Teacher Guide for the Sk'ad'a Stories

Katya Adamov Ferguson (she/her/hers) is a settler educator and artist of Ukrainian and Russian ancestry from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Katya is also an arts-based researcher engaging with creative and critical methods to support place-based inquiries and deeper understandings of land-based issues. She is committed to creating partnerships and supporting Indigenous resurgence. Sara Florence Davidson (she/her) is a Haida/Settler Assistant Professor in Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Previously, she was an educator working with adolescents in the K-12 system in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Sara is the co-author of Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning through Ceremony­, which she wrote with her father, and Magical Beings of Haida Gwaii, which she wrote with her stepmother, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson.When she is not reading or writing, Sara can be found walking with her dog, drinking tea, or listening to stories and learning something new.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionAbout the Sḵ’ad’a Stories SeriesAbout This GuidePart 1: Teacher Preparation: Understanding Cultural Contexts and the Emergence of Sḵ’ad’aHaida Culture and Knowledges Haida GwaiiSilencing the HaidaThriving Haida CommunitiesUnderstanding Sḵ’ad’aConversation With SaraBranch of Davidson Family TreeBecoming “Story-Ready”Holistic Engagement with StoriesPart 2: Teacher Learning: Sḵ’ad’a for EducatorsSignificance of SeriesIntergenerational StoriesSḵ’ad’a for Educators and Professional Learning CommunitiesSḵ’ad’a PrinciplesPart 3: Teacher Practice: Ideas for Engaging With the Sḵ’ad’a StoriesSḵ’ad’a Principles in PracticeThemes and ConnectionsEngaging Sḵ’ad’a Stories With StudentsInteractive Read-AloudsMaking Meaning From StoriesMentor TextsCritical LiteracyArtifactual LiteraciesSampling of Sḵ’ad’a Activity IdeasBook-Specific Supports—Jigging for Halibut With TsiniiBook-Specific Supports—Learning to Carve ArgilliteBook-Specific Supports—Returning to the Yakoun RiverBook-Specific Supports—Dancing With Our AncestorsResourcesReferences