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Presentation by Sharon Meyer NESD FNMI

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With a partner use 4 stick notes Label each sticky note with one item that First Nation people used for everyday pre-contact lifestyle

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Traditional Art Ceremonial and Spiritual Art Utilitarian Art Contemporary Art Woodland Art Pop Art Refer to notes for examples of Items in each category

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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

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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)

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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

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Robe paintings were picture stories recording special events for historical purposes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOGtNj3sqE Native American Hide Painting 1:53

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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

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Porcupine Plain students created a legend using symbols

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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

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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)

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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

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What other materials could you use to create your own Inukshuk? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3BfuYz-B1U The Inukshuk 1:54

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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)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zisBVYY6HhA Wood Carving *Haida art* 0:38

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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

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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 meyer.sharon@nesd.ca (306)401-7848