"Discovering Our Story" TV - indigenous elders, storytellers and cultural leaders

Wisdom of the Elders

http://discoveringourstory.wisdomoftheelders.org/dostv

"Wisdom of the Elders (WISDOM) created this television series in response to misrepresentation of Native Americans and our history in the media. Hollywood, including popular Disney films like Pocahontas and Peter Pan, perpetuates images of Indians as threatening aggressors, alcoholics, a dying or 'vanishing' culture, or as passive, wise sages. Rarely are Native people portrayed within healthy and resilient multi-generational families. This generates confusing, negative impressions in the minds of Native Americans and others.

"WISDOM produces Discovering Our Story at Portland Community Media. And with funding provided by Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, as well as the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), promotes opportunities for intergenerational Native teams to train as volunteers in videography, post-production editing, and studio production. Each episode features video segments of local and regional storytellers and cultural leaders, and discussion with special guests from the Native community.

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Michif Tools - The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture

A variety of Michif resources 

http://www.metismuseum.ca/michif_tools.php

"Michif is the endangered orally-based language of the Métis people. Perhaps only 5-10% of the population are able to speak the language, with the majority being elders. The Gabriel Dumont Institute's mandate is to promote and preserve Métis culture, and therefore has been developing resources that allow people to hear and read the language. Since Michif is an oral language, no standard orthography exists. As a result, the Institute recognizes the spelling conventions of Michif experts, such as Norman Fleury."

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Indigenous Knowledge Portal

First Nations Child & Family Caring Society

https://fncaringsociety.com/ikp

"Indigenous Knowledge Portal (IKP) is a searchable database and related links that provides access to a variety of annotated literature reviews, reports, guides, films, booklets, studies, journal articles and presentations all related to Aboriginal children and families in Canada and similar countries." 

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Indigenous cinema at the NFB

Indigenous perspectives on Canadian realities

https://www.nfb.ca/indigenous-cinema/

"In creating this online destination, our goal was to make it easier for audiences to find films that present Indigenous perspectives on Canadian realities. The site includes biographies for each of the directors and allows users to search for films by the nation/people of the director or the nation/people depicted in the film. Our educational team has also created curated playlists for different age levels."

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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