Miyo-wiciwitowin (Walking Together) Day Quiz
What were the first two instruments settlers introduced to the First Peoples?
- The drum and the fiddle.
How many hoops was Terrance Littletent dancing with?
- Seventeen.
Why was the number 65 on Howie Thompson’s jersey?
- He was taken to the Lebrett Residential School in 1965 at five years old. It is his healing number.
According to Chief Cadmus Delorme, what does Saskatchewan in Cree translate to?
- Fast-flowing river.
Who is Mary Simon?
- Inuk Governor General of Canada.
How many tipis were in the stadium?
- Four.
What greeting did Russ Mirasty use?
- Tanisi, which means “How are you?”; “Namoya-danta”
“…move from being survivors to (--------).” ~ Chief Roseanne Archibald
- Thrivers.
Who said a hundred percent of First Nations suffer from intergenerational trauma?
- Pamela Toulouse.
Who started Orange Shirt Day?
- Phyllis Webstad.
According to Ted Quewezance, how many stadiums could you fill with residential school survivors?
- Ten.
How did Ted define a survivor?
- One who continues in spite of setbacks or society.
What word did Erica Beaudin say translates to reconciliation in Cree?
- wâhkôwîcihiwêwin, which means “to set things right”.
What were the titles of Max Delorme’s songs?
- Hush Little Baby and The Survivor Song.
What were the titles of Zoey Roy, the Medicine Song Woman, and the RSO’s poems?
- Enough is Enough, Responsibility, and No Pride in Genocide
Who sponsored the event?
- Mosaic Company (Eagle Sponsor).
Since when has treaty education been mandatory?
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What do the signs on the highway indicate according to Minister Don McMorris?
- Treaty boundaries.
Who is Glen McCallum?
- President of the Métis Nation of Saskatchewan.
In Skylar Anderson’s, the Globe Theatre Indigenous Liaison, story about Quillwork Girl and the war with a thousand buffalo, what happened to her seven brothers?
- They jumped from the massive tree that had grown because of the three arrows into the clouds and became stars: the Big Dipper.
When Chief Edmund Bellegarde’s grandpa returned at age fourteen after eleven years of residential school, what was he like?
- A catholic farmer.
What four questions did the chair of the TRC Commission say society is meant to teach you?
- Where did I come from?
- Where am I going?
- Why am I here?
- Who am I?
“Reconciliation is about making the (-----) bigger. It’s about (-------------).” ~Chief Edmund Bellegarde
- Circle; understanding.
Who were the last people in Darian Agecoutay’s, a Cree Language Professor, family to speak Cree?
- His great-grandparents.
Who is Lori Campbell?
- Child of the 60s Scoop; two-spirited; separated from family and six siblings for 25 years.
Addiction and poverty among Indigenous Peoples are the symptoms of what?
- Genocide and systematic colonization.
How many genders are there in the Cree language?
- Eight.
What does Indigenous identity mean according to Thomas Benjoe?
- Being invited to a dance (diversity).
- Indigenous Equity (in the dance).
- Indigenous Inclusion (let them lead).
- Indigenous Belonging (own the dance together).
What did Mayor Sandra Masters unveil at the end of the ceremony?
- The Orange Seat, to remain unseated.
In what formation did the Royal Air Forces fly?
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Sandy Pinay Schindler announce the two student contest winners who were…
Muriel (artwork) and Jilianne (poem’ Greenall HS); legacy project about what September 30 means to you
What were the bus animals, drivers, seating, song sung on the way there?
- Jared the Racoon, Jim the Mouse, Wheels on the Bus, Section 4 Row 22
Who started the mosh?
- DJ Kokum and the Snotty Nose Rez Kids