FNMI ART PART 1 Presentation by Sharon Meyer

FNMI ART – PART 1 Presentation by Sharon Meyer NESD FNMI

TRADITIONAL ART PRE-CONTACT MATERIALS � With a partner use 4 stick notes � Label each sticky note with one item that First Nation people used for everyday precontact lifestyle

Traditional Art Contemporary Art Woodland Art Pop Art Ceremonial and Spiritual Art Utilitarian Art Refer to notes for examples of Items in each category

FIRST NATION TRADITIONAL ART Items made from pre-contact materials and used for everyday purposes Wood flute Clay pot Birch Bark Moose Call Firing clay pots and bowls https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=4 Lv. JKh. K 03 u 4 Making a primitive style clay pot 4: 12 Plants were traditional medicine

Stone hammer Snowsnake What could you make with your materials? Talking stick https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Lyq. MVZx. Ki 4 Q Bushcraft- Rock Axe & Knife 3: 11 (This video demonstrates how to make a tool using items from Mother Earth)

BUFFALO Animals were here before humans and animals taught us how to survive on Turtle Island – The buffalo was our superstore – food, shelter, clothing, tools, etc. The buffalo was also our teacher - for example Buffalo formed a circle when being attacked and that process was used by the First Nation people in setting up the tipi village in a circle. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=e 4 s-Ywd_Vd. E Home made bone neck knife…. cutting test 2: 08

EARLY FIRST NATION ROBE PAINTINGS Robe paintings were picture stories recording special events for historical purposes https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_FOGt. Nj 3 sq. E Native American Hide Painting 1: 53

FIRST NATION SYMBOLISM https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Yqv 3 SR 7 cdt. E Artist Spotlight: “Shields” by James Little Wounded 1: 11 Symbols had significant meanings and in contemporary art it continues to have symbolic meaning

CLASS STORY USING FN SYMBOLS Porcupine Plain students created a legend using symbols

STUDENT PROJECTS Another example of a student story using symbols https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=SLv. Bzjoq 8 h 8 Mike Mc. Leod – How to Paint on a Buffalo Robe 8: 14

ROCK CARVINGS - PETROGLYPHS https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=dz. I 3 TBIRxmc Sloan Canyon Petroglyphs Nevada Native American Rock Art Drawing [HD] 3: 52 (can fast forward to 1: 40) LP Miller – Miss Lukoni students used clay to create raised petroglyph style art Carvings in rock

ROCK PAINTINGS - PICTOGRAPHS Choiceland students painted Symbols on rocks Paintings on rock https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Vyx. Cz. OSKOx 8 Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel / Rock Art / Petroglyph / San Rafael Swell In South-

INUKSHUK https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=N 3 Bfu. Yz-B 1 U The Inukshuk 1: 54 What other materials could you use to create your own Inukshuk?

TOTEM POLES There is a NESD FNMI Totem Pole and Haida Art Bundle Available for further teaching https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=whw 6 tf. NSt. TM Totem Poles – Talking Trees 2: 58 (visual video of totem Totem poles are a history of family clan poles) Animals have symbolic significance.

WOOD CARVING https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=zis. BVYY 6 Hh. A Wood Carving *Haida art* 0: 38

BIRCH BARK BITING https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=bmy 4 ri. WQh. AE Birch-bark-harvesting-small 0: 34 Birch Bark was also used as a medicinal plant There is a NESD FNMI Birch Bark Biting Bundle available to further learn about birch bark

Created your own birch bark biting https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=lf. SB 4 uyh. MU k WIIGWAASSABAKOON / BIRCH BARK SCROLLS Norval Morriseau used birch bark paper when he first started drawing

PLEASE CONTINUE TO FNMI ART 2 – CEREMONIAL AND RELIGIOUS ART

Thank you for being a part of this day! Sharon Meyer NESD FNMI meyer. sharon@nesd. ca (306)401 -7848