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BC History of Aboriginal
People
XÁ:YTEM Longhouse
Interpretive Centre
Experience BC Sto:lo Nation’s culture, history, and spiritually at Xa:ytem
Longhouse Interpretive Centre. Xa:ytem offers school field trip information,
workshops, and lots more!
BC School District Aboriginal Links
Comox
School District no. 71: Website about, by, and for Aboriginal Peoples
Links include information
on the following: Government Sites and other sites with Political information
Sites for teaching and informtation Lesson Plans
Newspapers
Sites with links to other sites
Sites for Aboriginal youth
Canadian History of Aboriginal People
Student Homepage
from University of Saskatchewan: Native History Resources
Native History Resources, mostly about Saskatchewan
Educational Opportunities
The
Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
This site may be of interest to future high school graduates. The site includes
funding for educational programs, The Aboriginal Achievement Awards, and Blueprint
for the Future.
The Virtual Circle: The Aboriginal Community Site
Aboriginal Elders Teachings
Information is available on teachings of elders. There are two categories: Current Elder Teachings and Archives of Elder Teachings.
The
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
Several brief paragraphs are devoted to general information on elders including
protocols.
Saskatchewan
Indian Cultural Centre with Industry Canada
Our Elders: Interviews with Saskatchewan Elders
This website includes
a searchable database of interviewed elders, images and information such as
names, bands, languages, dates, interview text, and syllabics.
Our
Nations Elders Speak
Aging and Cultural Diversity: A Cross-Cultural Approach
By Susan Judith Ship with the assistance of Reaghan Tarbell
Several
sections cover the meaning of elders in various ways. The essay also discusses
issues that First Nations elders face.
Aboriginal
Elders: A Grade 12 Unit Plan
by Shelley Janvier and Erica Mohan
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Health
Aboriginal
Head Start, Association of British Columbia: Resource Catalogue Listings
BC
Aboriginal Network on Disability
A comprehensive listing that
will take you to all the major health links in BC!
Canadian
Health Network: Aboriginal Peoples
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Historical Figures
National
Library of Canada: Canadians Heroes in fact and fiction
Canadian
Heroes from the National Library of Canada including Louis Riel and Poundmaker.
Women
in History
Women in Canadian History: including Shawnadithit,
Molly Brant, and Pauline Johnson. Suggested readings are also listed.
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Lesson Plans
Educational Resources
in Aboriginal Studies
This website includes lesson plans and teaching tips from the BC Ministry of
Education and lots of other educational sites. It also includes theme pages.
Curricular resources
in Aboriginal Studies. Includes theme pages and resources specific to British
Columbia!
Schoolnet: First Peoples on schoolnet offers mounds of information including schools on the net, funding opportunities, organizations, teachings, nations, kids pages and more!
Aboriginal
Science: Tools and Instruments Project
This website has a list of lesson plans for the grade
6 curriculum such as
projects on air, astronomy, feathers, and more!
Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) Lesson Plans
As
Long as the River Flow
A lesson plan by a NITEP student
(Jenna Semple) who did a workshop with the author of the book "As Long as
the River Flows".
Sty-Wet-Tan
Hall
An informational essay written by Natasha Ginger on Sty-Wet-Tan
Hall at the University of British Columbia.
The
Identity of Canada’s School Curriculum
Essay written by
Natasha Ginger
Philosophy
of Education
Written by Natasha Ginger
The
Essence of Cedar
A lesson plan by Natasha Ginger
The
Naming Ceremony
Ideas on naming ceremony by Natasha Ginger
Respect:
A Lesson Plan for Grade 3
by Natasha Ginger
Principle
#6: The right to preserve their cultural identity and traditions and pursue their
own cultural development
Thoughts on Principle #6 by Natasha Ginger
Social
Justice Lesson Plan for Grade 3
by Natasha Ginger
Teach
Values Through Storytelling: K-5
A lesson plan by Natasha Ginger
Questions
to ask for the book "The Elders are Watching"
by Natasha
Ginger
The
Importance of Storytelling in First Nations’ Culture
by
Natasha Ginger
First
Natons Awareness Day Presentation Notes
by Natasha
Ginger
The Integration of Culture
and Education: Our Duty as First Nations Educators
by Natasha Ginger
NITEP Aboriginal Curriculum Framework: Legends
Unit Plan
by Patricia Prium *This lesson plan will only if you have Microsoft
Word on your computer. If you can not open it please feel free to contact us.
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Potlatches
Shared
Learnings
Description:
Shared Learnings: Integrating BC Aboriginal Content K-10 is designed to provide
teachers with guidance in integrating Aboriginal topics in all subject areas
at an introductory level.
