Uncovering UBC’s Hidden History

A commitment to increase engagement & educational opportunities for FNMI peoples

http://trekmagazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2015/fall-2015/features/uncovering-ubcs-hidden-history/

"....In addition to many long‑standing programs, UBC has formed an Aboriginal strategic plan, has one of the largest contingents of indigenous professors on permanent appointments at any research‑intensive university, and has increased Aboriginal enrolment to more than a thousand students."

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Aboriginal presence - all around us

While walking from Granville Island towards Terra Breads around False Creek, my wife and I came across this beautiful welcoming pole - with no inscription or explanation - a silent witness to the historic presence of the Coast Salish people.

BCTF Project of Heart eBook

Illuminating the history of Indian Residential Schools in BC

http://bctf.ca/hiddenhistory/

(online ebook and downlaodable PDF)

This resource is useful for building background and context for BC teachers on this topic, and selected pages could be used with high school students.

"This eBook is intended to be an interactive resource leading educators from the story to the 'back story' utilizing links on each page to offer related resources. Throughout this book you will find Project of Heart tiles with an 'aura' which indicates that this is a link. Click on each of these tiles to find additional resources including films, videos, documents, articles, activities and more."

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Principes d'apprentissage

I am happy to have had a hand in the French translation of the the First People's Principles of Learning. Carl Ruest and myself translated the principles with the permission of FNESC. This allows Immersion and Francophone programs here in BC to use them in class.

Goat Island cultural experience

Visitors to Eskasoni's Goat Island learn about Mi'kmaq culture

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1316422-visitors-flock-to-eskasoni's-goat-island-to-learn-about-mi'kmaq-culture

"Mi'kmaq cultural tours on Goat Island have been operating for only three years, but they have already become so popular that organizers have extended the season into mid-November this year, two weeks past the end of the cruise ship season..."

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Glooscap Stories and other Mi'kmaq Legends and Myths

Tell me a story

http://www.native-languages.org/mikmaq-legends.htm

A collection of Mi'kmaq folktales and traditional stories that can be read online.

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The people of Mi'kma'ki - a short history lesson

The Mi'kmaq Of Eastern Canada - Who We Are

by Trudy Sable and Julia Sable

http://www.native-dance.ca/index.php/Mi'kmaq/Who_We_Are

A short overview of the people and the land

"According to archaelogical evidence, the Mi'kmaq people have lived in their homeland for approximately ten thousand years. The region they called Mi'kma'ki included what is now Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, the north shore of New Brunswick and inland to the Saint John River watershed, eastern Maine, and part of Newfoundland, including the islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence as well as St. Pierre and Miquelon...."

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Ta’n Weji-sqalia’tiek | Mi’kmaw Place Names

Grown from the ancient landscape of Mi'kma'ki

http://mikmawplacenames.ca/

http://sparc.smu.ca/mpnmap/

"Ta'n Weji-sqalia'tiek: Mi'kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas and Web Site was created to raise awareness of the deep connection the Mi'kmaq have to the landscape of Eastern Canada they call Mi'kma'ki, the place of the Mi'kmaq. Mi'kmaw presence has been continuous for approximately 13,000 years, and continues to the present day, as can be seen by the place names and archaeological information presented throughout this site."

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Mi’kmaq Cultural Showcase to pay tribute to musician

A talented singer and musician

http://kukukwes.com/2015/09/30/mikmaq-cultural-showcase-to-pay-tribute-to-late-steve-martin/

"At the Mi'kmaq Treaty Day celebrations September 30th, the Mi'kmaq Cultural Showcase which will pay tribute to musician, Steve Martin, who passed away in June. Martin, 60, was from the Waycobah First Nation located on Cape Breton Island. He was the main singer and guitarist for the band, Silver Moon, that played at various venues throughout the island."

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Catalogues of Culture - Wade Davis

What we lose ignoring traditional cultures

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/ideas_20150923_43009.mp3

"In the Milton K. Wong Lecture, anthropologist Wade Davis explores some of the diversity of human culture, and considers what knowledge and expertise we lose by obliterating, or at best ignoring, traditional cultures." (mp3 download of Ideas podcast episode.)

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