Resources
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Darren Wicks
Description
Contains instructions for the Finger Pull, Hand Games, Pole Push, Stick Pull, and Snowsnake.
Dene Kede: Education: A Dene Perspective: Curriculum Document Grade 7
E-Books
Author/Creator
Early Childhood and School Services, Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the NWT
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Dene Yatie - South Slavey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
South Slave Divisional Education Council
Description
Annotated list of books written in South Slavey which are suitable for use in the classroom.
Design, Construction & Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks: A Teaching Unit for Educators
Alternate Title
Design, Construction & Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks: A Teaching Unit for Educators, Grades 6-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angie Lunda
Description
Lesson plans designed to teach mathematical concepts through cultural heritage and hands-on activities.
Designing an Aboriginal Strategy.
Alternate Title
Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response: Report of the Standing committee on Human Resources Development and Status of Persons With Disabilities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Description
Chapter Four of Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response
Discrimination and Identity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource for use with April Raintree (Grades 7-9) and In Search of April Raintree (Grades 10-12).
Discuss It!
Alternate Title
Reaching Out Project
E-Books
Description
Guide to accompany collection of 14 films to support English-language and teaching. Includes resources for Summer Legend on page 37.
Diverse Voices: Selecting Equitable Resources for Indian and Métis Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Curriculum and Instruction Branch
Saskatchewan Learning
Description
Guidelines for critically evaluating bias in educational resources involving Aboriginal peoples' cultures, traditions, languages and terminologies.
Donald Marshall
Alternate Title
News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC-TV News in Review, September 1990, pp. 29-35
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.
Double-Wampum, Double-Life, Double Click: E. Pauline Johnson by and for the World Wide Web
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Rak
Canadian Poetry, no. 46, Spring/Summer, 2000, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the world wide web makes the author invisible, but not the content or "object" of knowledge. The original text was published in Textual Studies in Canada, no. 13/14, 2001.
Dreaming from the Margins, Living in the In-Between: Identity, Culture, and the Power of Voice
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian History
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the the Yale National Initiative ; 2016 Volume 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ludy P. Aguada
Description
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.
Dÿne Suåin Yati Chipewyan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[South Slave Divisional Education Council]
Description
Annotated list of Chipewyan language books suitable for use in the classroom.
E.-A.: Freestyle Looming and Probability: Grade 12 Foundations of Math
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Krysta Shemrock
Description
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-B.1: Picario: A Traditional Indigenous Game to Develop Spatial Reasoning, and Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills: Grade 10 Mathematics Workplace and Apprenticeship
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Duchscherer
Description
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E.B2: Water, First Nations Cultures, Statistics: Grade 9 Mathematics
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Duchscherer
Description
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E.-C.1: The Language of Positive and Negative Numbers: Grade 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Danielle Vankoughnett
Description
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-C.2: Stick Games and Theoretical/Experimental Probability: Grade 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Danielle Vankoughnett
Description
Teacher-created lesson developed in conjunction with the McDowell foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-D.1: Multiplication and First Nations Drumming
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Serena Palmer
Description
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the Stirling McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development
E-D.2: Quadrilateral Patterning through Indigenous Beading: Grade 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Serena Palmer
Description
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
The Earliest Americans: Reader
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge History and Geography
Core Knowledge Curriculum Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Foundation
Description
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources
Early Learning and Language Childcare Conference Colouring Pages
Alternate Title
Early Learning and Language Childcare Conference Coloring Pages
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation Saskatchewan
Description
Pictures of animals accompanied by their names in English and Northern Michif.
Early Learning and Language Childcare Conference Colouring Pages
Alternate Title
Early Learning and Language Childcare Conference Coloring Pages
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation Saskatchewan
Description
Pictures of animals accompanied by their names in English and heritage Michif.
The Earth on Turtle's Back
Alternate Title
Native American Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joseph Bruchac
Michael J. Caduto
Description
Traditional creation story. Extract from Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto.
The Earth on Turtle's Back
Documents & Presentations
Description
Illustrated version of the Iroquois creation story.
Ebb and Flow Stories
Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond M. Beaumont
Echoes: Elders' Writings: Fort Resolution, NT
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Freda Cardinal
Gene Norn
Doris Beck
Mary McKay
Carol Vallette
Description
Brief stories about the seasons, a hunting trip, working at the local convent, and journeying to the north.
Ecosystems: Understanding Our Place in the Natural World: An Integrated Science Learning Unit for Grade 7 Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Centre for Youth
Research
Science Teaching and Learning
University of Manitoba]
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programmes for Student Audiences
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah James
Description
Plot of novel involves a young Shuswap woman who leaves her reserve for the city and is ultimately raped and murdered. Includes overview of play, biography of playwright and director, and focus questions.
