CR2.1 Gr. 2 First Nation and Metis – Sask. Arts Expressions
Created by Sharon Meyer
NESD FNMI Ed Consultant
January 2023
CR2.1
CR2.2
CP2.8
CH2.1
CH2.2
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/562246334711413835/
Extra Support Order:
- NESD FNMI Drum Bundle
- NESD FNMI Powwow Bundle
CH2.1a&b
Art is expressed through architecture – tipi’s have changed over time.
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/114419646753838416/
Buffalo hide tipi
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/131167407868382003/
Paintings on tipi’s
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/special-to-aptn-news-painted-tipis-will-provide-many-lessons-says-elder/
If you could paint a tipi what would you design?
Art is expressed through music – First Nations have used the drum, rattle, and flute.
https://native-drums.ca/en/galleries/drum-gallery/
Hand drum
Big drum or pow-wow drum
https://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/aams-blog/news-and-reflections-preparing-silly-old-mans-squash-brings-ancient-indigenous-food-and-sense-of-heritage-back-to-the-dinner-table-september-25-2018
https://seminoletribune.org/dancers-drummers-pageantry-highlight-seminole-tribal-fair-and-pow-wow/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nior5TNCEW8
CH2.1a&b
https://tribalspiritmusic.com/product/20-powwow-drum/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2D_BOtWTYrd_fMTBxo7m5mKQvw2PRpW/view?usp=sharing
Watch some NESD students sing to the hand drum.
https://www.pinterest.ca/mactracks50/flute-players/
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/littleleaf-native-american-flutes-home--529806343655584488/
https://billmiller.co/pages/about/
CH2.1a&b
First Nation Wood Flute
Jason Chamakese Up Next at The Gog | battlefordsNOW
Read the story of Jason Chamakese and listen to his You Tube video!
First Nation Rattle
http://www.3foldbalance.com/medicine-rattle-making.html
https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/painted-rawhide-rattles--83387030576678903/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_man
CH2.1a&b
Open the you tube video within this site - 2:56
Art is expressed through music – The Metis have used the fiddle, guitar, and spoons.
Fiddle
https://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2FM%25C3%25A9tis-Community-Services-Society-of-BC-159468270878078%2Fphotos%2F&psig=AOvVaw1FLm1F_2voZF35cL41At1I&ust=1671307860127000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA4QjhxqFwoTCLD90ZP5_vsCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAS
https://www.metisnation.org/news/fiddlers/
https://gdins.org/product/master-of-the-metis-fiddle-john-arcand-the-man-the-music-the-festival/
Spoons
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/844053799/wooden-musical-spoons
https://www.musicalspoons.ca/
Guitar
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1736876099575
CH2.1a&b
Storytelling
https://themedium.ca/the-importance-and-influence-of-indigenous-storytelling/
https://www.youngpeoplestheatre.org/event/tell-me-that-story-again-the-indigenous-tradition-of-oral-storytelling/2018-04-11/
https://www.nativelikewater.org/art-of-storytelling
CH2.1a&b
Visit NESD Kohkum’s Gathering and link to Legends and listen to the many recordings.
Dance
http://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/solr?query=ID:25905&start=0&rows=10&mode=results
https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_8cb1144c-56b8-11e7-9574-83ebb43de8ab.html
CH2.1a&b
Porcupine Quill Work
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/porcupine
https://www.amazon.com/American-Porcupine-Quills-Approx-Real/dp/B008FCQ7PC
https://journals.openedition.org/techne/821?lang=en
https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/images-of-the-past/quillwork-a-uniquely-native-american-art/
https://www.crazycrow.com/site/quillwork/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAizN2B8Wkw
https://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2014/11/06/exploring-the-mikmaq-culture-with-a-quillwork-inspired-craft-native-american-heritage-month-blog-hop/
Beading
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/x83062
https://archaeologymuseum.ca/beadwork/
Shell beads
Bone beads
https://asiheritage.ca/a-thread-between-generations-indigenous-beadwork-from-then-to-now/
Trading for beads
https://www.cwjefferys.ca/champlain-trading-with-the-indians
Wampum belt – symbol for Treaty relationship
https://www.afn.ca/uploads/files/aga2014/1030_panel_-_rick_hill_-_fort_niagara_treaty_of_1764_final.pdf
https://www.artmaniabc.ca/first-nations-sculptural-beading/
Metis Sash
https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/14789.History%20of%20the%20Metis%20Sash.pdf
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/301/ic/cdc/albertametis/history/sash.htm
The Métis Sash 5:09
https://heho.ca/en/6-steps-to-tying-your-sash-like-a-real-voyageur/
https://www.rrc.ca/news/2021/03/10/manitoba-metis-federation-increases-support-for-metis-students-at-rrc/
https://bmcnews.org/story/spring-at-last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIqRXqZW_o
Indigenous Art in Canada | National Geographic 2:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqz31o0i9S8
Leah Dorion - On her art #2 3:54
https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/indigenous-beadwork-instagram-artists-jewelry-accessories
Thank you for listening and learning about First Nation and Metis art.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-indigenous-artwork-national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation-1.6189278