Online Resources
Online resources collected to support teachers in extending their learning and help integrate Indigenous content throughout the curriculum.
Like any resource, teachers are reminded to preview it before sharing with students.
If you have a resource you would like to add or if a link is broken or you have any concerns please email smacrae@saanichschools.ca
Book Lists
#Indigenous Reads by Indigenous Writers: A children’s Reading list
From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books, a digital catalogue of 100 picture books by First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors and illustrators. The catalogue is available here as well as past years catalogue
https://www.ibby-canada.org/indigenous-picture-book-collection/
Prepared by SD 67 Okanagan Skaha K-5
10 books about residential schools to read with your kids
Authentic First Peoples Resources eBook
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Resources
Current and relevant learning resources found on the Strong Nations website
Top Picks of Indigenous Resources by Fern Perkins & Carol Nahachewsky UVic
Classroom Learning Resources and Curriculum Materials
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Use in K-9 Classrooms
Have a Heart Day is a child and youth-led reconciliation event that brings together caring Canadians to help ensure First Nations children have the services they need to grow up safely at home, get a good education, be healthy, and be proud of who they are
Have a heart day is February 14th
First Nations Caring Society - Website
The Bead Timeline Story and how to make your own bead timeline. Created by SD71, Suzanne Camp, District Resource Cultural Aide
We have this kit in the SBO - Please email sburton@saanichschools.ca
"Project of Heart” is an inquiry based, hands-on, collaborative, inter-generational, artistic journey of seeking truth about the history of Aboriginal people in Canada
My Seasonal Round Integrated Unit for Elementary Social Studies and Science Grade 3
Coast Salish Art/ Indigenous Art
Salish Weave Collection Education Program- is a large private collection of contemporary Coast Salish art that weaves together the distinctive art form, designs and style of established and emerging artists.
Coast Salish Spinning and Weaving
http://blogs.ubc.ca/biologyinfosessions/files/2013/09/coast-salish-wool-dog-poster.pdf
Susan Point Musqueam Artist - Spindle Whorl Teacher resource
Living Cultures - Indigenous Artist Profiles - 4 short videos with local W̱SANEĆ artists.
https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/indigenous/explore/living-cultures
W̱SÁNEĆ raising up - Coast Salish Artist Charles Elliott
Jaime Koebel - Metis Artist, Grade 1&2 Super Hero plant trading cards
Ottawa Art Gallery Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom
Belmont students draw inspiration from Coast Salish artwork Projects highlight the diversity of students Using the Salish Weave Collection
New App uses Indigenous Basketry patterns to teach math Concepts - Simon Fraser University
Coast Salish House Post- info about how totems were not traditionally made here in Coast Salish Territory. Totem Poles Vs House Posts. Instead of the art activity provided in this lesson plan you could use some of the lessons from the Salish Weave Collective.
http://abed.sd79.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-Coast-Salish-House-Posts-2.pdf
http://salishweave.com/sw2017/school-program
Perpetual Salish -Coast Salish design elements in the classroom, Art Projects, Territory Map
The Bill Reid Centre Sho Sho Esquiro Doctrine of Discovery - Inquiry Kit for Teachers and Students
Kikinoo’amaagoowin Webinar Series: Introducing Indigenous Perspectives Through Art Across the Curriculum- Using the Salish Weave Collection
Soapstone Carving with Inuit Artist Andrew Qappik
Continue your own learning
Decolonizing Teaching Indigenizing Learning - website has been developed to support teacher candidates, in-service teachers, and our faculty colleagues as they move towards implementing Indigenous education and pedagogies into their curricula.
https://indigenizinglearning.educ.ubc.ca/
Continuing Our Learning Journey: Indigenous Education in B.C. is an optional professional development resource for teachers dedicated to Indigenous learning. These modules highlight the authentic Indigenous knowledge, perspectives and content in B.C.’s redesigned curriculum.
https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/indigenous-education-resources
National Indigenous Cultural Safety Webinar Videos
Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program
This national webinar series provides an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and perspectives in support of collective efforts to strengthen Indigenous cultural safety across sectors.This national webinar series provides an opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and perspectives in support of collective efforts to strengthen Indigenous cultural safety across sectors.
http://www.icscollaborative.com/home
Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.
