Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Canada’s Stonehenge

An ancient medicine wheel geoglyph
https://calgaryherald.com/uncategorized/penner-canadas-stonehenge-older-than-many-great-spirit-sites-of-the-world

From the article:

"The ancient medicine wheel — more accurately, it's a geoglyph, which is essentially a man-made design made on the ground with stones or earth — was constructed over the span of a few thousand years. Incredibly, its first stones were placed approximately 5,000 years ago. So, to put this into context, the wheel is 1,000 years older than Stonehenge, 3,500 years older than the Mayan Pyramid of Chichen Itza, 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza. Now, perhaps, you have a clearer picture of what we're dealing with here. In Alberta. Just a couple of hours from Calgary."

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

O Canada - Our Home and Native Land

The national anthem in traditional languages

Why not have students listen to the national anthem in a traditional language? Many First Nations have translated or adapted the words or intent of the song and given it a uniquely "Canadian" flavour.



Cree version:
https://youtu.be/TuUK666l5u4 
https://youtu.be/vSu150kZ0ZU 

Nisga'a
https://youtu.be/4S6aWgygwRU

Mohawk (Cheri Maracle)
https://youtu.be/9hZFCQTBxrA

Ojibwe
https://youtu.be/_Z-GYZmCJR4

Dene
https://youtu.be/j_kD7FeHm8Y

Inuinnaqtun
https://youtu.be/5ofKc20OVPE


Inuktitut

https://youtu.be/QAzoO-0RG5s

Inuvialuktun
https://youtu.be/R4n3ZwCip4s

Mi'kmaq
https://soundcloud.com/mikmaq-confederacy/oh-canada-mastered-dec-817
http://firstnationhelp.com/ali/okanata.php

The story of one school
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/oh-kanata-learning-canadas-national-anthem-mikmaq


also:
11 versions back to back (Indigenous and others) :
https://youtu.be/1jROsqdrLdk

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