•Charlotte small was an Indigenous woman who lived in Canada.
•Charlotte and her husband travelled all over Canada to make maps
•Charlotte lived to be 72 years old, that is a LONG TIME
•Charlotte was born in Ile-a-la Crosse, which is now Saskatchewan
•Ellie found a song on youtube about Charlotte
e Small.
•Her husband was David Thompson. He was a famous explorer and map maker
•In 1805, Charlotte, her husband, and his team got snowed in ALL WINTER
•Charlotte was SMART. She knew how to survive on her own even in the
winter. She was good at taking care of her kids too.
•Charlotte learned to survive from her mom, who was Indigenous
•Because of their traditional skills Charlotte was able to find enough food
for the whole team.
•Canada’s explorers needed indigenous women like Charlotte to survive. They
knew how to hunt for food, but they also knew which plants were safe to eat
or use as medicine.
•They also translated between Indigenous languages and the languages of the
explorers. Charlotte probably spoke Cree as well as English or French
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