Educating Inner-City Aboriginal Students: The Significance of Culturally Appropriate Instruction and Parental Support
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Smith
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 155-171
Description
Discusses the need for collaboration between school, home and community as well a changes to government policy to fight the effects of poverty.
Education for Reconciliation and Social Justice: Bringing the Shannen's Dream, Jordan's Principle and I am a Witness Campaigns into the Classroom
Alternate Title
Education for Reconciliation and Social Justice: Grades 9-12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Teacher's resource deals with the situation of First Nations children and the inequities they face.
Education Program: The Fur Trade
Alternate Title
Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre Education Program: The Fur Trade
Web Sites
Author/Creator
Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre
Description
Web page includes brief information about the fur trade and two games: Fur Trade Timeline Game and The Fur Trade Game.
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
Alternate Title
To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions (An Educational Curriculum)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shawn Termin
Description
Guide aimed at middle year students is divided into four sections: Strengthening Community, Design Tells a Story, Expressions of Honor, and Origins of Native Quilting. Discusses eight individual quilters (Aboriginal and Hawaiian): Mary Bighouse (Osage), Sheree "Peachy" Bonaparte (Mohawk), Alice Olsen Williams (Anishinabe), Nancy Crone Naranjo (Eastern Cherokee), Bernyce Courtney (Wasco-Tlingit), Harriet Soong (Native Hawaiian), Ollie Napesni (Rosebud Lakota), and Lula Red Cloud (Ogala Lakota).
Educator's Guide: Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ixchel Bennett
Mandisa Bromfield
Christina Saunders
Nastassia Subban
Description
Created to support Ontario secondary courses Grade 11 Contemporary Aboriginal Voices and Grade 11 English.
Edward Curtis Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Keeptwo
Description
Study guide developed to accompany play written by Marie Clements, photography by Rita Leistner. Includes synopsis, information about the playwright, curriculum connections, discussion questions, and exercises.
The Elders Are Watching
Alternate Title
High Interest Aboriginal Theme Book Strategies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Siwal Si'wes Digital Library?]
Description
Teacher resource for book about respect for the environment
Electricity: Changes in Northern Society: An Integrated Science Learning Unit for Yukon Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Centre for Youth
Research
Science Teaching and Learning
University of Manitoba]
Empowering the Spirit: Educational Resources to Support Reconciliation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Alberta Regional Consortia
Description
Website developed to provide support for educators by increasing "awareness, understanding, application of First Nations, Métis and Inuit histories, perspectives and ways of knowing for the purpose of implementing treaty and residential schools education and Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action for education".
Ending an Era
Alternate Title
Métis Development in the Canadian West ; 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
Ënë = My Mother
Alternate Title
[Gift of Language and Culture Project: Stories, Legends and Chants]
[My Mother. Dene]
[Nursery Family Units (Gift of Language and Culture Project)]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gift of Language and Culture Project
Description
Virtual nursery level book in Dene and English
Engaging Native American Youth in Learning
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Trinidad Torres-Carrion
Jon Allan Reyhner
Description
Webinar discusses culture, community, and place-based education.
Duration: 1:08:34.
Engaging Youth with Indigenous Material in Libraries and Classrooms
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Debra Martel
Jan Hare
Allison Taylor-McBryde
Description
Panelists discuss strategies for selecting appropriate books and using them in the classroom.
Duration: 1:06:32.
English 130: Nonfiction Study: Raising Ourselves by Velma Wallis
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest Territories Literacy Council
Description
Contains pre-reading section, vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions, and extended activities.
English First Peoples: Grade 10-12 Resource Guide
Alternate Title
FNESC/FNSA English First Peoples 10, 11, and 12 Teacher Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Includes advice for non-Indigenous teachers teaching the class, list of recommended texts, and instruction and assessment units. Course conforms to the British Columbia curriculum, but incorporates literature from across Canada and the United States.
English Fluency via Computers at Yakima Tribal School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhet Diessner
Edwin E. Rousculp
Jacqueline L. Walker
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 1, October 1985, pp. [17-24]
Description
Project shows that word processing with computers can improve students' writing.
English Language Arts A30: In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Cullen
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[J. Proch]
Description
Study guide for the novel.
Ensuring Diversity within Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Classrooms
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Grantham
Physical & Health Education Journal, vol. 66, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 39-40
Description
Argues that sport is important for promoting community wellness, suggests effective teacher strategies and resources.
Ensuring First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Success: Leadership through Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sig Schmold
Description
Discusses key issues and strategies that school boards can use to improve Aboriginal learner results.