Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
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.
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Resource uses the medicine wheel as tool for exploring the life of a residential school survivor.
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Adapted from Oyate.org's book How to Tell the Difference: A Guide for Evaluating Children's Books for Anti-Indian Bias by Beverly Slapin, Doris Seale, and Rosemary Gonzales.
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.
Excerpt from graphic novel focuses on the trial and execution of Louis Riel.
"Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy."
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Lesson plan involves students learning about stereotypes and deciding whether paintings by Charles M. Russell reinforced those stereotypes.