Recommended Resources J.Yovanovich

For those looking for Haida/Aboriginal Resources please check out the following this is by no means a “complete” list but it should help you get started. Thanks, Joanne

School District: SD 50 Web site: Our Ancestors Photos Haida Governance Booklet in every school Judy Hilgeman Picture set in each school Eng.12 First Peoples Eng.11 First Peoples Eng.10 First Peoples Shared Learnings - Ministry Of Ed. Haida Studies Kits @ DRC Vision Quest Kits @ DRC Many Books @ DRC Haida Language Programs - can offer suggestions and help you find materials SHIP CD’s and booklets FNRW- can offer suggestions and help you find materials Role Model Program Songs of Haida Gwaii Box (set in each school) Aboriginal Full Day Kindergarten Program PALS UBC Math Program participants can offer suggestions for math School Libraries most have a selection of Aboriginal books

Community: Band Education Administrators (Old Massett & Skidegate) Elder Programs Museums Community Language Programs (SHIP & Xaad Kil) Parks CHN Offices: Fisheries, Forestry, Land Title etc… Local Band Offices Spruce Roots Magazine Haida Laas Newsletter

Haida Themed and or Author Books: A Course in Ravenstail, Cheryl Samuel A Story as Sharp as a Knife: Classical Haida Mythtellers and their world, Robert Bringhurst A Tale of Two Shamans, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Argillite, Leslie Drew & Douglas Wilson

1 B is for Basketball, Created by Tawni Davidson, Alison Gear, Joanne Yovanovich & Beng Favreau Being in Being, The collected works of a Master Haida Mythteller SKAAY of the Qquuna Qiighawaay, translated from Haida by Robert Bringhurst Bill Reid, Doris Shadbolt Bill Reid All the Gallant Beasts and Monster, Buschlen, Mowatt Bill Reid and the Haida Canoe, Edited by Martine J. Reid Black Canoe, Ulli Stelzer and Robert Bringhurst Carving a Totem Pole, Vickie Jensen Cedar, Hilary Stewart Charles Edenshaw, Vancouver Art Gallery Chiefs of Sea & Sky, George F. MacDonald Contributions to the Ethnology of the Haida, John R Swanton, 1905 During My Time: Florence Edenshaw Davidson, Margaret Blackman Eagle of the Dawn, Robert Davidson, Douglas & McIntyre 1993 Eagle transforming, The Art of Robert Davidson, Ulli Steltzer & Robert Davidson Flight of the Hummingbird, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Food Plants, Nancy Turner Four Decades An Innocent Gesture, Robert Davidson Gyaagang.ngaay, The Monumental Poles of Skidegate, Heather Ramsay Gaaw Kaaygang Gyaahlangee (Massett Birth Stories), Haida Child & Family Services & Old Massett Haida Health Centre Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas, Nine visits to the Mythworld, Robert Bringhurst Gina ‘Waadluxan Tluu The Everything Canoe, Compiled & edited by Heather Ramsay & Kwiaahwah Jones Haida Art, George MacDonald Haida Carvers in Argillite, Marius C. Barbeau, 1957 Haida Gwaii, Human History & Environment from the Time of the Loon, Haida Monumental Art, George F MacDonald Haida Potlatch, Ulli Steltzer Haida Printmaker, Hilary Stewart Haida Texts & Myths, John R. Swanton Indian Artists at Work, Ulli Steltzer Indian Fishing, Hilary Stewart Islands at the Edge: Preserving the Queen Charlotte Islands, John Broadhead, 1984 Listening to our Ancestors, the Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast, Edited by Robert Joseph Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast, Hilary Stewart Looking at Totem Poles, Hilary Stewart Looks Like Daylight, Deborah Ellis Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses, Christie Harris Ninstints, Haida World Heritage Site, George F MacDonald North Coast Indian Art, Bill Holm Northern Haida Master Carvers, Robin K Wright Plants of Haida Gwaii, Nancy Turner QCI Readers Series, 14 Books in this series

2 Queen Charlotte Islands Vol 1 1774-1966, Kathleen E. Dalzell Queen Charlotte Islands Vol 2 Places & Names Kathleen E. Dalzell Queen Charlotte Islands Vol. 3 The Beloved Island, Kathleen E Dalzell Raven Steals the light, Bill Reid, Robert Bringhurst Raven Steals the light, Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd Raven Travelling, Two Centuries of Haida Art, Vancouver Art Gallery Raven’s Cry, Christie Harris Red A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Rediscovery Ancient Pathways, New Directions, Thom Henley Robes of Power, Doreen Jensen & Polly Sargent Sea & Cedar, Lois McConkey Sea Otter Chiefs, Michael P. Robinson Secret of the Dance, Sue Spalding & Alfred Scow Skidegate Haida Myths & Histories, John Swanton, John Enrico Solitary Raven, The selected writings of Bill Reid Spruce Roots Magazine Spruce Root Basketry of the Haida & Tlingit, Sharon Busby That which makes us Haida – the Haida Language, Jusquan Amanda Bedard & Jisgang Nika Collison The Canoe He called Loo Taas, Amanda Reid Stevens The Queen Charlotte Islands Vol. 1 (1774-1966) K. Dalzell This is our Life:Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practise, Cara Krmpotich, Laura Peers Those Born at Koona, John & Carolyn Smyly Tluuwaay ‘Waadluxan Mathematical Adventures, Edited by Cynthia Nicol & Joanne Yovanovich Two Brothers – A Haida Story, Yakoun River of Life, Council of the Haida Nation

