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We would like to acknowledge that this resource was created on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation

Gallery - Indigenizing Learning in the Okanagan

GALLERY: INDIGENIZING LEARNING IN THE CENTRAL OKANAGAN

Supporting Documents

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Equity in Action Agreement for Truth & Reconciliation 2020-2025.PNG
equity in action year 2 report.PNG
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RESOURCES

Resources

In order to determine the authenticity of a resource, see FNESC (click here for more information)

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How Food Was Given

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of the Four Food Chiefs.

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Indigenous Plants

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Indigenous plants in our area.

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Water in the Okanagan Valley

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of water and erosion in our area. 

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LAND (tmxʷulaxʷ)

Okanagan Nation Territory

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of the land in the Okanagan Nation Territory.

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Salmon Resources

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of n’titxw (Chief Salmon) and salmon resources.

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Seasonal Changes in the Okanagan

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of seasonal changes and their impact.

Four Food Chiefs & Land
Ethnobotany & Salmon
Water & Seasons
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Okanagan-Syilx captíkʷł (stories)

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Okanagan-Syilx captíkʷł & other literacy connections.

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Indigenous Numeracy

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Indigenous numeracy.

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Two Eyed Seeing

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Indigenous Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

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Indigenous Social Justice

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Decolonization and Indigenous Social Justice.

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Learning On, From & With the Land

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Land Based Learning.

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Residential Schools 

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of residential schools and the local impact.

Literacy & Social Justice
Numeracy & Place Conscious
Science & Residential Schools
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Learning N̓syilxčn̓

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of the N̓syilxčn̓ language.

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Indigenous Medicine Wheel

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of the Indigenous medicine wheel.

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Indigenous Food

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Indigenous foods.

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syilx Okanagan History

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Indigenous history in BC and Canada.

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Métis Resources

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Métis peoples.

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Kindergarten Orientation

Click here to find resources to support your kindergarten orientation.

Language & History
Medicine Wheel & Metis Resources
Food & Kindergarten
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Traditional Indigenous Games

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of traditional Indigenous games.

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Building Collective Knowledge

Click here to find resources to support you to use sharing circles and knowledge building circles.

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Indigenous Fine Arts

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of Indigenous fine arts.

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syilx Okanagan Culture

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of local Indigenous culture.

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Leadership & Government

Click here to find resources to support your exploration of syilx Okanagan leadership and government.

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Panel Conversation

Click here to find a panel conversation between Okanagan Educators who are trying to Indigenize the Curriculum.

Traditional Games & Culture
Being in Circle & Leadeship
Fine Arts & Educator Panel
Books

RESOURCES - BOOKS

Click on the image of the book for more information

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Stories of our Syilx Ways Teacher Guide.
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embers.jpg
Turtle Island.jpg
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Gathering Moss.jpg
Native Science.jpg
Not Extinct.jpg
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Natural Curiosity 2nd Ed - French.JPG
First Fish First People.jpg
Living on the Land.jpg
That Which Gives Us Life.jpg
The Language of Water.jpg
Take the Indian Out of the Child.jpg
Ensouling Our Schools.jpg
We Are Born With the Songs Inside Us.jpg
We Get Our Living Like Milk From The Lan
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The Sharing Circle.jpg
Life Writing and Literary Metissage as a
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Potlatch as Pedagogy.jpg
Seven Fallen Feathers.jpg
Writing Canadas Wrongs.jpg
Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples A
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Write It On  Your Heart.jpg
The Inconvenient Indian.jpg
21 Things You May Not Know About the Ind
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Anchor Texts/Picture Books

ANCHOR TEXTS / PICTURE BOOKS

Books - Where To Find More

WHERE TO FIND MORE BOOKS

Click on the image of the websites below to find more Indigenous resources

Videos

VIDEOS

Indigenizing the Curriculum

Indigenizing the Curriculum

Indigenizing the Curriculum
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Amber Cardenas Okanagan Song

Amber Cardenas Okanagan Song

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The suknaʔqín̓x Okanagan is Beautiful

The suknaʔqín̓x Okanagan is Beautiful

03:07
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Harmony Day 2021 Opening

Harmony Day 2021 Opening

05:23
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Web Resources

WEB RESOURCES

Continuuing Our Learning Journey - Indigenous Education in BC.PNG
Module 1 - BC Context and Assumptions.PNG
Module 2 - Using the First Peoples Principles of Learning.PNG
Module 3 - Authentic Resources and Frequently Asked Questions.PNG
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