• What does the word ‘survival’ mean?• Do we worry about surviving? • How do we get things (food, games,

clothing, etc.)?• Did people always use money to get

things they wanted or needed?• Have you ever traded something to get

something else?

The First Occupants: Survival, Trade & Culture

Survival was the most important

• All of the First Occupant groups had to survive

• Food/Shelter/Clothing/ Tools

• Everything they needed came from NATURE

• The First Occupants DEPENDED on nature and the environment

•How did the First Occupant groups get things they could not find where they lived?• They would trade to get

things to get other things!

Trading

• Trading is called the ‘Barter System’• Some tribes did not have access to certain

things• Groups used SURPLUS to trade with other

tribes to get what was needed• SURPLUS means EXTRA

Iroquoian Tribes:- Surplus of agricultural goods- But they need furs and meat-Trade Surplus of agricultural goods for furs/meat

Algonkian Tribes:- Surplus of furs/meat-In need of corn-Trade Surplus of furs/meat for corn

• Where do all the things we buy come from ?• How does it get to our house?• What kinds of transportation do we

use to get things to the store?• Do you think the First Occupants had

the same types of transportation?

First Occupants: Trade networks• Each group lived in a

different area (vegetables, furs, stones beads, etc.)

• Groups travelled and met up with each other to TRADE.

• Goods were passed along and could go from one end of North America to another, going from one person to another to another....

• This is called: TRADE NETWORKS

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Movement of Shells

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Why was trading important?• To get items that were needed (food,

clothing, etc.)• Show generosity between the

different groups• To help make friends between the

different groups

What does the word ‘Culture’ mean?Culture can include: • Languages,• Customs, • Singing and dancing, • Art, • Religions, • Ways of thinking, • Story telling • and a lot of other things

Culture – Respect for the Environment

• The First Occupants had lots of respect for nature Why?

• The environment helped the First Occupants survive

• Food, shelter, transportation, tools, etc. provided by the environment

• Can you name different types of religions?• Can you tell me some of the

customs associated with these religions?• Do you think the First

Occupant had a religion of their own?

Spirituality/Religion: Animism

• The First Occupants were ‘Animists’

• They believed that everything had a spirit

• They believed that spirits could keep living after death.

• For example, a deer’s spirit could live on after the deer had died.

Spirituality/Religion: Animism

• Animism was connected to nature and the environment

• Animism respected nature and the environment (plants, animals, etc.)

• You can see the respect for nature in First Occupant art