This PowerPoint presentation meets Alberta's curriculum for Social Studies 7. It can be used in conjunction with the textbook "Our Canada: Peoples, Origins, Perspectives." Along with informative slides and discussion questions to engage the class, it contains video resources to support student understanding, a class activity, and two projects.Keywords: First Nations, Haudenosaunee, Anishinabe, Mi'kmaq, decision making, use of land, technologies, gender roles, identityABOUT BETTERENGBetterEng des