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Pre-Contact Societies and Governance
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies · Grade 9 · Historical Contexts and Colonial Impacts · 2.º Período

Pre-Contact Societies and Governance

Exploring the complex social, political, and economic structures of Indigenous societies prior to European contact.

Ontario Curriculum ExpectationsNAC1O B1.1NAC1O B1.2

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Exploring the complex social, political, and economic structures of Indigenous societies prior to European contact.

Key Questions

  1. How did pre-contact Indigenous nations govern themselves?
  2. What role did trade networks play across Turtle Island?
  3. How did different nations interact and form alliances?