Aboriginal Worldviews in the classroom. PDF
Moosehide Campaign Education Learning Platform K-12
Reconciliation through Indigenous Education- A free 6 week massive open online course (MOOC)
Jordan’s Principle is a legal rule named in memory of a very special little boy named Jordan River Anderson. Jordan’s Principle makes sure that when a First Nations child needs services they get them right away. This applies to all services: including heath care, education, and child welfare, and to all First Nations children, on or off reserve.
Jordan's Principle Website Link
Indigenous Corporate Training - Free eBooks
Governence
BC First Nations Land, Title, and Governance Teacher Resource Guide
http://www.fnesc.ca/governance/
Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?
The Governors Letters Grade 9-12
http://www.govlet.ca/en/cc2.php
Timeline history of Aboriginal people in BC pre contact- 1492-2015 BCTF
Canadian Geographic - The Canadian Atlas - Treaties
Centre for First Nations Governence Project
Indigenous Math Ideas
Transformations - Using the Coast Salish spindle whorl to teach about tessellations
https://portal.sd47.bc.ca/group/wxl82qo/resources/Documents/Spindle%20Whorl%20Tessellations.pdf
Math First Peoples Resource Guide is designed to support teachers of Mathematics 8 and 9
http://www.fnesc.ca/math-first-peoples/
Two-Legged, Four-Legged, Winged, Finned: Patterns from Indigenous Art
https://chrishunter.ca/tag/pattern-blocks/
Show Me Your Math is a program that invites Aboriginal Students in Atlantic Canada to explore the mathematics that is evident in their own community and cultural practices.
Video- Deborah Sparrow - Blanket making as a mathematics and science practice and pedagogy
Article with links -Indigenous basket-weaving makes an excellent digital math lesson
Math Catcher - Mathematics Through Aboriginal Story Telling
FNESC - Math First Peoples Elementary and Secondary
SD36 Surrey School District
Burnaby School District 41
Weaving Math - Aboriginal Mathematics Inquiry Team
Indigenous Veterans - REMEMBRANCE DAY
National Indigenous Veterans Day November 8th
https://sites.google.com/sd63.bc.ca/sd63indigenoused/remembrance-day?authuser=0
The Story of Canadas Code talkers
https://www.cbc.ca/kids/articles/the-story-of-canadas-code-talker
Indigenous Veterans- Veterans Affair Canada
SD 67 - Remembrance Day Resources
Remembering Indigenous Veterans
Two videos about the contribution of Indigenous People - National Aboriginal Veterans Day
Indigenous Worldview and Identity
In this presentation about First Peoples Principles of Learning in Reading, Laura Tait, discusses big ideas for teaching and learning with Aboriginal Education.
We Are All Connected Exploring Self, Family, Community and Land through Aboriginal Picture Books by Adrienne Gear
http://www.bcpta.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/We-Are-All-Connected-Adrienne-Gear.pdf
A short video relating to Aboriginal Worldviews and Perspective
Unreserved- Tuesday Teachings - two-minute video, sharing the wisdom and knowledge of Indigenous elders and knowledge keepers throughout Canada.
Learning Models put together by SIWAL SI'WES LIBRARY
W̱SÁNEĆ/Saanich First Nation Teaching Resources
Indigenous Perspectives Education Guide by Historica Canada.
Inuit Art/ Inuit Resources
Inuit Resource - Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories Initiative
Inuit Art- Hertiage Minute Video
Soapstone Carving with Inuit Artist Andrew Qappik
NFB I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik
TB rates in Inuit Nunangat
Isuma TV - Independent Inuit Video - IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations.
