Salish Sea Curriculum Repository

6 item sets

330 items

• Geology of Seattle and the Puget Sound
• Greater Victoria School District Indigenous Education Department
  The purpose of the IED is to prioritize improved educational outcomes for Indigenous learners by promoting practices informed by Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing.
• GRuB
  Vimeo profile for the nonprofit organization GRuB (Garden-Raised Bounty) who brings people together with food and agriculture and creates partnerships with youth and people with low-incomes for empowering individual & community food solutions.
• Guerin Case
  Indigenous Foundations at the University of British Columbia presents information on the Supreme Court of Canada R v. Guerin [1984] decision. It discusses the Canadian government’s fiduciary duty (a trust-like relationship) to First Nations, Aboriginal rights, and Aboriginal title.
• Gulf Islands Ecosystem Communtiy Atlas
  An atlas about the Gulf Islands in B.C. containing maps, charts, and information about their physical environment, ecosystems, and cultural issues, published by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. It seeks to promote the ecological health of the four national parks on the Gulf Islands by serving as a resource for local policy development and land use.
• Hawai'i Non-Linear Conversation with Chris Leong, Dominic Leong, Sean Connelly and Sanford Kwinter
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architecture Lecture Series presents a Research Studio conversation about the empowerment of Indigenous Hawaiian Knowledge and the ecological devastation and racial injustices of U.S. settler colonialism. Hawai’i Non-Linear connects the lifestyle of Indigenous Knowledge to architecture.
• He taught for 10 years without pay: John Craven Jones, Salt Spring Island’s First Teacher
  In the mid-to-late-1800s, integrated schools on Salt Spring Island, B.C. held student bodies of Indigenous, Black, and White children. This article tells how John Craven Jones founded and taught at these schools, with no funding for the first ten years.
• Heat Wave Spread Fire That ‘Erased’ Canadian Town
  New York Times article exploring the heat wave in Lytton, British Columbia, 2021. Record-breaking temperatures of 121 degrees ignited a fire that destroyed 90 percent of the town.
• Historical Indigenous land-use explains plant functional trait diversity
  Journal article from Ecology and Society about a systematic study of the impact of Indigenous land-use legacies on plant functional diversity in Pacific Northwest forest garden ecosystems.
• History of Commercial Logging
  Chapter of British Columbia in a Global Context, discussing the history of commercial logging in B.C. The chapter talks about how logging contributed to the building of roads, railroads, and other infrastructure and how that shaped B.C's physical and economic landscape.
• Homecoming: Restoring A River
  
  Film by American Rivers about the removal of Washington’s Middle Fork Nooksack dam, which blocked fish habitat and impacted local tribes. It also mentions other dam removal projects and river restoration with support of American Rivers and local communities.
• Honouring earth
  An article about a comprehensive study (the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study or FNFNES) by the Assembly of First Nations, University of Ottawa, and Université de Montréal on levels of food insecurity in First Nations communities. The research explains how environmental degradation diminishes access to traditional foods, which impacts the health of First Nations individuals, and how there is an urgent need for policy to address these issues.
• Hostile Waters: Orcas in Peril
  The Seattle Times story series on the struggle of northern and southern resident killer whales (orcas) in the Puget Sound. Articles discuss salmon decline, the impact of ships, climate change, and other human impacts on orca population.
• How Mount Rainier will tell us when it’s going to blow
  Podcast episode about recording seismic signals coming from Mount Rainier, and how this data might help geologists forecast its eruption.
• How Nettle Saved the People
  
  Northwest Indian College Institute of Indigenous Foods and Traditions presents a traditional story told by storyteller Roger Fernandes (Lower Elwha) about a man’s dreams about the gathering of nettle to help his people.
• How societies remember
• How to Read a Scholarly Article
  
  Video workshop on how to identify peer reviewed scholarly articles, common sections in science and social science research, a note on humanities research, and reading strategies.
• How to Read an Academic Paper
  
  Informational video introducing students to the techniques involved in reading scholarly literature and extracting information quickly. It discusses reading through papers in three passes and questions to ask while reading.
• How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes
  Article about how individuals can prepare for the major earthquake projected to occur on the Cascadia subduction zone. Recommendations include bolting homes to foundations, creating earthquake kits, and making exit plans.
• ‎How to Survive the End of the World
  Podcast series by Autumn Brown and adrienne maree brown, who are writers, activists, and facilitators. The podcast focuses on community practices and learning in the midst of endings and apocalypse.
• Howe Sound designated a UNESCO biosphere region
  Article celebrating the recognition of the Howe Sound area as Canada’s 19th biosphere by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, an effort that was five years in the making.
• Imagine if Toronto were reclaimed by nature
  
  Video introducing the Indigenous futurism virtual reality experience by Filmmaker Lisa Jackson and 3D Artist Mathew Borrett. Biidaaban: First Light reflects on systems of governance as it imagines a future Toronto through the languages Wendat, Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) and Anishinaabe (Ojibway).
• Indian treaty history: A subject for agile minds
• Indigenous Activists Say the Legacy Of Colonialism Has Limited Their Access To COP-26
  
  National Public Radio presents a podcast episode about Indigenous youth activists at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Indigenous activists from around the world talk about the impacts of colonialism on the lack of access to the conference.
• Indigenous Climate Change Studies: Indigenizing Futures, Decolonizing the Anthropocene
  English Language Notes research article about Indigenous and allied scholars, knowledge keepers, scientists, learners, change-makers, and leaders building a field and plans to address human-caused climate change.
• Indigenous community health and climate change: Integrating biophysical and social science indicators
• Indigenous Epistemologies and Pedagogies
  
