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Hide and babiche instructors/teachers

Paula and Monique teach the process of making babiche (rawhide lacings) and preparing hides in the community. They are speaking Dene K’e (North Slavey).  They are one of the eldest Indigenous mentors/educators of the K’ahsho Got’ine Nation, endeavouring to pass on the skills of processing moose hide/caribou hide/beaver hides and making babiche.  Translation by Lucy […]

Paula and Monique teach the process of making babiche (rawhide lacings) and preparing hides in the community. They are speaking Dene K’e (North Slavey).  They are one of the eldest Indigenous mentors/educators of the K’ahsho Got’ine Nation, endeavouring to pass on the skills of processing moose hide/caribou hide/beaver hides and making babiche.  Translation by Lucy Jackson.

Métis Revitalizing Our Culture Program

The MNBC Ministry of Youth and Métis Youth British Columbia (MYBC) offer an annual Revitalizing Our Culture (ROC) youth forum which seeks to enhance their leadership and employment skills.

The annual Métis youth forum, ‘Revitalizing Our Culture (ROC)’ hosted by MNBC Ministry of Youth and Métis Youth British Columbia (MYBC), provides an opportunity for Métis youth, between the ages of 15 and 30, to enhance their leadership and employment skills and to learn more about themselves and their culture. Past workshops have included: An Introduction to Culinary Arts, the FirstHost Tourism Program, Building Skills for Self-Awareness, Managing Conflict, First Aid CPR Level C, Finding Work in the 21st Century, Healthy Eating 101, Miyo Machihowin: Good Health, as well as a variety of cultural workshops like Ask an Elder, bead looming, porcupine quilling, and more.

Teaching Beadwork in Atlantic Canada – Rose Michael

Rose Michael talks about her work teaching beadwork to Indigenous community members in Atlantic Canada.

Rose Michael talks about her work teaching beadwork to Indigenous community members in Atlantic Canada.

Mike Arnouse – Secwepemc Elder

Secwepemc Elder, Mike Arnouse shares the traditional knowledge of his community. He discusses the ways of life of Indigenous peoples before European contact and how colonialism has impacted their ways of life. He shares stories about the significance that the salmon held for his people, the creatures and the land. Mike also talks about his […]

Secwepemc Elder, Mike Arnouse shares the traditional knowledge of his community. He discusses the ways of life of Indigenous peoples before European contact and how colonialism has impacted their ways of life. He shares stories about the significance that the salmon held for his people, the creatures and the land. Mike also talks about his hope that efforts will be made to keep the traditions and cultural practices alive in the generations to come.

Empowering Native Indigenous Tribes (ENIT) Through Cognitive Experiential Immersion

Roger White Jr. leads the Empowering Native Indigenous Tribes (ENIT) project, which aims to create awareness about different approaches to experiential learning.

Roger White Jr., otherwise known by his Assiniboine name, “Little Eagle”, teaches Native American Studies at Frazer High School in Frazer, Montana. Prior to teaching he worked at the Native Children’s Trauma Centre at the University of Montana. During this work, he learned that Western approaches to treating children’s trauma often had minimal impact on Indigenous children. He decided to look into what Indigenous children needed and he began logging qualitative data on behaviour and competency of Indigenous children. The insights from the data combined with learning about Total Physical Response (TPR), a method of teaching language that coordinates language with physical movements such as hand signs, led to the creation of a project called, Empowering Native Indigenous Tribes (ENIT). Roger White Jr. believes that it is the experiential component of education that causes a long lasting memory. The focus of ENIT’s work is around cognitive experiential immersion and this concept of learning by experience can be implemented by different approaches – TPR is an example.

Language is Our Spirituality – Our Way of Life

Elder Coordinator and Cree Language Interpreter, Clarence Whitstone speaks on the importance of the Cree Language.

The First Nations University of Canada’s Elder’s Council Coordinator and Cree Language Interpreter, Clarence Whitstone, of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, shares information on the work he does on educating the public about Indigenous topics such as: the Frog Lake Massacre, treaties, residential schools, and languages from the First Nations perspective. Whitstone has over twelve years of proven translation services experience. Whitstone maintains that language and culture can’t be separated and must be preserved for our future generations. First Nations language must be used in all of our ceremonies, cultures and traditions. Language is our spirituality – our way of life.

Niiwin Nodin – Learning That Connection

The education of your own people teaches you differently in all aspects.

The education of your own people teaches you differently in all aspects.

Cheryl Recollet – Indigenous Environmental Learning

Aboriginal Environmental Leadership Circle aims to promote and enhance environmental management in Indigenous communities.

Aboriginal Environmental Leadership Circle aims to promote and enhance environmental management in Indigenous communities.