OSD explained for kids
CBC Kids creates a page to explain Orange Shirt Day and introduce residential schools.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018
"What is Orange Shirt Day?" via CBC Kids
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Architecture of the Salish Sea
"How the people lived."
A fascinating overview of the architecture of Coast Salish peoples.
"The Salish ... constructed and lived in what were once the largest structures in North America. These Native peoples inhabited this Pacific Northwest location since the end of the Ice Age, and relied on the bounty of natural resources to sustain their relatively peaceful lives. The Salish Sea was home to thousands of Natives, identified as tribes in the United States, and as First Nations in Canada. They thrived due to the existence and abundance of two primary resources: salmon for food, and cedar trees for shelter. This shelter consisted of immense houses, constructed entirely out of wood. It was a simple structure, with a rectangular floor plan, plank walls and a shed roof. This shed roof, plank house structure was the most prevalent shelter constructed by the Natives in the entire Salish Sea area, and existed in every village."
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THE COAST SALISH: CONNECTING ART, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADITIONS
The traditional way of life of the Coast Salish people
"This educator's package presents the traditional way of life of the Coast Salish people. The information encourages students to examine artifacts from the Glenbow Museum's collection and connects them to other cultures, communities and environments from within Canada."
Included in this guide are:
- Information on the Coast Salish people including high-resolution photographs artifacts, archival photographs and essays.
- Lesson plans including discussions for looking at primary sources, curriculum connections and lesson plans for a variety of ages and abilities.
- Detailed listing of vocabulary and concepts.
- Suggested sources for further research and other information.
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Friday, September 14, 2018
The Northwest’s Earliest “Garden” Discovered in British Columbia
Evidence of First Peoples cultivating wild foods
"According to Geordon Omand of the Canadian Press, road building crews near Pitt Meadows, about 20 miles from Vancouver, came upon a 450-square-foot platform made of flat stones packed tightly into single and double layers. Archeologists called in to assess the site determined that it was a wetland wapato garden. In the past, the area was covered in shallow water and silt. The stone platform was constructed to prevent the tubers from rooting too deep, making it easier to pull them out of the muck."Lizzie Wade at Science reports that researchers pulled up 4,000 wapato tubers from the platform, as well as pieces of 150 wooden digging tools, carved into shapes similar to a trowel. Those materials were dated to around 1,800 BC making the site roughly 3,800 years old and the oldest evidence of people cultivating wild foods in that area of North America.
By the way, this is at about the same time as Amenemhet III was Pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. His reign is regarded as the golden age of the Middle Kingdom. It is also around the time that the horse was domesticated. And the beginning of alphabetic writing (as opposed to hieroglyphs),
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