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Grade 8-12 Full Water Curriculum

There are several issues that can impact the health of the Okanagan watershed; such as floods, forestry, climate change, government and treaties, as well as invasive species.Please review full curriculum in the PDF at the bottom of the page to gain full understanding of the lesson and activity.

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Grade 5-7 Full Water Curriculum

This activity emphasizes the Syilx people’s sacred relationship with water. Students will gain a respect for Syilx ways of knowing, specifically regarding what has been culturally appropriated.Please review full curriculum in the PDF at the bottom of the page to gain full understanding of the lesson and activity.

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Introduction Lesson: Syilx Worldview

The Syilx Nation's worldview emphasizes interconnectedness, viewing nature relationally without distinction between animate and inanimate beings, including land, animals, and people.Please review full curriculum in the PDF at the bottom of the page to gain full understanding of the lesson and activity.

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Introduction Lesson: siwɬkʷ Water Declaration

The Syilx Water Declaration serves as a living document on the Syilx relations and values to water. This document communicates the importance of water and responsibilities we have as Syilx people

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Introducing the siwɬkʷ Water Curriculum

siwɬkʷ Water Curriculum K-12 Teacher’s Resource Guide incorporates Syilx traditional water knowledge into the curriculum objectives based on the core competencies listed in B.C.’s new curriculum.

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Grade 2-4 Full kiɁlawnaɁ Grizzly Curriculum

BC Curriculum connections to Syilx Okanagan peoples’ ways of knowing, doing, and being. Syilx people have always cared for and managed wildlife and ecosystems as part of our inherent responsibility to sustain life on our territory.

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Syilx Unity Declaration

One Language. One Land. One Culture. One People. In 1846, the Canadian-US border separated the Syilx Okanagan lands, without their...