Salish Sea Curriculum Repository

Items

• History of Lummi Legal Action Against the United States

• "Tjukurpa Time"

• Songlines and Aboriginal Art

  

• Dreamtime and Songlines connection

• Songlines definition

  Colin Jones, lecturer in Aboriginal History, talks about his culture, his history and his art.
  

• Mountain School at Home

  Lessons to download.

• Aquatic Wild Activity Resources

  Created by the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies.

• Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories (6th ed)

• Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest

  Authored by Eugene Kozloff

• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest.

• An Introduction to Intercultural Communication Identities in a Global Community, 8th Ed.

  Library Reserves CMST

• The Lushootseed Peoples of Puget Sound Country

• Art Of Awareness: How Observation Can Transform Your Teaching (2nd ed.)

  Can be accessed in Library Reserves ECED collection.

• Google maps

  Students use this resource to identify geographic features including hydrological features. During their visit to the site, students are encouraged to critically engage with the information shared on a Google map.

• Native Land Digital

  Students use this resource to identify on whose traditional territories their chose site is located, which then guides their research about cultural significance of the site.

• Native American vs. Indian

  Five prominent Natives discuss Native American vs. Indian and other names in this article from Indian Country Media.

• The Impact of Words and Tips for Using Appropriate Terminology: Am I Using the Right Word?

• UBC Indigenous Foundations: Terminology

• A Conversation with Native Americans on Race

  Native Americans challenge their invisibility in society.

• Keystone Species

  A keystone in an arch's crown secures the other stones in place. Keystone species play the same role in many ecological communities by maintaining the structure and integrity of the community.

• Salmon Running the Gauntlet

  

• "Meet the People". Lummi Nation. American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges.

  A unit from the Lummi Nation minisite of the American Indian Responses to Environmental Challenges.

• The Salish Sea Ecosystem

  This map is part of the "Salish Sea Transboundary Ecosystem Indicators: Executive Summary"

• Virtual Exhibits. The Whatcom Museum.

  Selected images from digital collections including works by early photographers of the region, plans by a prominent shipbuilder, curated topical exhibits, and images of key ethnographic, historic, and art objects.

• Whatcom Photo Archives