SECONDARY ART
- The Art and Architecture of the Secwepemc People - by Chris Bose: local visual artist
- The above document also has information on Secwepemc pictographs - their form and paint used, as well as local photos (Pg 34 >)
- Local Secwepemc Pictograph Explanations
- Legends of our Times - Native Ranching & Rodeo Life on the Plains & Plateau: Artisans, Poets & Artists
- A great profile of local Aboriginal Artists and their work in the Aboriginal Artisan Catalogue
- Background information on various First Nations artists
- First Nations artist Jay Odjick illustrates new Robert Munsch release
- Aboriginal Voices in Contemporary Canadian Art
- Storm Spirits: Aboriginal New Media Art
- Many, many Aboriginal themed lesson plans
- Article on local Secwepemc Art
- Videos on Secwepemc:
- Honouring the late David Seymour (KIB) – a local Secwepemc artist who illustrated many books. Both a poster kit and Secwepemc calendar kit are at HGEC Library for loan
- Pine Needle Basketry form and function; invite a guest come in to your class to make them or teach about them
- Instructions (with diagrams) to make Pine Needle Baskets
- Basketry décor - HGEC Basketry Kit; Stenciling and silk-screening of student generated pictographs; paper making; carving - go to sites; preparation of hides and coloring techniques; dyes, natural plant materials used for many things
- Birch Bark Basket DVD
- Skeetchestn Basketry - with videos to share
- Basketry imbrication patterns
- Appreciation of First Nations Basketry -HGEC Kit #0908
- Stenciling and silk-screening of pictographs - good examples of these at Kamloops Airport, end pillars of Overlander Bridge, and Tk’emlups Gas Bar
- Paper making
- Carving - invite a carver in
- Preparation of hides and coloring techniques; dyes-natural and plant materials used for this
- Fine Arts Salmon kit (HGEC Kit)
- Indian hemp, fibres from stinging nettle also used for rope
- Seasons, natural colours and dyes
- Traditional Dyes and Paints
- BC Aboriginal animal symbols and legends
- Aboriginal Voices in Contemporary Canadian Art
- Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
- How Indigenous artists are taking back what the fashion industry stole
- Lots of on-line Aboriginal Lesson Plans with BC Learning outcome correlations and video footage: A Legend A Mask, Basket Making, Birch Bark Biting, Buffalo Hide Paintings, Button Blanket Art, Métis Flower Beadwork, Talking Stick, Northwest Coast Weaving
- Talking Stick: one version of information, in video
- Lesson Plan on Coast Salish Weaving
- ...more on Coast Salish Weaving from the panoramic view of the inside of a pithouse!
- Cowichan Textiles Kit -includes stories/cross-curricular activities and ideas
- NFB film: Story of the Coast Salish Knitters
- Making an Impresson -Contemporary Moccasins of the Shuswap
- Healing Through Creative Arts
- Story of the Masks - website
- Contemporary Aboriginal Artistic Expressions
- Aboriginal artist biographies
- BC Aboriginal animal symbols and legends
- Shannon Thunderbird Animals, Stories, Legends and Teachings
- HGEC Library has a terrific collection of Aboriginal Art books!
- Métis Beading
- Fine examples of elaborate Métis beadwork
- Métis beadwork, quillwork, and embroidery
- The Métis Raconteur
- On-line beadwork planner
- Videos on FN Artists, artwork, and more from the gallery
- Celebrating Inuit Art
- Canadian Museum of Civilization Collection
- SD 73 BAA Aboriginal Studies 11 course