Aboriginal Spirituality

Question 1

Aboriginal

Answer 1

Of Native ancestry, inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times and before colonists.

Question 2

Animism

Answer 2

The attribution of a living soul to plants, animals, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena.

Question 3

Elder

Answer 3

A person (male or female) worshipped for age and wisdom.

Question 4

Faithkeeper

Answer 4

Member of a nation selected to maintain the traditional ceremonies and rituals.

Question 5

Genesis

Answer 5

The origin, the beginnings, the formation of something.

Question 6

Indigenous

Answer 6

Originating naturally in a region, belonging naturally to an environment (of people) born in a region.

Question 7

Monotheism

Answer 7

The belief in one God (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam- known as the Abrahamic faith)

Question 8

Polytheism

Answer 8

The belief in or worship of more than one god.(Hinduism as example)

Question 9

Reincarnation

Answer 9

The belief in the rebirth of a soul in a new body or form.

Question 10

Shaman

Answer 10

Medicine man or spiritual leader.

Question 11

Smudging Ceremony

Answer 11

A purification ritual that includes the burning of sweet grass and drawing smoke ritually over the body.

Question 12

Vision Quest

Answer 12

The process of purifying and fasting in order to be sensitive to a vision or voices that might guide a person; a sacred ceremony.

Question 13

Wampum

Answer 13

A belt of coloured beads used to confirm a treaty, or to help with the skill of orac.