October presents an opportunity to integrate Ktunaxa Literacy and Language into SD8 Schools. Yaqan Nukiy has shared some lesson plans and resources with us which Aboriginal Education staff have access to. Please connect with the AbEd staff in your school to connect with these language resources.

First Voices - Ktunaxa language

aqamnik elementary school - downloadable language pdfs and ktunaxa language videos

Aiyana Twigg - ktunaxa language learner shares her language learning process on social media

Ktunaxa Nation - Ktunaxa Language Resources

Ktunaxa Nation - installing the ktunaxa font on your computer

St. Eugene - Ktunaxa Language & Storytelling

Joe Pierre - Ktunaxa Creation Story

Ktunaxa Literacy & Language Resources in District Shared Library. To access these resources, please contact District Indigenization Coordinator.

• Grandma’s Teachings by Robert Louie Sr. 

• Nalmuqci: A Legend of Generosity and Kindness by Robert Louie Sr. 

• One Green Tree (Nukini Kakaquxmaqa akiclain) by Elizabeth Gravelle (Counting with colours in Ktunaxa)

• The Legend of Yauke’kam by Robert Louie Sr. 

• The Yaqan Nukiy: Their History, Culture and Traditions by Chris Luke Sr. (x9)

• Ktunaxa Resource Kit: Early Intermediate Studies of the Ktunaxa First Nations developed by Marg Bibby and Teresa Laplante

• Yaqsum?mil – The Flatbow Kootenay Canoe by Yaqan Nuki Peoples’ Heritage Society

• Wolf and 2 Point Buck as told by Robert Joseph Louie

• Q̓apkiǂ - Ktunaxa - to tell someone everything (x9) 

• Ktunaxa Arts

• All Living Things = A Ktunaxa Ethnobotany Handbook by Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council

• Alfred Joseph’s Walkabout – Ktunaxa Nature Walk

• Ktunaxa Nation Colouring Book