Resources

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.

Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals,  stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.

Geared toward Grades 6 to 8. Tells the story of an Inuit orphan who, abandoned by his village, ends up living with a group of magical dwarfs.

Children's story about harvesting wild leek or ramps; in Ojibwe and English.

Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.

Created to be used with the article Warp, Weft, Weave: Joining Generations published in vol. 53, Issue, 3, 2020 of British Columbia History magazine. Designed for students in Grades 8 to 12.

Designed for Grade 6 students.

Relates James Bartleman’s initiatives to institute educational programs that provide more learning opportunities, suicide counseling, and promote literacy and education to the youth.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

Recommended for Grades 1 to 3.

Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.

Retelling of traditional story.

Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.

The battle was a confrontation between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company during the Pemmican War which was precipitated by a proclamation that no pemmican could be exported from the Red River Colony. The North West contingent was led by Cuthbert Grant and included a large number of Métis.

Traditional Sami story.

Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.

Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan. 

Duration: 3:58.

Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.

Discusses how the demand for beaver pelts brought about a new economy, the shift from hunting beaver to hunting bison, and the impact of missionaries.

Chapter from Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes..

The traditional story of how Wisakedjak caused the great flood and how, with the help of Muskrat, he was able to remake the world.

Extract from Native Voices edited by Freda Ahenakew, Breanda Gardipy, and Barbara Lafond.

Children's picture book.

Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.

Discusses the importance of the Indigenous invention in the development of Canada.

Additional Material: The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World: 21st Century Curriculum Connections and  Video Resource for Manitoba Teachers (Grades 5-9).

Can be adapted for students K-12. There are two activities: harvesting birch sap and making birch syrup.

Recommended for Grade 3 students.

Annotated list gives reasons why material is considered inappropriate.

Lesson plan for book written by Brenda J. Child and illustrated by Jonathan Thunder. Designed for Pre-K to Grade 2.