Siwal Si’wes

Department Resources:

- Siwal Si’wes Indigenous Education Department – on MPSD website
- PowerPoint Presentation for MPSD Staff: Ey kw’ese te shxweli – Welcome To This Place
- The Story of Siwal Si’wes
- The Story of the Land Acknowledgement
- SD75 Indigenous Cultural Safety Humility and Competency Guide
- Equity-based Language & Culturally Offensive Language
- District Indigenous Mentor Teacher, Peggy Janicki: K-12 resources for educators (internal link from Learn75)
- 2025/26 Cultural Presentations Booklet – link to booklet and forms for booking presentations
- 2025/26 Cultural Presentations Folder – link to posters, signs, inquiry questions for classroom use

Stó:lō Resource Collection (videos, websites, articles, books available through Siwal Si’wes Library and more)
Halq’eméylem Resource Collection (videos, websites, CDs, books and more – available through Siwal Si’wes Library)

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May 2025:

Link to: Indigenous AI Protocol (shared by Abbotsford School District)

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April 2024:

Full document can be accessed here.

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Winter 2023:

6 Items to Support Indigenous Learning in your classroom POSTER

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Thalit Sqwelqwel – Stories of Truth

Locally developed Residential School Curriculum Website for students and teachers from Kindergarten through to grade 12.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada presented its 94 Calls to Action in December 2015. Call to Action #63 (i) included: Developing and Implementing Kindergarten to Grade Twelve Curriculum and learning resources on Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian history, and the history and legacy of Residential Schools. This website is a direct result of this call to action. The goal of this effort is to build student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy and mutual respect. Please visit https://greatspirithand.com and continue your journey towards Reconciliation today!

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Siwal Si’wes Digital Library (K-12 Resources)

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Additional Community Resources:

Classroom Resources and Lessons (available in English and French)

Lesson 1: Story telling as an Oral History (Grade 3-5)

Lesson 2: Place-based Understanding of our Environment (Grade 3-5)

Lesson 3: Aboriginal Resource Use and Sustainability (Grade 4-7)

Lesson 4: Aboriginal Communities of the Past and Present (Grade 4-7)

Lesson 5: The Past is our Future (Grade 4-9)

Lesson 6: Origin and True Stories (Grade 6-8)

“Why use this website?”

“There are two main reasons for teachers to use the Sq’éwlets website.

This site was designed with the Sq’éwlets community rather than about them. The Sq’éwlets people, who live where the Fraser River meets the Harrison River, approached archaeologists from the University of British Columbia to help investigate and support their claim that their local territory included an ancient burial ground. The researchers and archaeologists worked with the Sq’éwlets people to ensure that artifacts, or “belongings,” and other archaeological materials were excavated and treated respectfully. The content of the website respects Indigenous protocols regarding sacred information and procedures. The information is not just about the Sq’éwlets people, it is coming to you from the Sq’éwlets people using their own voices, language, and understandings.” (Source: Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre / Stó:lō Nation)

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Stó:lō Foodways