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Aboriginal Rights Position Paper [1980]
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
Authentic First Peoples Resources: For Use in K-7 Classrooms
Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9
B.C. First Nations Studies Teacher's Guide
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
A Bibliography of the Arts and Crafts of the Northwest Coast Indians
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2009-2010 Catalogue
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators, 2018/19
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga: Study Guide
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.
The Elders Are Watching
Teacher resource for book about respect for the environment
English First Peoples: Grade 10-12 Resource Guide
FNESC/FNSA Teacher Resource Guides Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts
"Go Forward with Courage": K – 7: Entry Point Lesson Plans to Help Teachers Indigenize the Curriculum and Classroom
Six primary and eight intermediate lesson plans in subject areas of English language arts, science, and social studies.
Herb Rice: Master Carver
Himwic`a: Our Legends: As Told by Our Hupačasath Elders
Retelling of seven traditional stories including: When the Eagle Went to Borrow Eyes from the Snail; The Shadow; Daughter of Sea Cucumber; The Thunderbird Has a Nest on Thunder Mountain; and When the Codfish Was Sad.
Written in English and Hupačasath.
A Historic Day for BC First Nations. Now the Work Starts: UNDRIP Starts Us on a Journey, But Without Work, Co-operation and Shared Vision We Will Be Lost
The Hours That Remain by Keith Barker: Study Guide
How Raven Steals the Sun: Retold and Drawn by Quentin Harris
Salish artist retells the traditional story while drawing step-by-step visual interpretation.
Duration: 1:30:23.
How Raven Stole the Sun
Retelling of a traditional Tlingit story also known as Box of Daylight or How Raven Brought Light to the World. Lesson plan intended for Grades K-5.
Related Material: Teacher Resource.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 5
[An Introduction to Residential School Unit K-7]
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Kw’í:ts’téleq
Page contains links to individual isssues of the comic book about a Stó:lō boy who escapes residential school and goes on a journey to learn from the ancestors about ways Stó:lō communities can work together.
ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱
WSANEC (Saanich) great flood story. Text in a mixture of English and SENĆOŦEN.
Related material: Lesson Plan by Shauna White and Kathryn Godfrey appropriate for Grade 6 language arts/ social studies.
The Learning Circle: Five Voices of Aboriginal Youth in Canada, a Learning Resource For Ages 14 to 16
Little Bear's Vision Quest: Reader's Theatre
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in the script.
Lost Innocence: The Teacher Guide
My Name is Seepeetza [by] Shirley Sterling: A Novel Study
My Name is Seepeetza [by] Shirley Sterling: A Novel Study
Recommended grade level 8 and up. Book is about a girl's life at residential school and her contrasting life at home before she was sent there.
Negotiating Nisga'a Rights: An Interview with Joseph Gosnell
Reading Resources for Southeast Alaska Tribal Children, Youth and Families
Resources for Métis Researchers
A Salmon for Simon: Lesson Plan
Recommended for Preschool-Grade 2.
Saltwater People as Told by Dave Elliott Sr.: A Resource Book for the Saanich Native Studies Program
Revised edition.
Secret of the Dance Story by Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow, illustrations by Darlene Gait
Story about a nine-year-old Kwakwaka'wakw boy who witnesses a Potlatch Ceremony in 1935. Book suitable for Grades 2 to 6.
Secwepemc-kuc: We are the Secwepemc
Shi-shi-etko
Shin-Chi's Canoe Written by Nicola I. Campbell, Illustrated by Kim LaFave
Children's book tells the story of two siblings' days at residential school. Lesson plan geared toward Kindergarten to Grade 2.
Stealing the Sun: Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Grade 6 Math lesson uses a Haida creation story as a starting point for exploring the concept of surface area.
Stseptekwle – Stories of the Secwepemc
Tale of an Alaska Whale
Retelling of traditional Tlingit story also known as Naatsilanéi, The Origin of the Killer Whale or Kéet Shagoon. Literature unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-5.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
[Teacher's Guide]: No Time to Say Goodbye by Sylvia Olsen
Stories in book are based on accounts from Indigenous people who attended Kuper Island Residential School. Lesson plan is intended for use with Grades 9 and 10.
Teachers' Guide: Counting on Hope [by] Sylvia Olsen
Also includes teacher guide for Which Way Should I Go?
Teachers' Guide to P’ésk’a and the First Salmon Ceremony Written and Illustrated by Scot Ritchie
Story has a reading age of 4 to 7.
Teachers' Guide to Shi-Shi-Etko
Lesson plan for children's book about a young girl's last days at home before leaving for residential school. For use with reading ages 3 to 7.