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Synthesized from three sources: the journal of Thomas Bunn, the New Nation newspaper, and the Report of the Law Committee, written by Curtis James Bird. The Assembly was formed after the Convention of Forty.

"The New Nation was published weekly from January 7, 1870 to September 3, 1870. Formed by the merger of the Red River Pioneer with the Nor'Wester, it was an organ of the provisional government headed by Louis Riel. It reported in great detail the debates and discussions of the provisional government."

General overview of Métis history, dispersion and employment patterns with special reference to the author's family.

See: "The Half-Breeds" p. 97-110; "The Indians" p.110-137; and "The Esquimaux" p. 137-142.

Contains chapters on the Red River Rebellion and the Red River Expedition.

Includes annotated bibliography of fifteen hundred primary and secondary sources and spread sheets of interactions with information about date, place, participants, numbers injured, type of encounter, significance and source.

Unit focuses on the Berger Inquiry into the proposed construction of a Mackenzie Valley Pipeline in the 1970s and how the mining industry has changed over time.

Intended for use with elementary school students. Some language is outdated due year of publication (1980).

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.

After review of existing literature authors conducted systematic survey of electronic curricular resources pertinent to the Ontario context and readily available to educators. Google, YouTube and university databases were searched. Eighty-two sources were identified, 60% of which were by an Indigenous author/partner/illustrator.

Research conducted to document men's feelings about learning, work and well-being. Methods used were interviews (33 participants), closed questionnaires (166), workshop with the community-based researchers and Indigenous male role models (11).

Related Material: Summary and Recommendations.

Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.

Chronicles significant events in 1870-1873 after the Red River Expeditionary Force arrived in response the Resistance.

Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in a script for the traditional story.

Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in a script for the traditional story.

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.

Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.

Excerpt from graphic novel focuses on the trial and execution of Louis Riel.

"Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy."

These communities were ones where the Métis lived on unused Municipal or Crown land or road allowances. They were characterized by pour housing and lack of collection of taxes and provision of government services. Information compiled from A Study of the Population of Indian Ancestry Living in Manitoba, under the direction of Jean H. Lagasse.

Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.

Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.

Map codes communities by linguistic affiliation; individual locations can be clicked on for brief videos and English name.

Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.

Looks at the impact of decolonization within the mental health community amongst Canadian Indigenous populations.

International Relations Thesis (MLA) -- Harvard University, 2023

Discusses how discrimination, disenfranchisement, and disempowerment creates the environment that make gangs a enticing option for coloured and Indigenous people in South Africa and Canada.  

Identifies ways of incorporating Gitxsan knowledge of dementia to help nurses incorporate more culturally safe practices to deal with Indigenous elderly patients in British Columbia.

Addresses the reluctance of Nuu-chah-nulth elders to seek health care through a two day workshop between the Nuu-chah-nulth people and BC health care providers to brainstorm recommendations to improve emergency care. 

Examines the role of ethnobotany in decolonization.  

Using the experience of Indigenous UBC health student's participation at the 2018 International Indigenous HealthFusion Team Challenge to discuss opportunities for Indigenous students to become health leaders and contribute to reconciliation in Canada. 

Looks at the use of a more borderless health care system for Indigenous communities to meet their specific needs.

Topics include basics, best practices in storytelling and working with Indigenous communities, creating authentic content and using Native talent.

Biographical sketch of each department head from 1786 to 2021, including their political philosophy.

Topics explored include characteristics of rocks found in Nunavut, how these characteristics determine their uses, how they are classified, what they show about local geological history, and how they are changed by natural processes. 

Role-playing game for middle school grades. This mission focuses on changes to the Northern Cheyenne's way of life from 1866 to 1876 due to encroachment of United Sates military expeditions, railway builders and white settlers. Students assume the role of Little Fox and influence the outcomes of the game by the choices they make.

Teacher's Guide.

Focuses on Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous representations of Indigenous peoples and their stories in film.

Additional material:

Video.

Uses video clips by five Indigenous artists as a starting point for discussion, writing and research activities.

Traditional stories include: A Man Entertained by The Thunderers; The Horned Serpent Runs Away With A Girl Who Is Rescued By The Thunderer; Niagara Falls and the Thunderbeings; and The Thunder Beings and the Hunter.

