http://bctf.ca/bcssta/links/firstnations.htm
This is a very basic site prepared by the BCTF (British Columbia Teacher’s Federation). There are no frills here, just a list of sites you can go to to find information you may be looking for. It contains two basic categories of resources: general resources and archival resources
Under General Resources you can find such links as Provincial Exams where you can find past provincial exams and keys and information on provincially examinable courses. It still baffles me that the teachers work very hard to provide students with a well balanced curriculum where they are exposed to a wide variety of collaborative learning, storytelling and oral presentations, yet the provincial exams only test then on the written aspect of their knowledge. The site also contains links to such sites as Canada’s Digital Collection with “400 web sites related to Canada’s history, geography, science, technology, and culture.”
There is also and Aboriginal Cultures and Traditions: Storytelling (they actually misspelled cultures as cultures). But if you go to the link, it will take you to the Digital Collections which they already provided a link for. This should have been a link which directly took you to the storytelling and not another list of sites.
Under the Archival Resources you have two choices: the National Archives of Canada and the Hudson’s Bay Archives.
Overall, a good starting point but a cumbersome way of organizing information.
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