Indian Horse

Indian Horse Glossary

Anishinabeg

A group of culturally related Indigenous Peoples in North America that includes the Ojibway.

Billeted

To be lodged at someone’s home

Cultural Genocide

As defined by the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, cultural genocide is "the destruction of those structures and practices that allow the group to continue as a group. States that engage in cultural genocide set out to destroy the political and social institutions of the targeted group. Land is seized, and populations are forcibly transferred and their movement is restricted. Languages are banned. Spiritual leaders are persecuted, spiritual practices are forbidden, and objects of spiritual value are confiscated and destroyed. And, most significantly to the issue at hand, families are disrupted to prevent the transmission of cultural values and identity from one generation to the next."

Deadfall Bucker

a worker responsible for cutting fallen trees into smaller pieces to facilitate transport

Deke

in sports, a deceptive movement or feint that induces an opponent to move out of position.

Flotilla

a group of ships or boats on the water

Goalie

A term used for a goaltender in organized sports

Gumboots

A British term for rubber boots

Keewatin

Cree word for the north wind

Mackinaw

A heavy woolen coat or jacket, often in a plaid design

Manitouwadge

A town near Thunder Bay in northern Ontario, Canada

Maymaygwayseeuk

Ojibway water spirits

Ojibway

An Anishinabeg group of Indigenous Peoples in North America

Raconteur

a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.

Residential school

A government-sponsored Christian school established to assimilate Indigenous children into white, Canadian culture.

Scrimmage

In sports/hockey, a game practice

Slap shot

(hockey maneuver) a hard shot made by raising the stick above the ice and striking the puck with a sharp, slapping motion

Sobriety

to be in a state in which one avoids consuming alcohol or being otherwise inebriated, usually in the context of addiction recovery

Stickhandling

to control the puck with one's stick in hockey

Strychnine

A pesticide that is highly toxic

Voluble

talking fluently, readily, or incessantly.

Zhaunagush

Ojibway word for white man/people

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