  A guidebook by Royal Roads University and University of Victoria supporting the Indigenization of post-secondary education, particularly in British Columbia. It emphasizes the importance of decolonization, reconciliation, and cultural safety in creating equitable learning environments.
• Indigenous Health Indicators
  A website by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community that describes a number of Indigenous Health Indicators, such as community connection, traditional education, cultural use, and more.
• Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Climate
  
  Nancy Turner, an ethnobotanist and professor, presents at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series. She talks about environmental change, incorporating Indigenous Environmental Knowledge systems into decision-making, and biocultural diversity.
• Indigenous relations: Insights, tips & suggestions to make reconciliation a reality
• Indigenous Time Travel
  Video of discussion with Susan Blight and Peter Morin about spatial knowledge, thinking beyond decolonization, expansiveness, and kinship.
• Interview with Peter Morin
  
  Peter Morin, a Tahltan Nation artist and curator, discusses the anthropological museum space, experience working with the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, the polemics of art institutions, the gallery space, racism and microaggression, Indigenous power in the museum space, and Tahltan knowledge.
• Introducing Salish Sea Wild
  
  The SeaDoc Society Science Director Joe Gaydos presents a trailer for Salish Sea Wild, a documentary series on the places, people, and marine wildlife of the Salish Sea. Episodes feature scientists and their work with Salish Sea wildlife.
• Introduction to Mount Baker and the Nooksack River Watershed
  Section in Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources about the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork Nooksack River, and glacier runoff and retreat on Mount Baker.
• Introduction to the Salish Sea - Week 10
  A slide show used to teach a class in the Introduction to the Salish Sea course at Western Washington University. Contains teaching materials about residential schools, Robert Banks Terminal 2, and consent of Indigenous peoples. Also contains an overview of a 3-week module about climate change, justice, and the future of the Salish Sea.
• Introduction to the Salish Sea - Week 8
  A slide show used to teach a class in the Introduction to the Salish Sea course at Western Washington University. Discusses orcas and pollution, and includes embedded videos, small group activities, and a variety of maps. Also contains an overview of a 3-week module about climate change, justice, and the future of the Salish Sea.
• Introduction to the Salish Sea: Pilot course spring 2019
• Islands in the Salish Sea: A Community Atlas
  
  Book mapping the most beloved places in the Salish Sea, created by a diverse group of collaborators across the Salish Sea. Maps range from fishing spots and ancient First Nations sites to bird migration and heritage orchids.
• June 2021 heat dome created mass mussel mortality in the Salish Sea
  
  Video about the 2021 heat wave’s effect on intertidal creatures through the Strait of Georgia and the Salish Sea. Researcher from University of British Columbia’s Harley Lab collects data on living and dead mussels in Davis Bay.
• Kelp - Powerpoint Lecture
  
  Marine ecologist Marco Hatch (Samish) lectures about kelp forests in the Salish Sea. He focuses on the characteristics, life stages, role, distribution, and restoration of two species: bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) and giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).
• Knowing, Connecting, and Protecting the Salish Sea
  
  Science director for SeaDoc Society, a marine conservation program, presents at the Western Washington University College of the Environment (previously Huxley) Speaker Series. Gaydos talks about impacts of human-caused changes on Salish Sea species and the importance of public awareness and education about the Salish Sea to address issues.
• Kwakiutl Protest
  Article shares a series of photographs and stories from the Kwakiut protests that occurred after a breach of the 1851 Douglas Treaty was made when the B.C. government and Western Forest Product made an illegal land deal. The article discusses the rich history of the Kwakiutl and their demands going forward.
• Kwakwaka'wakw
  Webpage on the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples’ tribes, history, language (Kwak´wala), cultures, fisheries, traditional foods, and territory (on and around what is now called northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada).
• Kwakwaka'wakw "Clam Gardens": Motive and Agency in Traditional Northwest Coast Mariculture
  Human ecology journal article explores clam garden management techniques as a form of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Based on accounts from Kwakwaka'wakw Clan Chief Kwaxistalla Adam Dick, trained in these techniques by elders, the article discusses activities, motivations, and outcomes of clam gardens.
• Land
  Book section from Native Studies Keywords examining the perspectives and history of the term and concept of “land” in Native American studies projects. Land relates to other terms like sovereignty, belonging, rights, and responsibility.
• Landslides - Emergency Management
  Seattle Office of Emergency Management webpage discussing landslide emergency management. The page goes over the dangers of landslides to the city and what measures the city has taken to mitigate vulnerability to landslides.
• Learning in Places
  "We are a collaborative network of educators, families, and community partners working to cultivate equitable, culturally thriving, socio-ecological systems learning and ethical decision-making using field-based science education in outdoor places, including gardens, for children in pre-kindergarten to 3rd grade and their families."
• Leona M. Sparrow talks about the Sparrow Case
  
  Video from a series featuring Musqueam community members discussing issues of importance to them. It is about the Supreme Court of Canada R v. Sparrow [1990] decision as well as protection and violation of Aboriginal fishing rights.
• Leschi. The man. The warrior. Our chief.
• Lisa Cook Capstone Presentation - Time Immemorial