Indigenous Societies

Whale Rider Extra Credit Questions invoke ________________________________________ Class Start Time ___________ 1. What object does the grandad throw overboard a boat (and expects leave be supposed)? a. his fathers governance heirloom pistol b. his traditional chiefs necklace c. his sacred black harpoon d. his sacred smoking pipe e. his radio 2. What is the central conflict in Whale Rider? a. How do indigenous societies keep their traditions and yet yield change? b. How indigenous societies must fight through the legal transcription to gain title to their land. . How can indigenous societies reverse language acquittance? d. How do indigenous societies gain control over rising pedigree pressure? 3. What item has not been finished, but finally is (and is then used) at the end of the film? a. a chiefs house b. a traditional canoe c. a womans hut d. a ritual club 4. What (or who) is the grandfather trying to find? a. the sacred cut steering paddle for his carved war canoe. b. a leader who will lead his people into the bordering generation. c. a new husband for his old maid flower granddaughter. d. all of the above 5.What does the grandfather do when the object is not retrieved? a. leaves it thither and sinks into a depression. b. retrieves it himself and then breaks it in half with his bare hands. c. forces his son to retrieve it. d. leaves it there and it is never retrieved again. e. calls up a eerie whale origin who swallows it up and spits it onto the beach. 6. This film a. captures the confusion of a traditional culture in transition to a modern wiz. b. graphically depicts the abuse of native peoples at the hands of more technologically advanced white colonists. . focuses on what expertness be called slave labor conditions in Third World sweatshops. d. portrays how one man is able to overcome his drug addiction to become the next chief of the tribe. e. all of the above 7. How does Whale Rider conclude? a. the grandfather drowns, killed as he tri es to ride a whale. b. the girl is allowed to become a leader. c. the girls mother is brought back to life by the supernatural whale spirit. d. the girl helps win the court battle, and gains ocean fishing rights for her people.