c/c_Peuples autochtones de la Colombie-Britannique_12e_Rôle des traditions orales pour les peuples autochtones de la Colombie-Britannique

Subject
B.C. First Peoples
Grade
12 année
Concept/Content
role of oral tradition for B.C. First Peoples
Elaboration
  • Sample topics:
    • Elders as knowledge keepers who share the history of their people and lands
    • oral tradition as valid and legal evidence (e.g., Delgamuukw v. B.C., 1997; ownership of property, territory, and political agreements)
    • stories, songs, music, and dance as forms of narrative
    • Oral tradition shapes identity and connects to the past, present, and future.
    • Oral tradition provides guiding principles for living.
    • indigenous concept of time (e.g., spiralling versus linear)
keywords
role of oral tradition for B.C. First Peoples