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Glossary
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Tallow
Animal fat fed to sled dogs usually as an energy supplement on day-long trips.
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Tanning
The process of converting raw hide to clothing fabric, i.e. leather.
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Tea dance
A dance of most northern Aboriginal Peoples involving a circle of dancers who move side-by-side to the rhythm of drums.
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Treaties
Formal agreements between First Nations and the Crown (government) involving promises of peace and friendship, land cessions and other issues and benefits.
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Thong
A narrow strip of hide used as a fastener or lash made from tanned hide of moose, deer, caribou or elk.
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Tipi (teepee)
The hide tipi used by the people of the Plains is believed to date back to the Oxbow period and was a form of architecture ideally suited to nomadic peoples living in the windy plains environment. Conical in shape and simple to construct and deconstruct, its wood poles and bison hide
cover made it readily accessible and easy to transport. It could be heated in winter by a small central fire. The protruding smoke flaps could be shifted to catch the wind or be closed in rainy weather. Its tough hide walls were well anchored to the ground making it snug, warm and stable even during the worst prairie storm.
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Tipi Ring
The base of most tipis were anchored to the ground by large rocks in order to keep the structure stable during severe weather. The rocks would be placed upon the outside of the hide covering, at its base. Often, when a tribe left its seasonal home, they took their tipi with them leaving behind the stones that anchored it. Rocks were readily available and generally too burdensome to carry from place to place. As a result of this practice the prairies are scattered with these stone circles that archaeologists now refer to as “tipi rings.”
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Toboggan
From the Mi’kmaq word Taba’gan. The original design was created by the Mi’kmaq of Eastern Canada and was constructed of long thin strips of wood, usually cedar. The taba’gan was used to haul heavy loads in deep snow.
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Traces
Leather straps by which dogs pulled a toboggan.
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Trading post
A centrally located store that traded groceries and trapline supplies for furs and cash.
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Tree line
The separation between forested land and barren land.
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