Nootka Sound in Harmony: Aboriginal Connections

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To coincide with the 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages, we have released NOOTKA SOUND IN HARMONY: Aboriginal Connections. We are grateful for the support and permissions of the Cultural Resource Centre committee and Chief Jerry Jack of the Mowachaht/Muchalahat First Nation in Tsaxana, BC. Metis author, Spencer Sheehan-Kalina, uses poetry to highlight the beauty of the Nootka Sound and the animals that live there, with Aboriginal connections to the poem's content. Learn all about the traditional harvesting of the land plants and sea life by Nootka Sound's Indigenous people the Mowachaht/Muchalaht. 
In addition, young readers will learn the Indigenous words of the animals that live in the Nootka Sound area. The Aboriginal connections in this children's book aligns with the BC curricular competencies of kindergarten to grade 3.  The stunning illustrations are done by Vancouver Island artist, Kim Nixon. 
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​Sample page for Aboriginal Connections below.
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​Aboriginal Connection online resource:  
Nuu-chah-nulth Language- To learn how to pronounce, in Nuu-chah-nulth, the names of the animals in Nootka Sound- click on the First Voices logo >>
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For more on the year of Indigenous Languages see: 
​https://en.iyil2019.org/
BC Curriculum Content- Science : 
​Students are expected to know the following:
 Kindergarten
  • local First Peoples uses of plants and animals (e.g., local berries or food, plants and animals, conservation of resources)
Grade 1
  • behavioural adaptations of animals in the local environment
  • local First Peoples knowledge of the local landscape, plants and animals
Grade 2
  • First Peoples use of their knowledge: stewardship: sustainably gathering plants and hunting/fishing in response to seasons and animal migration patterns 
Grade 3
  • the knowledge of local First Peoples: the interconnection between living and non-living things in the local environment; our shared responsibility to care for the local environment (i.e., stewardship); information shared from the local First Peoples community and Elders
BC Curriculum Content-Social Studies: 
Students are expected to know the following:
Kindergarten 
  • people, places, and events in the local community, and in local First Peoples communities
Grade 1 
  • diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives within the local and other communities
​Grade 2 
  • diverse characteristics of communities and cultures in Canada and around the world, including at least one Canadian First Peoples community and culture
Grade 3 
  • cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples and global indigenous peoples
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​Below are two more sample pages from Nootka Sound in Harmony- Aboriginal Connections. 
Indigenous resources online from Vancouver Island school districts:  
Vancouver Island West -SD 84
http://www.sd84.bc.ca/aboriginal-education-sd84
​Comox School District- SD 71
http://www3.sd71.bc.ca/School/abed/resources/teacher/Pages/default.aspx
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Alberni School District- SD 70 
https://www.sd70.bc.ca/School/abed/Resources/Pages/default.aspx
Traditional nuu-chah-nulth food harvesting and preparation by Native Studies Programme School District No. 70 (Alberni)
http://www.guidethewildside.com/resource/Foods-Curr-1.pdf
Aboriginal Connection online resource: Meet a local legend: The Salmon
We welcome inquiries: 
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Publisher-
Lori Shwydky ​
​Assoc. Publisher-
​Cheryl Ann Kelly
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