Lesson plans from Isuma TV - Exploring Inuit Culture
http://www.isuma.tv/exploring-inuit-culture-online#channel-stream
Land Acknowledgements
Transformative Territory Acknowledgements webinar - Len Pierre
TRANSFORMATIVE TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT GUIDE
https://www.lenpierreconsulting.com/_files/ugd/90c86d_b3aa5cd2564c4d77a72b7b397d96add0.pdf
What it means for me to be a settler of colour on unceded Indigenous lands
Metis
Grade 7 Metis Cross-Curricular Teacher Guide
http://www.cangeoeducation.ca/resources/indigenous_resources/docs/Prairie_Transport_LP.pdf
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a036c04ff1c6440796721b9c68faba41
Native Plants
LIVING LAB PLANT & MARINE GUIDES - These guides can be used as a resource for teaching and learning about plant and marine life in the Coast Salish area and include the English, Senćoŧen, Lekwungen (Lək̓ ʷiʔnəŋ), and Scientific Names for each organism.
W̱SÁNEĆ Ethnobotany Trail HCP Trail information https://hcp.ca/w%CC%B1sanec-ethnobotany-trail/
Printable W̱SÁNEĆ Ethnobotany Trail Brochure
PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ means “Blossoming Place” in SENĆOŦEN, the language of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. At the PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Nursery & Garden we grow healthy and traditional foods as well as many native plants for our ecosystem restoration projects in various locations throughout the W̱SÁNEĆ homelands. https://pepakenhautw.com/
People to follow
“Indigenous Vice Principal and Educator in the Langley School District.I would like to provide advise and tools in hopes to help support teachers navigate their way through our new curriculum.”
https://www.carolynroberts.net/
Learning Bird was founded on the principle that students learn best when the content they are engaging with is interesting and relevant to them. This is why we work in collaboration with schools and communities to integrate local Indigenous culture, language, history, and teachings into our content. We help communities infuse their voices into classrooms across Canada, to the benefit of all students.
Physical Literacy
Linking Indigenous Cultural Sports and Activities to Physical Literacy
https://schoolpapl.ca/indigenous-resources/
PLAYBuilder provides educators with over 1,000 engaging activities and lesson plans for Grades K-7,
along with tools that let you plan an entire PHE term in just six clicks.
https://schoolpapl.ca/resources-home/playbuilder/
Podcasts
Tai Asks Why - Fifteen-year-old Tai Poole won’t rest until he’s uncovered the mysteries of the universe, one probing question at a time. In Season 4 of his Webby-winning podcast, Tai talks to everyone from NASA scientists to stand-up comedians to his equally curious little brother Kien. If you’ve ever wondered why nothing feels as good as a deep belly laugh or why it’s impossible not to finish a bag of Doritos, Tai has you covered.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/204-tai-asks-why
The Secret Life of Canada is a podcast about the country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. Season 4 launch es February 3, 2022, with episodes releasing twice a month.
Telling Our Twisted History - Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize our minds– one word, one concept, one story at a time.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/906-telling-our-twisted-histories
Kīwew is a five-part podcast in which Governor General award-winning author David A. Robertson dives into his family's history and mysteries as he discovers and connects with his Cree identity.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/425-kiwew
Storykeepers Podcast - If you love Indigenous books (especially fiction) as much as we do, then join us, Waubgeshig Rice and Jennifer David, as we talk ‘all things Indigenous books’. Each episode, we bring in a guest host (a First Nations, Inuit or Metis author or artist), and we discuss one book. We laugh, we tell stories, we get animated, we debate, we discuss. We always support and promote First Nations, Inuit and Métis authors and their books. Read the books, listen to the episodes (they contain spoilers!) and join in the conversations about the Storykeepers.
https://storykeeperspodcast.ca/
This Place - Based on the acclaimed graphic novel anthology, This Place is a 10-part journey through one-hundred and fifty years of Indigenous resistance and resilience. Through dramatizations and interviews, along with your host and time-guide storyteller Rosanna Deerchild, the series reveals the heroes, battles, triumphs and traditions which live outside and beyond the national story we have been taught ... to learn, to share, and to heal the future of "this place" we call Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1020-this-place
Unreserved Rosanna Deerchild CBC Radio Show
Beyond Beads and Bannock - Radio show about stories about Indigenous perspectives and cultures in schools with her own family's journey of reconciliation.
