Annual Plans for Schools
The Indigenous Team at The Burnaby School District has been working with schools to develop an annual plan based around the Indigenous Ways Of Knowing. The themes emerging from these plans are:
Gaining a deeper understand of the land we are on.
Anti-Racism/Identity.
Land and it’s connection with Wellness and Resiliency.
Each school is in the process of developing ideas and activities around these themes for the school year. For each season (following the Coast Salish Round Cycles), the school will be implementing these ideas and activities. I will be involved in these ideas and activities as well by providing cultural enhancements for the classes with Indigenous students.
To help carry out these annual plan themes, I wanted to post a list of books related to these themes.
*Teachers, please check with your school librarian for these books.
*Parents, you can purchase these books through the following websites:
Land
Our Traditional Medicines-Sally Williams
The Cedar Tree: Our Culture, Our Tree-Bobbie Wildman
The Three Sisters-Michelle Corneau
Poems to Honour Mother Earth-Leah Marie Dorion
What We See On The Land-Megan Kyak-Monteith
Wild Eggs-Suzie Napayok-Short
Just a Walk-Jordan Wheeler
Lesson From Mother Earth-Elaine McLeod
Chuck in the City-Jordan Wheeler
Isla’s New Drum-Herbert Shane Hartman
Taking Care of Mother Earth-Leanne Flett Kruger
Identity
Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox-Danielle Daniels
Thunderboy Jr. -Sherman Alexie
The Eagle’s Path-Michelle Corneau
Lila and the Crow-Gabrielle Grimard
Porcupine-Mike Bowden
