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Aboriginal Art in Canada
Aboriginal Peoples: Resources Pertaining to First Nations, Inuit and Métis. 2011 Supplement.
Abstract Haida Explorations: Cut Paper Designs
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Grades 4-7.
Abstract Haida Explorations: Painting Using Stencils
Students create formline design artwork inspired by works by Robert Davidson. Lesson plan intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Allen Sapp's Art: Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond: A Teacher Resource Guide
Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9
Balancing History
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.
The Blackfeet Buckskin Shirt
Blackfoot Warrior Shirts
Button Blanket Math: A Primary Unit, Grade 2
Resource for teaching number, pattern and space/shapes by incorporating images and forms used in First Nations art. Includes black line masters.
The Coast Salish: Connecting Art, Environment and Traditions
Copper Thunderbird by Marie Clements: Study Guide
E.-A.: Freestyle Looming and Probability: Grade 12 Foundations of Math
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-D.2: Quadrilateral Patterning through Indigenous Beading: Grade 5
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
Edward Curtis Project
Explorations in Haida Formline Design: Abstract Paintings
Four lessons designed for Grades 8-12.
From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books
Group of Six Coloring & Activity Book
Artwork designed by youth artists from the Six Nations, Grand River Territory.
Honouring Tradition: Reframing Native Art
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik: [Study Guide]
Guide to accompany film, I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik. Target ages 9-12. Contains previewing and post viewing activities, follow up discussion and activity ideas.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Interpretive Guide and Hands-on Activites: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program: ᐊᐧᐃᐧᓯᐦᒋᑲᐣ = Wawisihcikan = Adornment
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.
Interpretive Guide & Hands-on Activities: Nitssaakita’paispinnaan: We Are Still in Control
Introduction to Blackfoot Quillworking Techniques
Iroquois Beadwork: Cultural Portraits of the Past and Present
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
A Life in Beads: The Stories a Plains Dress Can Tell
Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People
[North American Indians: A Collection of Bibliographies, Resource Lists, Questions and Answers, and Other Leaflets]
Ojibway Nature Center Colouring Book
Each picture is introduced with a story which includes words in the Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) language.
Perpetual Salish Contemporary Coast Salish Art from the Salish Weave Collection
Catalogue of exhibition which featured works by Maynard Johnny Jr., lessLIE , John Marston , Susan A. Point, and Dylan Thomas
Related material: Educational website.
Pushing the Line: Art without Reservations: Educational Resource
Raise a Flag: Works from the Indigenous Art Collection (2000-2015): Education Guide
Robert Houle: Paris/Ojibwa.
S'abadeb-- The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists: Seattle Art Museum Educator Resource Guide, Grades 3-12.
Selected Bibliography of American Indian Studies Resources for Students in Grades K-6
Stories and Song: Anishinaabemowin Colouring Book
Designs by artists from the Dish with One Spoon Treaty territory feature animals from the region and are labelled in Ojibway and English.
Study Guide: The Living Stone
Susan Point: Spindle Whorl: Teacher's Study Guide
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.
Tah'lum Indigenous Artist Collective Colouring Book: Volume 1: Michif and Lekwungen
Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 9-12: Learn About Community & Land Stewardship through the Art of Pitseolak Ashoona
Pitseolak Ashoona is a renowned Inuk artist from Nunavut.
Designed to complement the book Pitseolak Ashoona: Life and Work.
Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 9-12: Learn about Land & Indigenous Worldviews through the Art of Norval Morrisseau
Includes biography, discussion of artist's style and techniques learning activities, and image file. Designed to complement Norval Morrisseau: Life and Work by Carmen Robertson.
Teacher's Resource Guide: North American Indians
Through Our Eyes: Expressing Aboriginal Culture Grade 9 NAC 10
Ts'úu isgyáan Sgahláang = Yellow and Red Cedar
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.