Field Trip: Steven Ginnish on Mi’kmaw Knowledge and Use of Plants and Animals

Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Steven Ginnish
Date:
Oct. 26, 2000
Location:
Eel Ground First Nation, New Brunswick
Files:

Citation:
Sable, Trudy (2000). Steven Ginnish Field Trip on Mi’kmaw Knowledge and Use of Plants and Animals, Eel Ground First Nations, October 26, 2000. Trudy Sable Collection, Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre Archives, Halifax, Nova Scoti.
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The following video was part of doctoral research conducted between 1998-2000 by Trudy Sable in collaboration with the Eel Ground First Nation, Chief George Ginnish, Chief;  the Eel Ground First Nation School,Peter MacDonald, Principal; Anne Ward, Grade 7/8 teacher; and the Grade 7/8 students. The field trip was designed to bring together a Western Scientific approach to forestry and Mi’kmaw Environmental Knowledge of forest biodiversity. The research was included in Dr. Sable’s PhD Thesis entitled: ‘Emerging Identities: A Proposed Model for an Interactive Science Curriculum for Mi’kmaw Students’, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Education, October, 2005.

Sponsorship for the archiving of this video is through the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Aboriginal Languages Initiative Program (2018-2021)

The following video was part of doctoral research conducted between 1998-2000 by Trudy Sable in collaboration with the Eel Ground First Nation, Chief George Ginnish, Chief;  the Eel Ground First Nation School,Peter MacDonald, Principal; Anne Ward, Grade 7/8 teacher; and the Grade 7/8 students. The field trip was designed to bring together a Western Scientific approach to forestry and Mi’kmaw Environmental Knowledge of forest biodiversity. The research was included in Dr. Sable’s PhD Thesis entitled: ‘Emerging Identities: A Proposed Model for an Interactive Science Curriculum for Mi’kmaw Students’, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Education, October, 2005. Sponsorship for the archiving of this video is through the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Aboriginal Languages Initiative Program (2018-2021)