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Use of Native Language and Culture (NLC) in Elementary and Middle School Instruction as a Predictor of Mathematics Achievement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark J. Van Ryzin
Claudia G. Vincent
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 3-33
Description

Examines the correlation between Indigenous driven educational programs and a student's family context to asses the negative and positives effects of Native Language and Culture (NLC) within an educational setting. 

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Learning Guide: The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest

Alternate Title
The Salmon Bears Learning Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Van Tol
Lauren Hudson
Diana Chan
Johanna Gordon-Walker
Karen McAllister
Description

For use with book of same name, written by Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read. Lesson plans for Grades 4-7 correspond to each chapter in the book.

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Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail

Alternate Title
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail: Teacher Guide for 4th-10th Grades
The Montana Experience: Stories from Big Sky Country
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Big Sky Pictures
Sally Thompson
Description

Members of Blackfoot, Mandan, Hidatsa, Shoshone, Salish, Nez Perce, Yakama, and Chinookan nations speak about their history and culture. Duration: 35:50.

Related material: Teacher Guide.

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The Three Sisters: Renewing the World

Alternate Title
New World Ideas: Indigenous Innovations That Changed Everything: Video and Curriculum Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lance Guilbault
Pauline Broderick
Peter Jordan
Margaret Hart
Leah Fontaine ... [et al.]
Description

Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.

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York Boats & Buffalo Robes: Fur Trade Life at Lower Fort Garry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Description

Topics include trade, furs, people at work, supply, pastimes and recipes. Intended as classroom resource for a visit to Lower Fort Garry historic park, but information is general.  Due to age of publication, some terminology is out-of-date.

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[Response to the MMIWG2S Calls for Justice and Red Women Rising Recommendations]

Alternate Title
MMIWG2S Response Report: Response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice and Red Women Rising Report Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rachel Wuttunee]
[Shabna Ali]
Description

Purpose of the report was to review the recommendations from the two bodies, assess the extent to which the City has implemented the relevant ones, if it has been done effectively, and ensure better alignment in the future. Report begins on p. 14.

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Traditional Use

Alternate Title
People and Caribou in the Northwest Territories
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Chuck Arnold
Description

Focuses on the central role caribou have played in the lives of the  Dene and Inuit people.

Chapter from People and Caribou in the Northwest Territories edited by Ed Hall.

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Western Perspectives

Alternate Title
Teacher's Guide: American Collection
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Baltimore Museum of Art
Description

Discusses representations of Indigenous peoples in early 20th century art.

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Revised Criteria from How to Tell the Difference

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
­ North Carolina State Advisory Council on Indian Education
Description

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.

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Lesson Plan: Fur Trade Timeline

Alternate Title
Fur Trade Times
How Furs Built Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Phipps
Description

Designed for Grades 3-8. Information from the article Fur Trade Times in the special issue of Kayak magazine How Furs Built Canada. Students play a class game of "I Have ... Who Has?"

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Grade Nine Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding Treaties from around the World" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Eight Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Seven Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding Treaties in a Contemporary Context" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Six Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Moving towards Fulfillment of Treaties" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Five Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Assessing Journey in Honouring Treaties" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Four Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding How Treaty Promises Have Not Been Kept" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Three Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring and Challenges and Opportunities in Treaty Making" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade Two Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Creating a Strong Foundation through Treaties" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Grade One Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Learning That We Are Treaty People" inquiry questions about spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Kindergarten Treaty Education Learning Resource

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description

Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Getting to Know My Community" inquiry questions about spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.

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Traditional Plants

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metis Nation of Alberta
Description

Photographs of 20 plants accompanied by a brief description of their medicinal uses.

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Between Membership & Belonging: Life Under Section 10 of the Indian Act

Alternate Title
Yellowhead Institute Special Report
Between Membership and Belonging: Life Under Section 10 of the Indian Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Damien Lee
Kahente Horn-Miller
Description

Argues that the legislation that allows bands to determine their own criteria for membership has, in some cases, resulted in exclusion of individuals who would belong if kinship laws were applied.

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Lessons Learned: Outreach Education in Collaboration with Tribal Colleges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomasine Heitkamp
Laurel Vermillion
Kenneth Flanagan
Randall Nedegaard
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 69-84
Description

Discusses a collaboration between tribal colleges and social work departments to create a program that addresses the need of Indigenous students.  

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A Two-Way Street: Indigenous Knowledge and Science Take a Ride

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke
Leisa Desmoulins
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 31-53
Description

Looks at integration of western science with Indigenous approaches and perspectives to better accommodate Indigenous youth struggling in the science classroom.  

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“Almost a Herpetologist”: The Iterative Influence of Four Lumbee Male High School Students on an Informal Herpetological Research Field Experience

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary C. Ash
Heidi B. Carlone
Catherine E. Matthews
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 54-75
Description

Examines the experiences of four Lumbee students in a field-based program to discuss ways of improving Indigenous education in the sciences.  

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The Residential School Controversy: A Special Report

Alternate Title
Embarking upon a "Sensitive, Troubling and Painful Task"
Qu'Appelle Indian Industrial School (Lebret, Saskatchewan)
Andy Paull: "Champion of Indians Everywhere"
"The Gifted, Accomplished Brother Edmund O'Keeffe"
Attending Residential School for Twelve Years
Healing the Wounds: Controversy Over Native Residential
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Harold Cardinal
Jacqueline Gresko
Herbert Francis Dunlop
Basil H. Johnston
Marquerite Letourneau
Andrea Lang
Home Mission, vol. 10, no. 2, The Residential School Controversy: A Special Report, 1991
Description

A special edition of the Home Mission Journal on residential schools.  

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A Chapter in the Literature of the Fur Trade

Alternate Title
Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America ; v. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lawrence J. Burpee
Description

Reprinted from v. 5 of the Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America, Chicago 1911.

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A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool from the Earl of Selkirk: Accompanied by a Correspondence with the Colonial Department (in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819), on the Subject of the Red River Settlement, in North America

Alternate Title
A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool from the Earl of Selkirk [Electronic Resource]: Accompanied by a Correspondence with the Colonial Department (in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819), on the Subject of the Red River Settlement, in North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Douglas Selkirk
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Report: Opinion on National Reconciliation Day: Survey of Canadians

Alternate Title
Postmedia-Leger Poll
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leger
Description

Reports results of online survey conducted September 22-24, 2023 with 1652 Canadians 18 years or older randomly selected from Leger's online opinion panel. Responses were weighted according to age, gender, mother tongue, region, education and presence of children in the household.

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Truth and Reconciliation: Canadians See Value in Process, Skeptical about Government Action

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angus Reid Institute
Description

Reports results of online survey conducted from June 9-12, 2015, with a sample of 1511 Canadian adults who were members of the Angus Reid Forum. Respondents were asked whether they agreed with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's key recommendations.

Related Material: Survey Questionnaire.

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