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If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden: A Teacher's Guide
This study guide offers questions, activities and curriculum connections to accompany the storybook "If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden".
More About This Resource If You Want to Visit a Sea Garden: A Teacher's GuideMétis Strong Stories Series: Pemmican Berries by Leah Marie Dorion
This children's book focuses on the Métis' connection to pemmican.
More About This Resource Métis Strong Stories Series: Pemmican Berries by Leah Marie DorionLet’s Go! A Harvest Story by Hannah Lindoff
Let's Go! is a children's story that teaches about subsistence harvesting activities of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian of Southeast Alaska.
More About This Resource Let’s Go! A Harvest Story by Hannah LindoffThe Salmon Run by Clayton Gauthier
This story revolves around the journey of a female salmon who swims to her birth location in order to spawn or lay her eggs for the future generation and the Carrier families and children.
More About This Resource The Salmon Run by Clayton GauthierStrong Stories Dakelh: Berries of the Dakelh Territory by Cecelia John
Berries of the Dakelh Territory is written by Cecelia John from Saik’uz First Nation.
More About This Resource Strong Stories Dakelh: Berries of the Dakelh Territory by Cecelia JohnStrong Stories Dakelh: Berry picking with ‘Atsoo by Cecelia John
Berry Picking with ‘Atsoo is written by Cecelia John from Saik’uz First Nation.
More About This Resource Strong Stories Dakelh: Berry picking with ‘Atsoo by Cecelia JohnOolichan Moon by Samantha Beynon
This is a beautifully illustrated children’s book about passing down Traditional Knowledge from Nisga'a Elders to children and the sacredness of traditional foods.
More About This Resource Oolichan Moon by Samantha BeynonThe Sockeye Mother- Mothers of Xsan by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)
To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home.
More About This Resource The Sockeye Mother- Mothers of Xsan by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)If You Want to Visit A Sea Garden by Kay Weisman
This lyrical story follows a young child and an older family member who set out to visit a sea garden early one morning, as the lowest tides often occur at dawn.
More About This Resource If You Want to Visit A Sea Garden by Kay WeismanA Day with Yayah by Nicola I. Campbell
Set in the Okanagon, BC, a First Nations family goes on an outing to forage for herbs and mushrooms. Grandmother passes down her knowledge of plant life to her young grandchildren.
More About This Resource A Day with Yayah by Nicola I. CampbellI Can't Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam by Bernelda Wheeler
This beloved Indigenous classic begins when a little boy asks, “Mom, can I have some bannock?” Despite having all the ingredients, Mom can’t make bannock.
More About This Resource I Can't Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam by Bernelda WheelerBraiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
With informative sidebars, reflection questions, and art from illustrator Nicole Neidhardt, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults brings Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.
More About This Resource Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer