Growing Up in Wild Horse Canyon

This visual history book highlights the history of the Syilx Peoples in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley with its use of vivid images, figurative language, precise verbs, and poetic devices. The resource includes maps, timelines, photos, as well as information that is easily accessible to readers of varying levels—from intermediate learners to more sophisticated readers. Its particular applicability to the Grade 4 curriculum will allow classroom teachers to use this book to help students understand the Indigenous perspective and the Okanagan First Nations connection to the natural and social history of British Columbia.