Seven Truths Podcast By Tanya Talaga on Audible for free
https://makwacreative.ca/seven-truths
Taapwaywin: Talking about what we know and what we believe - 8 Part Podcast by Ry Moran
https://open.spotify.com/show/6no3uuDG2gBijI6xRj5gjn?si=cd31fdb9bf614574
Residential Schools
Please View all material before sharing with your students.
Residential Schools Podcast Series -
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools-podcast-series
Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides for grades 5, 10 and 11/12
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Resources from FNESC Grade 5, Grade 10, Grade 11/12 Teacher Resource Guides
Here directly from residential school survivors and view Beyond 94 Interactive Map of Residential Schools in Canada. You can also see which schools were in operation.
Beyond 94 Interactive Map of Residential Schools in Canada
Where are the Children - Legacy of the Residential School experience
Where I'm from Poetry Template
A history of Residential schools in Canada - FAQs on residential schools, compensation and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Witness Blanket - Inspired by a woven blanket, we have created a large scale art installation, made out of hundreds of items reclaimed from Residential Schools, churches, government buildings and traditional and cultural structures including Friendship Centres, band offices, treatment centres and universities, from across Canada. The Witness Blanket stands as a national monument to recognise the atrocities of the Indian Residential School era, honour the children, and symbolise ongoing reconciliation.
E-book, Project of the Heart available BCTF website Gladys We Never Knew: offers in depth and engaging lessons on the life of a child who attended Kamloops Indian Residential School, and died there at age 12 of tuberculosis.
www.bctf.ca/classroom-resources/details/gladys-we-never-knew
The Sylix Indian Residential School Experience
Videos from the Aboriginal Education Program in the Central Okanagan School District.
Saanich Moons
13 W̱SÁNEĆ ȽḴÁLJ SDILEM- Song of the 13 moons (2012)
Tsawout Nation 13-Moon Sign Erected
SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY
Science First Peoples (Grade 5-9)
http://www.fnesc.ca/science-first-peoples/
Science First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide (SECONDARY) (2019)
http://www.fnesc.ca/sciencetrg/
Coyote Science Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show is an adventures-in-science series that encourages youth to explore the fascinating world of science – from an Indigenous perspective.
"RBCM -This playlist helps give insight to the anatomy of fish and First Peoples’ knowledge and relationship with fish. Examine scientific drawings and First Nations artwork of fish and explore how they reflect different interpretations and perspectives of nature. "
https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/playlist/something-fishy-teach/
Aboriginal Astronomy Lesson Plan Prepared by SD71 Comox Valley SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY
Callysto Data Science -Indigenous Content
https://www.callysto.ca/indigenous-content/
The Clam Garden Network
Great Bear Sea Curriculum Resources K-12
The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest - Teachers Guide
http://orcabook.com/greatbearbooks/pdfs/thesalmonbears-teachersguide.pdf
Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 1
https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/knowinghome/
Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 2
https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/knowinghome2/
Indigenous Women in STEM Story Map
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7fbefcd9c042450db1deef4b04b816fb
Aboriginal Access to Engineering
SENĆOŦEN/Indigenous Language
Canadian Geographic -See where 60 languages belonging to 12 language families are being used right now
Mapping Indigenous Languages in Canada
BC First Nations Language Education Planning Workbook
Reviving your Language through Education
First Peoples' Language Map of BC
FPCC - Language for Life: Nourishing Indigenous Languages in the Home
http://www.fpcc.ca/files/PDF/Language/FPCC-LanguageforLife-190318-WEB.pdf
W̱SÁNEĆ SCHOOL BOARD - ȽÁU, WELṈEW̱ School Language Videos
Article - Why Indigenous languages should be taught alongside French and English
SENĆOŦEN Language Champion: Renee Sampson
SENĆOŦEN Language videos produced by Language teachers from LAU WEL NEW
Five ideas to support Indigenous Language revitalization in Canada
Article -KEEPING LANGUAGES ALIVE Revitalising Indigenous languages takes "a long time and a lot of commitment" but the rewards are immeasurable.
