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8th Fire: Indigenous in the City
Abstract Haida Explorations: Cut Paper Designs
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Grades 4-7.
Abstract Haida Explorations: Painting Using Stencils
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
An Accidental Teacher: Anthony Walsh and the Aboriginal Day Schools at Six Mile Creek and Inkameep, British Columbia, 1929-1942
Ancient Villages & Totem Poles of the Nisga'a
Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
Balancing History
Created to be used with the article Warp, Weft, Weave: Joining Generations published in vol. 53, Issue, 3, 2020 of British Columbia History magazine. Designed for students in Grades 8 to 12.
A Bibliography of the Arts and Crafts of the Northwest Coast Indians
Building Bridges of Understanding Between Nations: Grade Two
Button Blanket Math: A Primary Unit, Grade 2
Resource for teaching number, pattern and space/shapes by incorporating images and forms used in First Nations art. Includes black line masters.
The Children Remembered: Residential Schools Archive Project
Community Stories: Aboriginal Successes in British Columbia
"Drum Connection" Aboriginal Grad 2013
Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry
Explorations in Haida Formline Design: Abstract Paintings
Four lessons designed for Grades 8-12.
First Peoples: A Guide for Newcomers
Honouring: Project of Heart / Speaking to Memory
How Raven Steals the Sun: Retold and Drawn by Quentin Harris
Salish artist retells the traditional story while drawing step-by-step visual interpretation.
Duration: 1:30:23.
Indian Record (Vol. 34, #1-2, Jan.-Feb. 1971)
Indian Record (Vol. 36, No. 1-2, January-February, 1973)
Indian Record (Vol. XX, No. 4, April 1957)
Indian Record (Vol. XXIV, No. 3, March, 1961)
Indian Record (Vol. XXIV, No. V, May, 1961)
Indian Record (Vol. XXIX, No. 4, April, 1966)
Indian Record (Vol. XXVII, No. 1, January, 1964)
Indian Record (Vol. XXVII, No. 5, May, 1964)
Indian Record (Vol. XXX, No. 2, February, 1967)
Indian Record (Vol. XXX, No. 8, October, 1967)
Interview with Doreen Jensen
It Took More Than a Village: The Story of The 'Ksan Historical Outdoor Museum and The Kitanmax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art
Language and Culture Immersion Programs Handbook
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Mission at Metlakatla
Perpetual Salish Contemporary Coast Salish Art from the Salish Weave Collection
Catalogue of exhibition which featured works by Maynard Johnny Jr., lessLIE , John Marston , Susan A. Point, and Dylan Thomas
Related material: Educational website.
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Pushing the Line: Art without Reservations: Educational Resource
S'abadeb-- The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists: Seattle Art Museum Educator Resource Guide, Grades 3-12.
Susan Point: Spindle Whorl: Teacher's Study Guide
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.
Tah'lum Indigenous Artist Collective Colouring Book: Volume 1: Michif and Lekwungen
"These Paintings Have Spirit": Voices Found in Childhood Artwork from Indian Residential Schools
Totem Pole Workshop
Ts'úu isgyáan Sgahláang = Yellow and Red Cedar
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.
Unreserved: The Work of Louie Gong: Educational Resource
Weaving Math
Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.