cc_English Language Arts_Grade 2_Show awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to family and community

Traditional and contemporary First Peoples stories take many forms (e.g., prose, song, dance, poetry, theatre, carvings, pictures) and are told for several purposes:

• teaching (e.g., life lessons, community responsibilities, rites of passage)
• sharing creation stories
• recording personal, family, and community histories
• “mapping” the geography and resources of an area
• ensuring cultural continuity (e.g., knowledge of ancestors, language)
• healing
• entertainment
• (from In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K–3 Classroom, FNESC/FNSA, 2012)