Returning to the Yakoun River

Returning to the Yakoun River
Title Returning to the Yakoun River PDF eBook
Author Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher Portage & Main Press
Pages 40
Release 2022-10-06
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1774920239

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Based on author Sara Florence Davidson’s childhood memories, this illustrated story captures the joy and adventure of a Haida fish camp. Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather).

Returning to the Yakoun River

Returning to the Yakoun River
Title Returning to the Yakoun River PDF eBook
Author Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher Portage & Main Press
Pages 40
Release 2022-10-06
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1774920220

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Based on author Sara Florence Davidson’s childhood memories, this illustrated story captures the joy and adventure of a Haida fish camp. Every summer, a Haida girl and her family travel up the Yakoun River on Haida Gwaii, following the salmon. While their father fishes, the girl and her brother spend their time on the land playing and learning from Tsinii (Grandfather).

Jigging for Halibut With Tsinii

Jigging for Halibut With Tsinii
Title Jigging for Halibut With Tsinii PDF eBook
Author Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher Portage & Main Press
Pages 40
Release 2021-11-15
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1553799836

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Based on Haida artist Robert Davidson's own experiences with Tsinii (his grandfather), this tender story highlights intergenerational knowledge and authentic learning experiences. Off the northern tip of Haida Gwaii, a boy goes fishing with Tsinii, his grandfather. As they watch the weather, jig for halibut, and row with the tides, the boy realizes there’s more to learn from Tsinii than how to catch a fish. Written by the creators of Potlatch as Pedagogy, this book brings the Sk'ad'a Principles to life through the art of Janine Gibbons.

Learning to Carve Argillite

Learning to Carve Argillite
Title Learning to Carve Argillite PDF eBook
Author Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher Portage & Main Press
Pages 32
Release 2021-11-15
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1553799852

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Based on Haida artist Robert Davidson's own childhood experiences, this beautiful story highlights learning through observation, as well as the role of Elders in sharing knowledge and mentorship. Learning to carve is a lifelong journey. With the help of his father and grandfather, a boy on Haida Gwaii practises to become a skillful carver. As he carefully works on a new piece, he remembers a trip to Slatechuck Mountain to gather the argillite, as well as his father’s words about the importance of looking back to help us find our way. Written by the creators of Potlatch as Pedagogy, this book brings the Sk'ad'a Principles to life through the art of Janine Gibbons.

The Golden Spruce

The Golden Spruce
Title The Golden Spruce PDF eBook
Author John Vaillant
Publisher Vintage Canada
Pages 290
Release 2009-03-18
Genre Science
ISBN 0307371328

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION • WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ TRUST NON-FICTION PRIZE “Absolutely spellbinding.” —The New York Times The environmental true-crime story of a glorious natural wonder, the man who destroyed it, and the fascinating, troubling context in which this act took place. FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR On a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen Charlotte Islands. His victim was legendary: a unique 300-year-old Sitka spruce tree, fifty metres tall and covered with luminous golden needles. In a bizarre environmental protest, Hadwin attacked the tree with a chainsaw. Two days later, it fell, horrifying an entire community. Not only was the golden spruce a scientific marvel and a tourist attraction, it was sacred to the Haida people and beloved by local loggers. Shortly after confessing to the crime, Hadwin disappeared under suspicious circumstances and is missing to this day. As John Vaillant deftly braids together the strands of this thrilling mystery, he brings to life the ancient beauty of the coastal wilderness, the historical collision of Europeans and the Haida, and the harrowing world of logging—the most dangerous land-based job in North America.

Teacher Guide for the Sk'ad'a Stories Series

Teacher Guide for the Sk'ad'a Stories Series
Title Teacher Guide for the Sk'ad'a Stories Series PDF eBook
Author Katya Adamov Ferguson
Publisher Portage & Main Press
Pages 48
Release 2022-03-01
Genre Education
ISBN 1553799909

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From the creators of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning Through Ceremony, the Sḵ'ad'a Stories series brings intergenerational learning to life. Haida children learn important life lessons from their Elders through real-life situations, cultural traditions, and experiences out on the land. Written by Sḵ'ad'a Stories author Sara Florence Davidson and educator Katya Adamov Ferguson, the Teacher Guide for the Sḵ'ad'a Stories helps teachers engage their students through the lens of intergenerational learning and authentic experiences. This guide outlines the Sḵ'ad'a principles found in the stories shows how to use the Sḵ'ad'a principles in your classroom provides the behind-the-scenes thinking of the authors and illustrator explains the significance of this series as part of Haida cultural resurgence and preservation provides critical perspectives on the impact of colonialism on Haida knowledges includes resources and inspirations for educators This teacher guide is appropriate for all grade levels.

Potlatch as Pedagogy

Potlatch as Pedagogy
Title Potlatch as Pedagogy PDF eBook
Author Sara Florence Davidson
Publisher Portage & Main Press
Pages 96
Release 2018-10-19
Genre Education
ISBN 1553797744

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In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government’s aim of assimilation. The tradition did not die, however; the knowledge of the ceremony was kept alive by the Elders through other events until the ban was lifted. In 1969, a potlatch was held. The occasion: the raising of a totem pole carved by Robert Davidson, the first the community had seen in close to 80 years. From then on, the community publicly reclaimed, from the Elders who remained to share it, the knowledge that has almost been lost. Sara Florence Davidson, Robert’s daughter, would become an educator. Over the course of her own education, she came to see how the traditions of the Haida practiced by her father—holistic, built on relationships, practical, and continuous—could be integrated into contemporary educational practices. From this realization came the roots for this book.