Traditional stories include: The Seven Brothers (Big Dipper); Nya-Gwa-Ih, The Celestial Bear; The Seven Star Dancers; The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster (Pleiades), Ga-Do-Waas and His Star Belt (Milky Way); and The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star.

Haudenosaunee refers to the six nations (Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk), Onayotekaono (Oneida), Onandaga, Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onondowahgah (Seneca), and Skaruhreh (Tuscarora)) which comprise the Iroquois Confederacy.

Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.

Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.

Timeline of significant dates and events from 1497 to 2006 with main focus being the Hudson's Bay Company.

Intended for Grade 4 Social Studies.

Examines the First Nations Community Education Program as a collaborative effort to address Indigenous health inequalities in Canada.

Health Sciences Thesis (PHD) -- Simon Fraser University, 2022.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Northern British Columbia, 2018.

Sociology Thesis (M.A) -- University of Calgary, 2020.

Forest and Nature Conservation Thesis (MSc) -- Wageningen University, 2022.

Art Education (MA) -- Concordia University, 2020.

Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies Thesis (PHD) -- University of Essex, 2022.

History Thesis (MA) -- University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2018.

Geography and Anthropology Thesis (PHD) -- Louisiana State University, 2007.

History Thesis (PHD) -- Washington State University, 2021.

History Thesis (PHD) -- University of Oklahoma, 2010.

History Thesis (MA) -- University of Florida, 2003

History Thesis (MA) -- University of Nebraska Omaha, 1967.

Looks at a project that interweaves Indigenous and Western point-of-views to improve emergency care for northern communities.

History Thesis (PHD) -- University of Waterloo, 2021.

Education Thesis (MEd) -- University of Alberta, 1975

Grade 4 level.

Education Thesis (PHD) -- University of Ottawa, 2005.

Looks at the development of a program created to address the challenges of Indigenous faculty at American colleges. 

Using sharing circles to identify ways to make the tools used in palliative care to be more culturally relevant for Indigenous patients.   

Using personal experiences to address colonialism and the systematic racism within the Canadian health care system.

Examines the use of culture with yoga and meditation as means to help at-risk Indigenous youth.  

Discusses social capital as a means to conduct health research that compliments Indigenous communities worldviews.  

Looks at cultural relevant programs, such as the RED Path project, to address Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infection (STBBI) prevention.

Looks at the experiences of Indigenous practitioners from the three territories to discuss how a strong land relationship can lead to better mental health for Indigenous communities. 

Using interviews with Cree youth and Indigenous youth coordinators to look at ways to engage Indigenous youth towards healthier lifestyles.   

Examines the correlation between the dumping of pulp and paper mill effluent near the Pictou Landing First Nation and the high levels of cancer amongst its Indigenous population.   

Video tells the story of Sto:lo boys who were taken from their homes by prospectors for the purpose of using them as labourers in the California goldfields and the community's commemoration of the event.

Duration: 19:38.

Designed for teachers of English as a Second Language.

In English and Seneca (?).

Contains links to lists of: film for screening; production/media; film festivals; curricular supports; projects/others and check list for assessing films.

Five cases studies involving sexual health, pregnancy and after-birth care to illustrate the connections between MMIWG2S+ and systemic racism in the healthcare system.

Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.

Includes numerous traditional coyote and non-coyote stories.

Includes brief discussion of Mourning Dove, text of the traditional story and student exercises.

Student lesson to accompany the Iroquois creation story.

Illustrated version of the Iroquois creation story.

Speech given by Pratt, who established Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the first of the Indian residential schools in the United States, in 1879. Taken from The Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, Nineteenth Annual Session.

Related Material: Excerpt.

Lesson plan involves students looking at primary source documents about people (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) who participated in the schools and then assuming their identity and writing a journal.

Lesson plan designed for elementary students.

Related material: Teaching Guide.

Teaching resource involves students looking at primary documents and comparing newspaper coverage to eyewitness accounts.

"This survey textbook overviews Native American literature from its origins in poems and creation myths of the continent's hundreds of Native cultures. Texts are organized with major sections on creation myths, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction/memoir."

Student handout.

Based on the Iroquois story as told by John A. Gibson in the 1890s. Done in a glossary format.

Looks at the central role of corn in the cultures of the Hopi, Pawnee and Seneca peoples.

Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.