Legacy of Hope Foundation Resources

Activity Guides from Legacy of Hope

The LHF has many bilingual resources available to educators, students, and researchers. as well as a full suite of workshop guides providing culturally-infused activities relating to aspects of the Residential School System. See links below.

 

Hope and Healing

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Hope-Healing-2014_web.pdf

Espoir et guérison

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/e-g-2014-min.pdf

 

We Were so Far Away

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WWSFA-Guide-Digital.compressed.pdf

Nous étions si loin

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/NESL-Guide-Digital.compressed.pdf

 

Bi-Giwen: Coming Home: Truth-Telling from the Sixties Scoop

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bi-Giwen-Coming-Home-V1.5-LR.compressed.pdf

 

Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Forgotten-booklet_web.pdf

Les oubliés: L'expérience des Métis dans les pensionnats

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/les-oublies-guide-d-l-atelier-2-min.pdf

 

Tebatchimowin (Eng)

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Tebatchomowin_Guide_2014_web.pdf

Tebatchimowin (FR)

http://legacyofhope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Tebatchimowin_Guide_dactivities_web.pdf

 

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Information relating to the study of SENCOTEN

Straight Salish Language study

http://web.uvic.ca/~werle/str/181/

Looking to learn more about the traditional language spoken by Straight Salish people? This page points to resources developed for "Linguistics 181: Introductory Linguistics for Language Revitalization, with a focus on the SENĆOŦEN (Saanich) language" out of UVic.

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Anthropology students dig deep in the pursuit of knowledge near Mount Currie

The home of the Lil'wat Nation for more than 5,500 years.https://blog.douglascollege.ca/2018/10/18/anthropology-students-dig-deep-in-the-pursuit-of-knowledge/

An interesting article that underlines the historic presence of First Peoples here in the Pemberton region. Compare this dig with the 5,500-year-old Berkshire site that is one of the earliest known examples of monument-building in Britain. The timeline is the same.(https://dailym.ai/2JICSSY)

"A group of Douglas College Anthropology students uncovered a love for archeology last summer through a unique field trip that provided valuable evidence to support the oral history of the Lil'wat Nation.

"Organized by Douglas Anthropology instructor and archeologist Bill Angelbeck, the hands-on project saw three Douglas students visit the site of an ancient village of the Lil'wat people in the Pemberton and Mount Currie region.

A traditional winter village, the site contains the remnants of at least 13 pithouses and numerous cache pits, which were smaller pits used for storing smoked and dried salmon. The pithouses were round homes built partially underground to reserve heat during the Winter. Because of this, they leave a prominent circular depression eight to 15 metres across that is noticeable to archeologists. The village is estimated to be approximately 2,000 years old, though samples from a base camp in the area indicate the territory was home to the Lil'wat Nation for much longer – more than 5,500 years....

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Wildfire destruction leads to re-discovery of ancient Indigenous sites in B.C.

Found artifacts conclusively dated to 6,500 to 7,000 years ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elephant-hill-wildfire-1.4861022

"The Skeetchestn Indian Band, a First Nation whose traditional territory is located west of Kamloops has had parts of their territory near Cache Creek burned in the massive fire. As a result of sites uncovered by the fire, the search has yielded artifacts conclusively dated to 6,500 to 7,000 years ago and some might be as old as 10,000 years old which are a valuable part of Skeetchestn's cultural heritage."

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The Sto:lo Year

Months and Seasons in Halq'emeylem

http://www.coqualeetza.com/

Read about the names for months and seasons :

"The Sto:lo year follows the lunar year.  The dates change from year to year.  Before the coming of the white man the Sto:lo people of the Fraser Valley had names for the months and the seasons.  In Upper Sto:lo dialects of the Halq'emeylem Language the year, syilolem, began around the month of October.  Fall was called temhilalxw, winter was temxeytl' - cold time, spring was temqw'iles -  time for things to come up, and summer was temkw'okw'es - hot time...."

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Daily Organizer - to support your wellness journey

Support to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle

http://www.fnha.ca/wellnesscontent/wellness/wellness_diary.pdf

"As a Health and Wellness Partner to First Nations individuals, families and communities in BC, the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has created this Daily Organizer, to support community members to achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. We are all on an individual wellness journey. On your journey, keep health and wellness in mind as you plan your daily, weekly and monthly activities. ... What Goals would you like to achieve this year in terms of your personal health and wellness? ...  A great way to set goals in these areas is to ask yourself what you would like to achieve this year in terms of your physical activity, healthy eating, nurturing spirit, and respectful tobacco use? ... use the journal pages every day to monitor your goals and reflect on any changes you need to make in order to further support your success."

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"What is Orange Shirt Day?" via CBC Kids

OSD explained for kids

https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/what-is-orange-shirt-day

CBC Kids creates a page to explain Orange Shirt Day and introduce residential schools.

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Architecture of the Salish Sea

"How the people lived."

http://fitchfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FITCH_Christina-Wallace_final_web.pdf

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

http://www.glenbow.org/media/coast_full_package.pdf

"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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The Northwest’s Earliest “Garden” Discovered in British Columbia

Evidence of First Peoples cultivating wild foods

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/northwests-earliest-garden-discovered-british-columbia-180961560/

"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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