Before the Europeans came to the First Nations, the parents would teach their children at home and teach them about traditional means. Traditional education, from First Nations and Inuit people, used different techniques to teach, including observation and practice, family and group socialization, oral teachings and participation in the community ceremonies and institutions. Some societies had special responsibilities.

Hubub was a game that was played by many First Nation children and had lots of different names to it. Usually, nations would compete for wagers in the game Hubub. During Hubub games, people would shout out “hub hub hub”, for the name Hubub.

The First Nations would make homemade dolls and they would, often, show something about their parents activities and what they did. When the winter weather becomes cold it would be the perfect time to make toys, for First Nations. The First Nation children would watch their mothers sew the toys.

Longball was a game that was Similar to baseball. Longball uses a stick/bat to hit the ball into the field where the other team is standing. The batter will get three attempts to hit the ball. Once the ball is hit, instead of the batter running, the batter stays put. The rest of the batter’s team must run to a line on the field and run back to where the batter is standing.

The First Nation would eat a variety of food and some of the vegetables and fruits are blueberries, strawberries, corn, beans and squash. Some of the meat they ate was deer, duck, goose, moose and bear would be one of the meats First Nations eat on special days. When the First Nations were done eating any type of meat, they would hang up the skull of the animal, to thank it for feeding them.

The First Nation women, in Canada, are roughly seven times more likely than non-indigenous women to die at the hands of serial killers. According to a Globe and Mail analysis, at least 18 aboriginal females were victims of convicted serial killers, since 1980.

For thousands of years, First Nations walked most places, especially in winter. They developed two devices for making travel over deep Canadian snow more effortless. The snowshoe and the toboggan were the two different devices that are so simple but still so helpful. The toboggans could be pulled by hand or by groups of dogs.