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"All Good Things Come From Below": The Origins of Effective Tribal Government
Anishnaabemowin: Miinwa Anishnaabe Zheyaawin, Our Language, Our Culture
April Raintree: A Multi-Level Novel Study Resource for Instructors
Artists' Connection 5: Indigenous Perspectives
Teachers' resource uses works by Michael Barber, Carl Beam, Monique (Aura) Bedard, Janice Brant, Deron Ahsén:nase Douglas, Lorrie Gallant, Kelly Greene , Summer Hill, Janus, Nancy King (Chief Lady Bird), Quinn Smallboy and Saul Williams.
Assertion of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Land and Resources: Addressing Deep-Rooted First Nations-Federal Conflict Through Sustained Dialogue
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.
Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life: Teacher Guidebook for GDI Publications
Canada's First Nations
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2020-2021
Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
[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.
Coming Out of the Shadows: Asserting Identity and Authority in a Layered Homeland. The 1979-1982 Mud Lake Wild Rice Confrontation
Community-Based Knowledge and Its Utilization for Sustainable Livelihoods Among the Bakgatla People, North-West Province (South Africa)
Creating Sacred Places for Children in Grades 4-6
Creating Sacred Places for Students in Grades 7 & 8
Creating Sacred Places for Students in Grades 9-12
Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework
Data "Gathering Dust": An Analysis of Traditional Use Studies Conducted Within Aboriginal Communities in British Columbia
Domesticating Doctrines: Aboriginal Peoples After the Royal Commission
Doo Dilzin Da: Abuse of the Natural World
[Economic Development Among the Aboriginal Peoples in Canada]
Entwined with Life: Native American Basketry
Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company
An Explorer's Guide to Treaties in Manitoba: An Exercise in Mapping Skills
Activities teach about types of maps, using a map grid, absolute and relative location, latitude and longitude, reading a key, determining directions, etc. Maps appear at end of document.
First Nations Health and Wellness Colouring Book
[Fur Trade Learning Plan]
Intended for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Group of Six Coloring & Activity Book
Artwork designed by youth artists from the Six Nations, Grand River Territory.
How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice: Educator's Resource
The Impact of Cedar Rapids on Special Education in Arizona American Indian School Districts
Indian Agency: Forming First Nations Law in Canada
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Indigenous Knowledge & Pollinator Gardens: Workshop Series
Series of eight modules designed to teach Grade 6 students about the importance of biodiversity, local community and Indigenous knowledge by creating gardens. Each module should take place over the course of a week.
Indigenous Plant Guide
Brief list arranged under headings leaves and plants, berries, and barks, with location, description and uses.
Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel
The Innu: Another Cry for Help
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.
Introducing Métis People: Taking a Look at Métis People in Canada
Power point and slide notes.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain 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 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Learning from the Land: Resources and Stories from K-12 Schools to Support Engagement with Indigenous Plants and Pedagogy
Includes description of the Harvest4Knowledge, Indigenous Foodscapes, Local Foods to School programs in British Columbia and five lesson plans.
Legal and Normative Bases For Saami Claims to Land in the Nordic
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.
Let's Learn Michif!
Colouring book teaches words in Northern and Heritage Michif and English.
Localizing Treaty Education
Designed for Grade 12 Social Studies classes. Focuses on the numbered treaties signed in Manitoba.
Maawndoonganan: Anishinaabe Resource Manual to Accompany the State Michigan Social Studies Standards
List of resources grouped by Grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12. Some are specific to Michigan, but most are general.
Making a Whole Person: Traditional Inuit Education: Teaching Guide
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Educator Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Student Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.
[Métis History & Identity: Lesson Plan]
Created for Grades 10-12.