The first section of the guide includes the rationale, key concepts, information on planning a program and protocols and suggestions for working with the Aboriginal community. The main portion is divided into three color coded sections for primary, K-3; junior, 4-7 and intermediate, 8-10. A one or two page layout of each subject area and grade or grade combination will include 1. shared learnings ( information ALL students should know about BC Aboriginal peoples ), 2. instructional strategies, 3. links to IRP Prescribed Learning Outcomes and 4. resources. Also included in each layout is teaching tips and helpful facts. The appendix includes a glossary, assessment and evaluation suggestions, lists of resources ( provincially recommended, locally developed and internet sites) and sample lesson plans.
BCTF Lesson Aids
Database
First
Nations Historical Timeline: always useful as a starting point
BC
Archives Time Machine: First Nations in British Columbia: for potlatch
archival info
BC
Archives Time Machine: First Nations' Art in B.C. This site has
information on George Clutesi's artwork who is also the author of the book Potlatch.
BC Archives has 9 matches for potlatch, and with evidence of at least one remaining early potlatch book in existence.
U’Mista
Cultural Centre
http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/umista2/potlatch-e.html
U’Mitsta
Potlatch Teacher’s Corner Lesson Plans
Peabody
Museum in Massachusetts
Potlatch: feasting, particularly some
nice pictures of feasting spoons and
bowls.
Peabody
Museum in Massachusetts: Gifting and Feasting in the Northwest Coast Potlatch
Potlatch:
feasting, particularly some nice pictures of feasting spoons and
bowls. This
site is located at the Peabody Museum in Massachusetts.
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Storytellers
StorytellersNative
American AuthorsOnline
This site includes storytellers and a
list of Native American Authors online.
Storytellers:
Native American Authors Online
Aboriginal Canada Portal: many
educational resources for teachers and other educators including kits, publications,
and videos.
Living Tradtions Writers Group
Mi'kmaq
Indian Cinderella vs Perrault's Durable Myth
This site contrasts
what Native storytellers did creatively with the European
Cinderella myth
-- and looking more closely than kids do at the values
underlying that durable
myth -- will provide insights about Native cultural
survivals, showing what
values may still survive. It helps to show how those
values survive, too,
by adaptations, by creative modifications.
Native
American Indian Resources
Native American Indian information,
over 300 pages of information from recipes
to legends. Please note the disclaimer
at the bottome of the first page though.
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Traditional
Foods
Health
Canada
Health Canada website for Aboriginal People (First Nations,
Metis and Inuit)
contains an index for topics including Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol
Synrome and
other health related issues as well.
Health
Canada: Modern Foods and Nutrition with a First Nations and Inuit Focus
This is a very valuable website presented by Health Canada which will
lead you
to a Nutrition Labelling Toolkit for First Nations and Inuit People
which
assists Aboriginal people to make sense of the non-traditional foods
they are
faced with and has a very comprehensive Questions and Answers Sheet
hyperlink
which answers questions about nutritional questions regarding the
safety and
nutrition of food today.
Centre
for Indigenous' Nutrition and Environment
CINE stands for Centre
for Indiginous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment and is
a university-based
research and education resource for Indigenous Peoples,
created by Canada's
Aboriginal Leaders. The site focuses on the question of
cultural benefits
of traditional food.
McGill
University: Careers in Nutrition and the Environment
Also for
modern approaches to Nutritional requirements and the need to
integrate traditional
foods as much as possible.
The
Ethnography of Lewis and Clark: Native American Objects and the American Quest
for Commerce and Science
Corn
1804: Lewis and Clark documented
agricultural practices of the Mandan, Hidatsa
and Arikara people whom they
encountered and who shared it with them, enabling
them to get through the
winter they spent with the people as their meat
supplies were exhausted. There
is one great picture of coloured Native corn from the Fort Berthold
Reservation,
now known as the Three Affiliated Tribe Reservation.
Turtle
Island Native Network: Culture
This site is about traditional
and contemporary native people’s culture with a
focus on traditional
food. The website is loaded with lots of good tasting
recipes and First Nations
information.
The
Native Way Cookbook: Cookbook of the Grandmothers
The Native
Way Cookbook is a recipe index which includes traditional and
contemporary
recipes and is broken into categories, allowing you to find
recipes by type
of dish and also by tribe or nation.
Bannock
Awareness
Kamloops Forest region developed this website to celebrate
National Aboriginal
Day. The site is packed with information to build your
awareness of First
Nations while you eat.
The
Food Museum
The FOOD Museum website is the one stop source for
food exhibits, news/issues,
resources, food history, answers to your food
questions, book reviews and just
plain fun.
Traditional
Food, Health and Nutrition
This website focuses on practical ways
to improve health by food and diet --
starting when you are young to eat well
to avoid health problems later.
Cultural food stories and practical recipes
are here too.
Traditional
Herbal &Plant Knowledge, Identifications
Learn about traditional
plants, herbs and identification. Interesting links
cover hot topics such
as research tools and recommended books for novices.
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Traditional Hunting Practices
Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
There
is a picture of a beautiful bow made of elk antler, probably used for
“show”
and recovered during the Lewis and Clark expedition to the Pacific
(upper
Missouri, 1805)
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