The name of some of the First Nations people who used to live near our home (and some still do) are the Musqueum, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw and the Haida people.
The name of an aboriginal folk tale was How raven Stole the Sun and Canibal.
This is me at a visit to the UBC Museum of Anthropology. I was sketching a picture of this statue.
This is a bear statue and it was carved by Bill Reid. He is a famous wood carver from the Haida people. It is a bear. And in Haida culture a bear is almost like a human and they treat bears like a very special guest and if they kill a bear they sprinkle eagle feathers on it to show, like, respect! honour! we like this bear!
This is my drawing of the Bill Reid carving "Bear".
I have used an Aboriginal invention, it is the toboggan. Amazing, Invention! Love it! Amazing for snow.
The Aboriginal game I like, doesn't have a name that I know. You have to crouch down in a squat and you do that with a bunch of other people, and you sing an Aboriginal song, if you don't know one just go, "ahhh nay nay nooo" or something, and the point of it is just for fun, and what happens is you jump on your toes while you sing the song and stay squatting, and the point is that you want to be the last person still squatting and if you fall over, you're out. Sorry, kid, you're out.
Sounds like a fun game, we might have to try that out at camp! Did you have a favourite part of the museum? I always enjoyed the longhouse. I am also a big fan of Bill Reid's art work.
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