Shaman- Chaman

A shaman is a tribal healer who can act as a link betwee the visible world and the spirit world. Shamans are kind of a mix between priests and doctors. A shaman is a holy man who represents a religion, but also often a healer.

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Oral Tradition – Tradition orale

Oral tradition is where knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved and transmitted from word of mouth… from one generation to another.

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Dialect – Dialecte

A dialect is the way people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar, etc. A person’s dialect can tell you where exactly someone comes from!

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Language family – Famille de langues

A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family.

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Archaeology – Archéologie

Archaeology is the study of things that people made, used, and left behind. The goal of archaeology is to understand what people of the past were like and how they lived. Scientists who study archaeology are called archaeologists.

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Sustainability – Une approche durable

Sustainability (or sustainable development) is development, growth or change… that meets the needs of the present, without compromising or preventing our children and future generations of meeting their own needs.

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Subsistence – Subsistance

Subsistence means the minimal resources that are necessary for survival. A subsistence economy relies on hunting and cultivation for food and surrounding trees for building shelter.

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Nation – Nation

A large collection (group, joining, etc.) of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

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Confederacy – Confédération

This is a group of people or nations or tribes or provinces that form an “alliance”. The agreement they make allows each member to control itself, but they agree to work together for common causes. Also known as a confederation or sometimes a league.

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Confederation – Confédération

This is a group of people or nations or tribes or provinces that form an “alliance”. The agreement they make allows each member to control itself, but they agree to work together for common causes. Also known as a confederacy or sometimes a league.

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Clan System – – Système de clans

A clan is a group of people that are united by actual or perceived kinship, that is they are related by birth or marriage, etc. Clan systems are often used to determine how things are passed down through generations.

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Empire – Empire

An empire is group of nations or peoples ruled over by a powerful emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government.  Usually an empire has a much larger territory than a kingdom!

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Cooperation – Coopération

Cooperation means when people work together. Cooperation is when groups of people, organizations, countries, etc. are acting together for a common or mutual benefit.

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