Resources for more information: Image: Medicine bundle with sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and prayer fan, courtesy of Paulla Adamitz from Sucker Creek First Nation (Photo: Lauri MacKinnon, 2021) Mode LaVan Photography
IBBY Canada is pleased to present the 2021 edition of From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books. Twenty five of the best Indigenous picture books published in Canada between 2018–2020 were selected for this collection. Care was taken to ensure that the collection reflects the diversity of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit voices from sea to sea to sea, and that the titles are available and in print for anyone who wishes to access them. All of these titles are avai...
Image: Hand made hand drums, the first hand drum, courtesy of Murray MacKinnon from Papaschase First Nation and the solid color one is an Inuit hand drum from Iqaluit, courtesy of Paulla Adamitz from Sucker Creek First Nation (Photo: Lauri MacKinnon, 2021) Mode LaVan Photography Resources for Kids Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, ...
Click HERE. Field Law Community Fund Program Over the last nine years the Program has awarded funds to support 115 individuals, organizations and charitable initiatives throughout Alberta and the Northwest Territories. With $685,000 donated in support of these local initiatives to date, we are excited to be awarding another $75,000 in 2022! Vote now! Help make a difference in your community by submitting your vote to Skydancer Indigenous Cultural Society. Voting closes November 10, 2022. ...
We acknowledge that Spruce Grove Public Library sits on Treaty 6 Territory and express gratitude and respect for the land we use with the pledge that this organization will actively work to end systemic racism, continue to participate in truth and reconciliation, and partner with our neighbouring First Nations—Paul, Michele, Alexander Cree, Alexis Nakota Sioux, Enoch Cree—to improve Indigenous programming, services, and resources in our community.
Red Dress Day (or MMIWG2S+) honours the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada. Métis artist Jaime Black helped inspire the red dress movement, where red dresses are hung from windows and trees to represent the pain and loss felt by loved ones and survivors. Originally starting as the REDdress art installation, Red Dress Day became a grassroots movement across North America. The project was made up of 600 community-donated red dresses, which were later...
In partnership with the City of Spruce Grove and Skydancer Indigenous Cultural Society Orange Shirt Day is a movement that officially began in 2013 but in reality it began in 1973 when six year old Phyllis Webstad entered the St. Joseph Mission Residential School, outside of Williams Lake, BC. Young Phyllis was wearing a brand new orange shirt for her first day of school but the Mission Oblates quickly stripped her of her new shirt and replaced it with the school’s institutional uniform...
