The BC First Nations Land, Title, and Governance Teacher Resource Guide is intended to provide support for teachers and students in all BC schools, including First Nations, public, and independent schools, to gain an understanding of traditional and contemporary forms of First Nations governance.
More information can be found for the following Grade levels:
Curriculum Resources:
- Grade 7-9: Shaping First Nations Governance
- Grades 10-12: Pathways Back to Self-Governance
- Grades 4-12: Reconciling Indigenous Rights and Title: Treaties and Alternatives
Kits:
- Shaping First Nations Governance Grades 7-9 (available in the Aboriginal Resource Library)
- Pathways Back to Self-Governance Grades 10-12 (available in the Aboriginal Resource Library)
- Plants and Connection to Place (available in the Aboriginal Resource Library)
Map of Indigenous Communities Across BC:
- Map of Aboriginal communities in BC – English
- Map of Aboriginal Communities by Territory
- Book: Stó:lo Historical Atlas – an amazing historical document that has numerous maps of the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows
- Coast Salish Territory in the Post-Contact Era – Sq’ewlets: A Coast Salish Community in the Fraser Valley
- Manitoba Metis Communities and Geographical Place Names -This document, provides extensive details about the Metis communities throughout Manitoba prior to, and after they were displaced by the Canadian government.
- First Nations A-Z Listing. British Columbia Government website
Supplementary Resources:
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- Website: BC Assembly of First Nations. Governance Toolkit: A Guide to Nation Building. BC Assembly of First Nations. Centre for First Nations Governance
- PDF: “Sechelt Women and Self-Government” – Article and poem about how Sechelt First Nation fought for Sechelt lands to be registered within the provincial land title system
- Video: People of the Grizzly: Government by the People (21 min 47 sec) – This film provides an overview of self-government using real examples of First Nations in BC who have successfully implemented their own governance structures.
- Video: Ktunaxa Nation: Building From Their Vision (13:55 min) –
- Video: Westbank: A Self-Governing First Nation (3:23 min) – the Westbank First Nation signed a historic self-government agreement (2003) giving them the tools to make decisions over land, resources, culture and much more.
- Video: Working at Westbank First Nation (13.59 min) – Westbank First Nation, located near Kelowna, British Columbia, offers employment opportunities
- Documentary: The Pass System (50 min) – This powerful film draws from Elders’ memories and historical artifacts in order to detail the history of The Pass System
- Article: “Potlatch: What I Learned as a Guest”
- Website: “Potlatch” – Nuxalk Nation
- Website: The History of the Potlatch Collection – U’mista Cultural Centre
- Virtual Museum Website: The Kwakwaka’wakw Potlatch of the Northwest Coast
- Video: People of the Grizzly: Government by the People
- Article: Indian Act and Elected Chief and Band Council System
- Government of Canada Website: First Nations participating in the First Nations Elections Act