Orca Chief by Roy Henry Vickers inspired a whole unit in Social Studies in this practicum with my grade 2/3 class. First, I read the Tsimshian story to the students at the carpet. We discussed and retold the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We explored possible special take away lessons from the story with a focus on respect. The students represented their understanding of the beginning, middle, end and a special take away of the story using pictures, words and sentences in a mini book. After completing the mini books we explored an exciting art medium of paper, black construction paper, oil pastels and stencils to create Roy Henry Vickers inspired Orca Chief art. We then went on in our Physical Education class to study a Tsimshian Chief’s Headdress Song complete with drumming, singing and dancing. Finally, we viewed a Haida animation created by Christopher Auchter called The Mountain of SGaana. We viewed the short film and compared and contrasted The Tsimshian and Haida Oral History. There are so many amazing resources and opportunities to celebrate the languages and oral histories of the Haida and Tsimshian people! This is a fun, interactive and clear demonstration of Standard 9 as it explores Haida and Tsimshian ways of knowing and being tied directly to two common oral histories involving the supernatural worlds of the killer whale.