove all impurities and any bad energy around them.
Smudging
The ______ of the FNMI people involves Elders telling stories and poems to pass on all aspects of their culture to future generations.
Oral traditio
The ______ is a sacred animal, and to receive a feather is a great honour.
Eagle
The FNMI people have a ______ worldview because of their deep spiritual connection to creation.
Cosmocentric
Their ______ maintains that we must treat the earth as we would want to be treated.
Golden Rule
The moon in FNMI spirituality is personified as the ______.
Grandmother
The ______ is symbolic of the sun heating the earth and is lit for four days and nights with someone watching it at all times.
Sacred Fire
A ______ is used to rid oneself of bad dreams and encourage good dreams at night.
Dream Catcher
The ______ has four parts (yellow, black, red, and white) and represents life’s journey and interconnectedness.
Medicine Circle
The ______ refers to honoring every living plant before picking it.
Honourable Harvest
______ are the oldest members of the FNMI community who carry and pass down knowledge and wisdom.
Elders
The FNMI people refer to the earth as their ______.
Mother
______ is a type of Inuit music that mimics sounds of the Arctic environment.
Throat Singing
A ______ is when a young person goes alone into the wilderness at puberty to pray for direction in life.
Vision quest
A ______ involves passing around a stick or feather, and only the person holding it may speak.
Talking Circle
The ______ is a prairie-region dance that praises the Sun and involves sacrifice.
Sundance
A ______ is a place where FNMI people go to be purified by sweating out impurities.
Sweat lodge
A ______ is a celebration that hopes for the restoration of creation and includes regalia, dancing, and drumming.
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