Life pre contact for First Nations people is one that is often considered as being uncivilized. First Nations people had a system of organization that was quite complex, and was one that set the framework for the ways in which their collective lives, identity & culture would become vested in the lands that they called home.
First Nations people had a rich culture that allowed them to live and flourish on the lands that they called home. Their history was recorded and
coded in a method which by linguists as "Oral Traditions". The stories were told and passed down from generation to generation, often during the
sleeping hours that psychologists have referred to as Rapid Eye Movement. During the pre-sleep state of REM, a person can retain the most
information and can process this information into their long term memory. Through this process, stories were told to children as they prepared for
sleep, and these stories were told through these oral traditions. The stories would vary from discussing their stories of the Trickster or as known in
Blackfoot speaking groups this trickster was known as Napi. It would be from the stories of Napi that the children and people learn the valuable life
lessons and morals from him. This was the ways in which the culture was rooted.
coded in a method which by linguists as "Oral Traditions". The stories were told and passed down from generation to generation, often during the
sleeping hours that psychologists have referred to as Rapid Eye Movement. During the pre-sleep state of REM, a person can retain the most
information and can process this information into their long term memory. Through this process, stories were told to children as they prepared for
sleep, and these stories were told through these oral traditions. The stories would vary from discussing their stories of the Trickster or as known in
Blackfoot speaking groups this trickster was known as Napi. It would be from the stories of Napi that the children and people learn the valuable life
lessons and morals from him. This was the ways in which the culture was rooted.