First Voices - SENĆOŦEN
First People Cultural Council
Ideas for School poster projects
BC’s Journey Towards Reconciliation in the Education System
First Words is a weekly podcast focused on Indigenous languages. Each week, we welcome a new guest into the hosting chair to teach us three words in their language. Katia Olsen
SENĆOŦEN APP
Article- Identity and the Language of the Classroom: Investigating the Impact of Heritage Versus Second Language Instruction on Personal and Collective Self-Esteem
Terminology
Indigenous Foundations UBC
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. Blog
Indigenous or Aboriginal Which is correct?
Download - Indigenous Peoples: A Guide to Terminology ebook
Terms to Avoid - myth, legend and fable
Traditional Foods
Cooking in Two Worlds — A Process Guide for Incorporating Indigenous Foods into Institutions
Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis
Indigenous Nutritional Knowledge Information Network
https://www.dietitians.ca/Your-Health/Nutrition-A-Z/Cooking/Indigenous-Recipes.aspx?ref=digest
SETTING THE TABLE Voices of South Island elders & communities on sugary drinks and children https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/VIHA-Setting-The-Table.pdf
First Nations Traditional Foods Fact Sheets
https://www.fnha.ca/WellnessSite/WellnessDocuments/Traditional_Food_Facts_Sheets.pdf
Indigenous Food Sovereignty
http://www.indigenousfoodsystems.org/food-sovereignty
Setting the Table for a Healthy Food Conversation
https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/2018-04/dietitians-healthy-food-conversations.pdf
Food is Medicine (1).pdf“When I speak publicly about indigenous issues, or take Q&A’s after a screening, talk, or exhibition, something that often arises is people disclosing their fear of making a mistake in their work as an ally, or teacher responding to the TRC calls to action around education.
“When I speak publicly about indigenous issues, or take Q&A’s after a screening, talk, or exhibition, something that often arises is people disclosing their fear of making a mistake in their work as an ally, or teacher responding to the TRC calls to action around education.
First, the ability to avoid confronting colonialism, reconciliation, systemic racism, privilege, etc...is itself a privilege. As an Indigenous person I don’t get to choose because it confronts me every single day. So for that reason alone avoidance is a poor choice.
Second, avoidance is not a passive decision, it is actively harmful. When you decide not to engage out of your own fear you are not only reinforcing the trope that Indigenous people are unreasonable (angry, Violent…) about our ways of asking for accountability and justifying your own insecurity at your own expense, you are also putting expectation of labour onto Indigenous people by asking us to absolve you from the very same discomfort we live with every day.
Get comfortable being uncomfortable and be brave enough to fail and learn.
This process will be complicated and messy and we will both make mistakes. And that’s okay. It isn’t the mistakes we make, but the way we respond to them that matters.
That brings me to another point. When you are confronted rather than becoming defensive, try to just listen. When we are called out, most of us, including myself, have the initial impulse to explain our intentions or offer reasons to shift focus or blame from our own actions. Explanations sound like excuses and intentions don't matter, so when your actions cause harm, take ownership. If out of ignorance, you hurt someone, the best any of us can do is to become less ignorant by learning why and how our actions were wrong or harmful, and apologise with a promise to do better. Practice humility, compassion, bravery and honest self examination. Be willing to act in a way that doesn't centre your own self interest. Seek truth by reading many different voices, particularly Indigenous ones. Challenge the status quo by examining the implicit positionality of headlines and news stories. Unlearning is part of the process.
In 2019, it would be amazing if there were fewer people asking "what can I do?" Not because I won't or don't want to engage, but because maybe that will mean we have moved on to discussing what you ARE doing, and learning from the inevitable missteps together.
