50 Years With Indians and Settlers on Lake Winnipeg
Canadian History
Case Study: Transforming Curriculum, Transforming Consciousness? Initiatives Within the Formal Education System
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Document - Lord Selkirk's Treaty with the Indians, July 18, 1817
Fighting for Survival: The Swampy Cree of Treaty No. 5 in an Era of Transition, 1875-1930
Forging the Prairie West
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
Her Majesty's Justice Be Done: Métis Legal Mobilization and the Pitfalls to Indigenous Political Movement Building
Indian Record (Vol. 35, #5-6, [#7-8], July-August, 1972)
Indian Record (Vol. XXIX, No. 2, February, 1966)
Indian Record (Vol. XXVII, No. 6, June 1964)
Indian Record (Vol. XXX, No. 10, December, 1967)
Indian Record (Vol. XXX, No. 2, February, 1967)
The Indian Treaties of the North West
Jemmy Jock Bird: Marginal Man on the Blackfoot Frontier
Land and Treaties: Indigenous Orientation Toolkit for Newcomers to Canada
Let's Talk Treaty!
Mamiskotamaw: "Oral History," Indigenous Method" and Canadian Law in Three Books
The Metis Cultural Brokers and the Western Numbered Treaties, 1869-1877
Native Chiefs and Famous Métis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West
Natives & Settlers-Now & Then: Refractions of the Colonial Past in the Present
Press Release / Dave Courchene, President / Manitoba Indian Brotherhood / Winnipeg, Manitoba. - 26 June 1969.
Historical note:
Reader's Theatre: Grade 2 Social Studies: The Signing of Treaty Six
Four scenes, each taking place at a different location (Ottawa, Fort Garry, outside Fort Carleton and Fort Carleton) and involving individuals significant to the negotiations such as Governor Alexander Morris, James McKay, Chief Ahatahkakoop, Chief Mistawasis, Poundmaker and Peter Erasmus. Includes discussion questions and short biographies.
Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999
See:
Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.
Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.
Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légaré.