Aboriginal Community Learning

Aboriginal Resources & Links

Browse our collection of aboriginal websites and resources below. You might also like to look at our children and youth and adult learning websites. 

We add links regularly, so check back frequently. If you know of a good aboriginal literacy-related website, please email us.

Aboriginal schools

• Saanich Indian School Board – LÁU,WELNEW Tribal School is located at 7449 West Saanich Road
• Saanich Adult Education Centre – serves the Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum, and Paquachin communities as well as many others

Aboriginal literacy

• ReadNowBC, Aboriginal – this section of the provincial government’s literacy website has resources for aboriginal learners
• BC Center of Aboriginal Friendship Centres – Family Literacy – literacy resources for aboriginal families
• The Healthy Aboriginal Network – non-profit promotion of health, literacy and wellness. This organization publishes comic books on health and social issues for youth.

Band websites

• Tsawout First Nations – website of one of four Saanich Nation bands with information on history and current events
• Tsartlip First Nations – includes an extensive links page with links to information on the tribal school and  the SENCOTEN language
• Tseycum First Nations – offers a newsletter, history and photographs of Patricia Bay

Support Agencies

• NIL/TU,O Child & Family Services – serves seven First Nations communities to ensure the safety, protection, and well being of children

Traditional Language

• SENÇOÏEN language – a history of the language, from the Saanich Indian School Board