-Carey Newman
Truth & Reconcilliation
Reconciliation Pole at UBC
Namwayut: we are all one. Truth and reconciliation in Canada
Reconciliation Canada Website
The site provides up-to-date status reports on each call to action, as well as extensive summaries explaining those status reports. It includes in-depth features and short video documentaries that tell some of the community stories behind the calls to action. It also features residential school survivors sharing their experiences.
Beyond 94 Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Beyond 94 Guide - Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
highlights concrete suggestions, resources and examples of what reconciliation is, and how Indigenous and non‐ Indigenous Canadians can work together on the path of reconciliation.
Indigenous Ally Toolkit
Infographic-How teachers can integrate Truth and Reconciliation in their classrooms
Province of BC BC’s Journey Towards Reconciliation in the Education System
Reconciliation is for all of us - No matter who you are or where you’re from, you can take peaceful and respectful actions to help make a better Canada for Aboriginal children and their families. Here are a few ways you can help
First Nations Caring Society -PDF
Speak Truth to Power Canada - Defenders of Human Rights -Truth and Reconciliation Activities
150 Acts of Reconciliation for the Last 150 Days of Canada’s 150
WSANEC
Video - Paddle for L̵EL,TOS (James Island) and the Salish Sea
Video - LAU, WELNEW from the Salish Weave Collection
LAU, WELNEW - Salish Weave Collection
Unreserved - Reviving an outlawed fishery: 'the backbone of our Nation' Reef Net Fishing - Nick Claxton
Native Plant Nursery & Garden
The W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council promotes respect for W̱SÁNEĆ culture, traditional practices, and language.
Misc...
Commemorating Ye'yumnuts -
https://sites.google.com/view/commemorating-yeyumnuts/home?authuser=0
Indigenous education resources that has been compiled by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the British Columbia Teacher’s Federation, the First Nations Education Steering Committee, and Métis Nation British Columbia. The intent of these materials is to help further incorporate Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into B.C. classrooms.
Video Resource
Video Resources, Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation
In this piece, Jacey Firth-Hagen talks about her complex relationship with her language, Gwich’in, and her language advocacy work through #SpeakGwichintoMe.
The story of Chanie "Charlie" Wenjac k, whose death sparked the first inquest into the treatment of Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools.
Heritage Minute - The making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old Cree hunter from Albany, James Bay.
I am Indigenous - Profiles Indigenous People trailblazers, innovators, leaders and deeply proud to be Indigenous.
Moosemeat and Marmalade from APTN
https://aptn.ca/moosemeatandmarmalade/
Explanation about the Ravens Quest Videos
https://www.angelanardozi.com/listenandlearn/2018/3/8/ravens-quest
School Age Ravens Quest Videos
National Film Board Indigenous Cinema- Indigenous Made Films
Beau Dick- The story of Raven and the Rock IndEdu 200x UBC
Legends Project: Legends of the Shuswap- This collection of traditional oral legends was recorded, dramatized and produced in the north Okanagan, using bilingual performers, original music, unique vocalizations and natural sounds from rural Salmon Arm and adjacent communities. These ancient stories are as meaningful today in these adapted versions as they were when they were first told thousands of years ago.
Legends of the Kwak‘wala (CBC Legend Profile Series)
Legends of the Gwich’in (CBC Legend Profile Series)
Elder Larry Grant demonstrates how oral history was used in his family to transmit knowledge about place. He shares a story his mother told him about an earthquake that was later supported by scientific evidence.
Project Heart is the story of an extraordinary school event in Courtenay, B.C. Teacher Susan Leslie leads a school-wide project and ceremony to honour Indian residential school survivors. Leslie organizes storytelling circles, art and inquiry projects, and encourages students to create ceremonial blankets. Verna Flanders shares her experiences as a survivor of St. Michael’s Residential School in Alert Bay, B.C. Please preview resources.
An Exploration of Ktunaxa Creation Stories - The Origins of Culture
Educational Videos: Teachers can download lesson plans and each video free of charge by logging into the Curriculum page of the website.