Multi Media Resources: Ravens & Eagles Video Series (26-1/2 hour movies) www.urbanrez.ca www.movingimages.ca 2002 & 2003 Where are the Children? http://www.wherearethechildren.ca/flash/WATCSite.html Hidden From History, http://canadiangenocide.nativeweb.org/intro2.html Truth & Reconciliation Commission http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=3 Haida Language http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/programs/language_and_culture_curriculum_haida.htm http://landing.dmpibooks.com

Voices from the Talking Stick, Shenandoah Videos, Feb.21, 1997 Skidegate Haida Immersion Program (SHIP) Haida Glossary, CD’s Songs of Haida Gwaii, Haida Gwaii Singers Anthology 2008 (CD collection) Legends of the Old Massett Haida Gaaw Xaadee Gyaahlaangaay (CBC Audio) School District Resource Center: Haida Study Kits, Vision Quest Kits, Timeline from Enhancement Agreement

3 First Nations Books used in most SD 50 schools Oct.20/13 J.Y. *Haida Theme/Author *B is for Basketball, An All Native Alphabet Book *Four Decades An innocent Journey, Robert Davidson *Flight of the Hummingbird, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas *From Sapling to Sea Powerpoint, K’aay ‘Llnaagaay *Haida Gwaii Our Home, *Gina “Waadluxan Tluu The Everything Canoe, Heather Ramsay & Kwiaahwah Jones *Judy Hilgemann Picture & Vocabulary set *That Which Makes Us Haida, Haida Gwaii Museum Press *The Canoe he called Loo Taas, Amanda Reid-Stevens

A Man Called Raven, Richard Van Camp Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Sherman Alexie Angel Wings Splash Pattern, Richard Van Camp A Short History of Indians in Canada, Thomas King

Born with a Tooth, Joseph Boyden Caribou Song, Tomson Highway Cheyenne Again, by Eve Bunting Coming to Light Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America, Brian Swann Coyote Sings to the Moon, Thomas King

Dragonfly Kites, Tomson Highway

Eagle Boy A Pacific Northwest Tale, Richard Lee Vaughan First Peoples English, Resource Guides Grade 10-12, Ministry Of Education First Wives Club, Coast Salish Style, Lee Maracle Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington Garimara

Gray Wolf’s Search, Bruce Swanson Green Grass Running Water, Thomas King

I am Raven, David Bouchard & Andy Everson Ice Bear: In the Steps of the Polar Bear by Nicola Davies Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King Little Bear’s Vision Quest, Diane Silvey Little You, Richard Van Camp

Keeper ‘N Me, Richard Wagamese Kiss of the Fur Queen, Tomson Highway

Me Funny, Drew Hayden Taylor

4 Monkey Beach, Eden Robinson Mwakwa Talks to the Loon, A Cree story for Children, Dale Auger

Native Poetry in Canada A contemporary Anthology, Jeannette C Armstrong & Lally Grauer

One good Story, that One, Thomas King Only Drunks & Children Tell the Truth, Drew Hayden Taylor Our Story Aboriginal Voices on Canada’s Past, Rudyard Griffiths

Raven Brings the Light, Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd

S is for Spirit Bear, G. Gregory Roberts Secret of the Dance, Andrea Spalding Sharing Our World:Animals of the Native Northwest Coast, by Ian Reid, Ryan Cranmer, Doug Lafortune, & John Nelson Shi-shi-etko, Nicola Campbell Shin-chi’s Canoe, Nicola Campbell Sky Sisters, Jan Bourdeau Waboose Smoke Signals, Sherman Alexie Soloman’s Tree, Andrea Spadling

Thanks to the Animals by, Allen Sockabasin The Drum Calls Softly, David Bouchard & Shelley Willier The Girl who lives with Bears, Barbara Goldin The Lesser Blessed, Richard Van Camp The Little Duck-Sikihpsts, The Moccasins, Earl Einarson The Moon of Letting Go, Richard Van Camp The Orenda, Joseph Boyden The Rough-Face Girl, Rafe Martin The Song Within My Heart, David Bouchard The Truth about Stories, Thomas King Three Day Road, Joseph Boyden Through Black Spruce, Joseph Boyden They called Me Number One, Bev Sellars They Came for the Children, Truth & Reconciliation Commission The Woman who Married a Bear, Elizabeth James

What’s the most beautiful thing you know about Horses, Richard Van Camp Wild Berries, Julie Flett Will’s Garden, Lee Maracle

Yesta’s Sweater, Sylvia Olsen

5 Aboriginal Books can be ordered through:

Amazon www.amazon.ca

An Aboriginal Book List for Children (Google)

Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools (Association of Book Publishers of BC) Ph: 604-421- 1154 email:[email protected]

Chapters www.chapters.indigo.ca

Chestnut Publishing Group www.chestnutpublishing.com

Douglas & McIntyre D & M Publishers http://landing.dmpibooks.com

Eaglecrest Books www.eaglecrestsbooks.com

Good Minds www.goodminds.com

Haida Gwaii Museum www.haidagwaiimuseum.ca

Orca Books www.orcabook.com

Sasquatch Books www.sasquatch.com

Strong Nations Website www.strongnations.com

Smart Start learning www.smartstartlearning.com

Theytus Books www.theytus.com

UBC Press E-mail: [email protected]

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