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Presentation by Sharon Meyer NESD FNMI. With a partner use 4 stick notes Label each sticky note with one item that First Nation people used for everyday
With a partner use 4 stick notes Label each sticky note with
one item that First Nation people used for everyday pre-contact
lifestyle
Slide 3
Traditional Art Ceremonial and Spiritual Art Utilitarian Art
Contemporary Art Woodland Art Pop Art Refer to notes for examples
of Items in each category
Slide 4
Items made from pre-contact materials and used for everyday
purposes Wood flute Birch Bark Moose Call Clay pot Firing clay pots
and bowls Plants were traditional medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvJKhK03u4 Making a primitive
style clay pot 4:12
Slide 5
What could you make with your materials? Stone hammer Snowsnake
Talking stick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyqMVZxKi4Q
Bushcraft- Rock Axe & Knife 3:11 (This video demonstrates how
to make a tool using items from Mother Earth)
Slide 6
Animals were here before humans and animals taught us how to
survive on Turtle Island The buffalo was our superstore food,
shelter, clothing, tools, etc. The buffalo was also our teacher -
for example Buffalo formed a circle when being attacked and that
process was used by the First Nation people in setting up the tipi
village in a circle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4s-Ywd_VdE
Home made bone neck knife.cutting test 2:08
Slide 7
Robe paintings were picture stories recording special events
for historical purposes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOGtNj3sqE
Native American Hide Painting 1:53
Slide 8
Symbols had significant meanings and in contemporary art it
continues to have symbolic meaning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqv3SR7cdtE Artist Spotlight:
Shields by James Little Wounded 1:11
Slide 9
Porcupine Plain students created a legend using symbols
Slide 10
Another example of a student story using symbols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLvBzjoq8h8 Mike McLeod How to
Paint on a Buffalo Robe 8:14
Slide 11
Carvings in rock LP Miller Miss Lukoni students used clay to
create raised petroglyph style art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzI3TBIRxmc Sloan Canyon
Petroglyphs Nevada Native American Rock Art Drawing [HD] 3:52 (can
fast forward to 1:40)
Slide 12
Paintings on rock Choiceland students painted Symbols on rocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyxCzOSKOx8 Buckhorn Draw
Pictograph Panel / Rock Art / Petroglyph / San Rafael Swell In
South-Central Utah 3:40
Slide 13
What other materials could you use to create your own Inukshuk?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3BfuYz-B1U The Inukshuk 1:54
Slide 14
Totem poles are a history of family clans. Animals have
symbolic significance. There is a NESD FNMI Totem Pole and Haida
Art Bundle Available for further teaching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whw6tfNStTM Totem Poles Talking
Trees 2:58 (visual video of totem poles)
Birch Bark was also used as a medicinal plant There is a NESD
FNMI Birch Bark Biting Bundle available to further learn about
birch bark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmy4riWQhAE
Birch-bark-harvesting-small 0:34
Slide 17
Created your own birch bark biting Norval Morriseau used birch
bark paper when he first started drawing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSB4uyhMUk WIIGWAASSABAKOON /
BIRCH BARK SCROLLS 24:06 (fast forward to 4:00)
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Thank you for being a part of this day! Sharon Meyer NESD FNMI
[email protected] (306)401-7848