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Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9
Beyond the Muskeg: Poetic Expressions of a Narrative Inquiry Into Curriculum Making and Identity Making on the Edges of Community
Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life: Teacher Guidebook for GDI Publications
Building Confidence of Academic Library Staff in the Selection of Culturally Authentic Native American Picture Books
Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (MSc) -- Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2021.
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2020-2021
[Children's Book Activity Sheets for Home-Based Learning]
Children’s Book Activity Sheets for Home-Based Learning
Activities for the following titles: A Promise is a Promise; Awasis Bannock; Bowwow Powwow; Gifts from Raven; Go Show the World; How Raven Stole the Sun; I Like Who I Am; My Heart Fills with Happiness; Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak; Sweetest Kulu; Walk on the Shoreline; We Are Water Protectors; Windy Lake; and You Hold Me Up.
Simple activities and questions to help parents who are reading and discussing books with children.
Cree Code Talker
Short documentary about Charles "Checker" Tomkins, a Métis from Grouard, Alberta, and his service during his attachment to the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
Duration: 13:31.
Culturally Relevant Physical Education: Educative Conversations with Mi'kmaw Elders and Community Leaders
Decolonizing Curricular Resources: A Bibliography for Teaching and Learning Native American and Indigenous Studies in New England
Resources categorized by grade level and subject matter.
Delta School District Aboriginal Education Review
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Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary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.
Elders' Teachings About Resilience and Its Implications for Education in Dene and Cree Communities
Exploring the Complexity of Policy Enactment Through Stories: A Sociomaterial Informed Study.
Exploring the Work of Treaty Catalyst Teachers in Selected Saskatchewan Schools
First and Second Wave Native American Literature
Students analyze Winter in the Blood by James Welch, Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie,
How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice: Educator's Resource
Increasing Indigenous Children's Access to Traditional Foods in Early Childhood Programs: Executive Summary
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel
Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Digital Storytelling, and Environmental Learning — A Confluence of Tradition and New Media Technology
Interpretive Guide and Hands-on Activites: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program: ᐊᐧᐃᐧᓯᐦᒋᑲᐣ = Wawisihcikan = Adornment
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.
An Investigation of the Role of Legends and Storytelling in Early Childhood Practices in a Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) Early Childhood Facility
Kanien'kehá:ka Creation Story
Traditional Mohawk story, sometimes known as the Sky Woman story.
Kanyen'kehà:ka Creation Story
Traditional Mohawk story also known as the Sky Woman story.
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom: Educator Resources
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.
Lessons from the Earth: Storytelling, Art and Indigenous Knowledge
Memories of Aboriginal/Indian Education: Decolonizing Policy and Practice
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh = This Is How I Know, Written by Brittany Luby, Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Translated by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere
"An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem." Intended for use with ages 3 to 7.
Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide
To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by
On the Side of the Angels: A Memoir by Jose Amaujaq Kusugak: Teaching Guide
Designed for use with students in Grades 7 to 9.
Reading for Resurgence: Indigenous Literatures, Communities, and Learning
Reconciliation: The Children's Version
Reflections from Them Days: A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut As Told by Nellie Winters, Transcribed and Edited by Erica Obendorfer: Teaching Guide
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
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.
The Significance of Drums in First Nations' Cultures
Designed for Grade 1-3 art classes.
Silenced: Voices Taken from American Indian Characters in Children’s Literature
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
A Teacher's Guide for Indian Shoes: A Novel by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Sample lesson focuses on one chapter in book which follows the adventures of grandfather and his grandson. Recommended grades 2-3.
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Curtis Miller Jo
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Genivive Killulark
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory: Kimberly Knight
To Know Dibaajimowin: A Narrative of Knowing: Art, Art Education and Cultural Identity in the Life Experiences of Four Contemporary Indigenous Women Artists
Traditional Navajo Storytelling as an Educational Strategy: Student Voices
Education Thesis (PhD) -- Arizona State University, 2016.