Contents

    1. Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science

  2. List of Figures

  4. Foreword

  5. Preface

  6. Acknowledgements

  7. Contributing Authors

  8. I. Theoretical, Historical and Epistemological Foundations

    1. Chapter 1 - Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science

    2. Chapter 2 - Why Transforming the Science Curriculum is Necessary for Aboriginal Students

    3. Chapter 3 - “Coming to Know”: A Framework for Indigenous Science Education

    4. Chapter 4 - Creating Change: Instructional Strategies, Teacher Education, Teaching Science in Rural Aboriginal and Urban Multicultural Schools

    5. Chapter 5 - Representations of Indigenous Science in Textbooks, Curriculum Resources, and Government Documents

  9. II. Understanding and Acknowledging Indigenous Science

    1. Chapter 6 - Indigenous Science: Proven, Practical and Timeless

    2. Chapter 7 - A Window into the Indigenous Science of Some Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America

  10. III. Understanding Children’s Ideas, Beliefs and Worldviews

    1. Chapter 8 - When Uncles Become Killer Whales: Bridging Indigenous Science, Western Science and Worldviews

    2. Chapter 9 - Changing Students’ Perceptions of Scientists, the Work of Scientists, and Who Does Science

  11. IV. Indigenous Science Curriculum

    1. Chapter 10 - Seasonal Wheel

      1. The Kwakwaka’Wakw Ebb and Flow of Life

    2. Chapter 11 - Money from the Sea: A Cross-cultural Indigenous Science Problem-solving Activity

    3. Chapter 12 - Dzaxwan (Oolichan Fish): Stories my Elders Told Me

    4. Chapter 13 - Gwaya'elas, How We Do Things: The Development and Evaluation of Dzaxwan Curriculum

    5. Chapter 14 - Storytelling is our Textbook and Curriculum Guide

      1. Understanding Kwakwaka’wakw Science Knowledge and Way of Life Through Story

    6. Chapter 15 - Gitga'at Plant Project: Bridging the Gap between Generations

  12. Appendix A: Curriculum Connections

  13. Appendix B: Selected Curriculum Websites

  14. Appendix C: Selected Indigenous Science Books

  15. Appendix D: Research Project and Graduate Program

  16. Appendix E: Full-Sized Images

  17. Endorsements

  18. Versioning History