About the Indigenous skills handbook
Indigenous skills: An exploration of northwest coast carving and tradition (PDF) from the Construction Foundation of British Columbia (CFBC) is intended to be used as a source for educators in Indigenous communities and classrooms to introduce traditional knowledge to their students.
This workbook provides an introduction to a variety of authentic projects that require basic skilled trades training. This training will allow learners to achieve amazing results—merging contemporary skills training with traditional methods and information for each project. The cultural connection and information provided allow learners to not only gather knowledge on what materials are being used but also why they are being used and how they would have been used traditionally.
Indigenous skills video workshop series
Led by West Coast artist, Dean Heron, CFBC has also shared an Indigenous skills workshops series on YouTube to connect young people to the traditions and stories of thousands of years of ancestral technologies.
