BC Museum

During our trip to Victoria we went to the museum which turned out to be an awesome field trip!

 I always have such a hard time coming up with good Native studies and this fit the bill

 

 HUGE HGE HUGE totem poles. I couldn't fit them into my picture they were so tall. I even learned a lot on this trip. I had no clue a totem polls were an animal that they believe is their sacred ancestor. And that they believe they guard and protect their homes and villages each carved figure has a story behind it.

 They had a life size Plateau. An underground pit that is covered with spruce and heaps of dirt. There is a hole in the roof that is a place for ventilation and a doorway. Inside it has a notched ladder to get in an out. As many as 50 people would live in these in the winter.

This was a life size wooly mammoth. This area had sounds coming through big speakers. It surprised me but Presley just wanted to get out of there and move on.

 Jude standing by a life size seal. There was a speaker explaining how Inuit groups could harpoon through the winter. The seals were used as food, oil for king heat and cooking. Walrus and whales were also hunted and used for clothing.
There is so much I could share about this trip, I read almost every plaque to the kids as we walked around. They had an excellent photo gallery of animals around the world. I wish there had been more hours in the day to take it all in again. Defiantly somewhere id like to take them again.