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8th Fire Guide for Educators
Aboriginal Girls Circle Enhancing Connectedness and Promoting Resilience for Aboriginal Girls: Final Pilot Report
Aboriginal Perspectives General Lesson for the Web Site
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools: Adopted by the Assembly of Alaska Native Educators, Anchorage, Alaska, February 3, 1998
Ava and the Little Folk: Book Study
British Columbia Métis History
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Circle of the Sun (1960) Standing Alone (1982) Round Up (2011): An Integrated Educator's Guide.
CSRD Implementation in Native American Sites: Cross-Site Lessons Learned
Results from the federally-funded program which supports schools in investing in a comprehensive change process.
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Discrimination and Identity
Dreaming from the Margins, Living in the In-Between: Identity, Culture, and the Power of Voice
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Developed for use in Advanced Placement English Literature or Language classroom, Grades 11 and 12.
Early Childhood Care and Development Programs as Hook and Hub: Promising Practices in First Nations Communities
Early Learnings
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Schools: A Guide for School Learning Communities
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Schools: Evaluation Summary
English Language Acquisition and Navajo Achievement in Magdalena, New Mexico: Promising Outcomes in Heritage Language Education
Establishing a Research Agenda For American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Programs
Fishing for Put-Ups
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Gifted Native American Students - Overlooked and Underserved: A Long-Overdue Call for Research and Action
Grade 6: Our National Identity: Canada's Diverse Communities
Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge
Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle For the Beaufort-Delta Region: Which is an Agreement-in-Principle Among the Gwich'in, as Represented by the Gwich'in Tribal Council and The Inuvialuit, as Represented by the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada
Hunters and Bombers: [Study Guide]
Indian Record (Vol. 33, No. 3-4, March-April, 1970)
Indigenization Framework for Aboriginal Literacy: An Integrated Program of a Holistic Ecology of Aboriginal Literacy, 2008-2009
Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Symbols
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Kekina'muek (learning): Learning about the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia
Living and Working in Oona River: A Teacher’s Guide
Recommended for Grade 11 Social Studies.
Additional material: The River People: Living and Working in Oona River student resource book.
Mémére Métisse = My Métis Grandmother: Educational Resource
Métis Agriculture in Saskatchewan
[Métis Community & Kinship]
Designed for Grades 4-9.
[Métis History & Identity: Lesson Plan]
Created for Grades 10-12.
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog): [Study Guide]
Module 10: Education, Recreation, and Family
Mohawk Girls: Educational Resource
Native American Language Immersion: Innovative Native Education for Children & Families
Our Thinking Made Visible: Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context
For use with videos featuring Metis, First Nations, and Inuit leaders.
Regional Characteristics of Sápmi and the Sami People
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.
A Resource Toolkit for Speech-Language Pathologists Working with Children from Indigenous Communities
Rewriting the Narrative of American History: American Indian Identity and the Process of Recovery
Unit looks at how the authors of Tulsa: From Creek Town to Oil Capital (Angie Debo), Custer Died for Your Sins (Vine Deloria, Jr.), and Winter in the Blood (James Welch) repond to certain crises in Native American history. Designed for 11th grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition classes. Some focus on Oklahoma history.
Strategies for Indigenous Language Revitalization and Maintenance
Supporting Aboriginal Student Success: Self-Esteem and Identity, A Living Teachings Approach
Teachings of the Seven Sacred / Seven Grandfathers: Basic Level Teachings Unit 1: Teacher's Manual
A series of lesson plans for each of the teachings: respect, wisdom, love, bravery, humility, honesty and truth. Related material: Student Manual.
Turtle Island: A Picture of Afro-Indigenous History in Canada
For use with article Black and Indigenous by Oscar Baker III found on p. 12 of the special issue "Black History in Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 5 to 8.