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Digital resources

Currently, Aboriginal Services does not review DVD's for our resource collection. There are resources available online and the Helping Teachers for Aboriginal Services will try and list some of the appropriate resources here. Like any resource, teachers are reminded to preview it before sharing it with students.
Indigenous Education Resource Inventory - links and resource suggestions compiled by the Ministry of Education to support Indigenous perspectives in the curriculum. 
Indigenous Ed Resources

3D Printing Ideas

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Make math manipulatives using your 3D printer.  Students at Bothwell, with support from Bea Sayson designed these shapes.   Download the files to make your own.

File number one G-Code File (copy and paste)

​OR

File number two - STL Model File (download and import into Tinkering Suite)


I am hoping these work for you.  They are the STL files.  They are individual files.  

Circle

Ovoid outline

Ovoid solid

Trigon

​Trigon solid

U Shape outline

Crescent shape will follow shortly.  


A big thank you to Eric Banks who made this tutorial.  I think it will help those of you who had trouble.  He explains how to import the G-files into  .... I will let him explain it in this short video!  https://vimeo.com/397028351 https://pic.twitter.com/dXwXzMYqvB



Hakai Magazine articles and vidoes

The following videos were mentioned in the Hakai Magazine - Coast Science and Societies. Teachers, you can subscribe to this incredible resource for free. Go to their website to view other resources (look under topics).
  • Traditional knowledge meets Western science on the central coast of British Columbia - 6000 Year old Village
  • Wall Worth Building - Making Clam Habitat Great Again

Photo Essays from Hakia Magazine - Coast Science and Societies
  • The Great Quake and the Great Drowning
  • Archaeological Find Puts Humans in North America 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
  • Two Sides one Mask​

Métis Videos

  • Proud to Be Métis by David Bouchard - collection of poems - MP3
  • Métis Dances for Instruction - PDF - lots of links!

Videos - various topics


  • First Salmon Ceremony - Chilliwack
  • Lummi FN Salmon Ceremony 
  • CBC Radio adds a new 2 minute video regularly.  Here is a link to their website where they post their videos.    Click here
  • INAC has a video channel on Youtube.  This introductory video relates to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.  Subscribe to their channel for more videos.
  • 17 Beautiful Indigenous Comic Books and Video Games - a link from CBC Indigenous
  • The Elders Are Watching - Roy Henry Vickers - quicktime movie!  
  • AMAZING videos related to the sacred relationship we have with water.  Science teachers, here are some of the titles:   sacred relationship, creation story, people of the land, eco despair, ceremony and identity, tea of life, rubber boots ... This is from www.sarcredrelation.ca    Amazing sample lesson plan too!
  • Willie Seymour: How I become a Long House Speaker
  • Discovering the Secret Path - Resources for the classroom
  • Learning to tan moose hide the Cree way
  • Secwepemc Narrated silent film- The Shuswap Indians of BC
  • Shuswap summer homes - Mary Thomas
  • Smoking Salmon - older film but very interesting
  • Smoking salmon - longer video but talks about honouring the salmon, salmon people and more
  • History of Dance (Metis Jigging, pow wow and more)
  • Story of Cedar, Cedar Hat Weaving & Bark Pulling Cowichan Coast Salish - Cowichan
  • Little Shuswap Band making a dugout canoe - their FB page has many other interesting videos too.
  • Interesting video that looks at three projects that support Aboriginal communities moving forward. Active Measures(AM) initiative is designed to support First Nations moving from a passive income assistance environment towards the job market. It can include skills development, counselling, job searching support etc. The initiative, developed by Indian and Northern Affairs with direction and input from the First Nations Social Development Society(FNSDS), brings Federal, regional (Provincial) and First Nations partners to the table.
  • Woman Who Returns Home. Heather didn't know she was Haida until she was 16. Now, she's returning to Haida Gwaii to join her clan and receive her Haida name. 
  • Star Above the Bowl of the Moon - Understanding Hobiiyee 
  • You Are Not The Indian I Had In Mind
  • Understanding Aboriginal Identity    ****
  • Aboriginal Anthropologist Changing History - video and article from Vancouver Sun
  • Four podcasts relating to the work of Roy Henry Vickers.  
  • Seven Stories Teachings and Laws
  • Totem Recall: One Chief's Mission to Reclaim the Past (Roy Henry Vickers) 
  • GCIndigenous - AANDC videos 
  • The Mountain of SGaana - In The Mountain of SGaana, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter spins a magical tale of a young man who is stolen away to the spirit world, and the young woman who rescues him. The film brilliantly combines traditional animation with formal elements of Haida art, and is based on a story inspired by a old Haida fable.
  • SHIFT - SHIFT is a half hour documentary about a group of indigenous youth who spent 10 years converting traditional trails around their hometown of Carcross, Yukon into a world-class mountain biking destination – and are transforming their community and themselves along the way. 
  • http://bit.ly/4Canoes :Canoe Kids (4Canoes) is a magazine-format resource that seeks to provide accurate and appropriate information to children, adults and educators about Indigenous People.  Three issues are currently available in digital format. (Ojibwe, Haida and Mi’kmaq) Up to 10% can be printed for classroom use, or browse the complete issue on an iPad or desktop.

The Button Blanket


View this amazing video  featuring Mia Hunt talking about her journey teaching people how to make button blankets . "Healing Journey One Button At a Time"

A great article about the button blanket!


First Salmon Ceremony

  • Video describing the First Salmon Ceremony from SFU
  • Salmon Dance at First Salmon Ceremony - Chilliwack
  • First Salmon Ceremony from Squaxin Island Tribe
  • First Salmon Ceremony - Kwantlen First Nation​
  • How the Salmon Came to the Squamish People - This is from CBC Indigenous and opens in Facebook

Chief Robert Joseph 

  • Part 1: Culture and Ancestry
  • Part 2: Residential School Experience
  • Part 3:  Reconciliation

Great Bear Sea Curriculum - for elementary and Secondary

This link includes curriculum guides for elementary and secondary grades.  Amazing videos are also included.

Cool Apps

My Garden Answers
Description:  Garden Answers is the revolutionary plant identification app that instantly identifies over 20,000 plants and gives you accurate and detailed information about it.
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Vancouver Trees by UBC
Description
Vancouver Trees is a mobile app that describes commonly cultivated trees in the Metro Vancouver area

Websites - multimedia

A Journey From Time Immemorial - English and French:  
Description:  A Journey into Time Immemorial' is based on the story of Xá:ytem Longhouse in Mission BC in the Fraser Valley just east of Vancouver BC

An Introduction to the Secwepemc Nation 
Description:   This is a fabulous multimedia site that includes information related to language, songs, origin stories, village life and so much more.  

Photos and powerpoints from Tree Of Life Kit

Powerpoint about tools from Xay:tem  

Same powerpoint of tools from Xay:tem but with audio

A book about the Importance of cedar based on Hilary Stewarts book 'Cedar'

Fishing Tools

Making a drum

Surrey School District, Surrey, BC

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