Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian Curriculum:Keeping Knowledge in the Community ...

Who I am and where I come fromDzenes hoti'e. Tsedze susahts’dn. Edosdi ushye. My Master's research has involved my working with Gitga'at people in the Tsimshian community of Hartley Bay. The Traditional Plant Knowledgeo f the Tsimshian curriculum that I developed for the Forests for t...

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Main Author: Thompson, Edosdi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Journal of Native Education 2021
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cjne.v28i1-2.196371
https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CJNE/article/view/196371
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Summary:Who I am and where I come fromDzenes hoti'e. Tsedze susahts’dn. Edosdi ushye. My Master's research has involved my working with Gitga'at people in the Tsimshian community of Hartley Bay. The Traditional Plant Knowledgeo f the Tsimshian curriculum that I developed for the Forests for the Futureproject has been adapted to be used in a high school classroom in the Hartley Bay School. This curriculum is being used as a method, a way for students to learn about their people's ways of knowing, and to be involved in the intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge and wisdom. I will assess and evaluate the usefulness of incorporating culturally relevant ways of bringing Indigenous knowledge into school science curricula. ... : Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2004) ...