A Chinook Jargon to English Glossary
Adapted from the Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon by Thomas Napier Hibben, published in 1877.
Adapted from the Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon by Thomas Napier Hibben, published in 1877.
Children's book retells a traditional story. Suitable for use with Grades K-2.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Includes five case studies: First Nations–Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI), Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation and County of Antigonish, Squamish Nation-The District of Squamish Government-to-Government Collaboration, Lil'Wat Nation - The Village of Pemberton, and the City of Toronto's Our Common Grounds initiative.
Traditional stories written in English and Tłı̨chǫ.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Historical note:
A video made by the La Ronge Communications Society for La Ronge Community Television about commercial fishing on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s.Looks at the multi-level collaboration of government officials and Indigenous communities to minimize the effects of COVID pandemic.
Examines the community-based opioid agonist treatment (OAT) program Naandwe Miikan (The Health Path).
Plain language explanation of legal principles involved in analysis of R. v. Stanley, the case in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.