1885: Metis Rebellion or Government Conspiracy?
Aboriginal Awareness Workshop: Alberta Region Module
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
Aboriginal Perspectives: Unit Guide for the Theme Colonialism and Racism
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from seven documentaries: Mother of Many Children, If the Weather Permits, The Other Side of the Ledger, Forgotten Warriors, Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance, My Name Is Kahentiiosta and Uranium.
Aboriginal Perspectives Unit Guide for the Theme Sovereignty and Resistance
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from four documentaries: You Are on Indian Land, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Our Nationhood, and Dancing Around the Table, Part 1.
Aborigines Saved Yet Again: Settler Nationalism and Hero Narratives in a 2001 Exhibition of Taiwan Aboriginal Artifacts
Accountability for Indians and Land Reserved for Indians
Looks at the social and economical accounting informational needs of Indigenous governments for their successful educational development.
Applying Lessons from the U.S. Indian Child Welfare Act to Recently Passed Federal Child Protection Legislation in Canada
Looks at the passing of Canada's Bill C-92 and what it could learn from the United States' Indian Child Welfare Act in regards to the well-being and care of Indigenous children.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Braiding Legal Orders: Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Canada and the Culture Wars: Majority Say Legacy of Colonialism Still a Problem, Two-in-Five Disagree
Reports results of online survey conducted from July 26- 31, 2023, with a representative randomized sample of 3,016 Canadian adults who were members of Angus Reid Forum.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
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.
Clean Water for First Nations: Is the Government Spending Enough?
Report provides updated estimate of costs associated with providing public water and wastewater systems using data and expenditure recommendations from the 2011 National Assessment of First Nations Water and Wastewater Systems; period of analysis covered is 2016-2017 to 2025-2026.
Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship: Report to Parliament
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
Detailed Results: Canadians React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential Schools
Results of a survey conducted with 3,00 Canadian adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Development of an UNDRIP Compliance Assessment Tool: How a Performance Framework Could Improve State Compliance
Looks at how the the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) tool reflects the status of Indigenous rights by its compliance.
Discussion Notes on the Indian Act
Written prior to a review of the Act, document explains various sections of the Act and discusses objections and suggestions for amendment.
Education for Subordination: Redressing the Adverse Effects of Residential Schooling
Focus is on the fiduciary obligations of the government and the churches.
The Education of the Indian in Canada
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1912.
Language and content reflect attitudes of the time.
Evaluation of the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program: Evaluation Report
Exploring How Current Federal Provincial and First Nations Government Policies Support and Promote Healthy Aging Among Older Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia
Health Thesis (MA) -- Dalhousie University, 2019.
FED-BOS: The Federally Controlled Band Operated School and the No-Policy Policy
Examines the use of the words "band controlled" for schools, when in actuality the schools remains under the control of the federal government.
Fifty HIstorical Vignettes: Views of the Common People
Food for Thought: Access to Food in Canada’s Remote North
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
"Field Validation Version."
Guide to Indian Affairs Field Office Organization in Ontario
Designed to assist researchers and archivists by cross-referencing field offices to names of bands and the duration of their responsibility.
Health Transition Fund Project NA1012: Diabetes Community/Home Support Services for First Nations and Inuit: Final Report
Indian Act and Treaties
Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.
Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.
Indian Studies 221.3: Introduction to Métis History
Indigenous Broadband Policy Advocacy in Canada's Far North
Discusses the history of Indigenous engagement with media and telecommunication policy and looks at how a consortium composed of academic researchers and First Nations technology organizations used hearings held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to bring three issues to the forefront: open access to transport networks; subsidy support for First Nations community networks; and the need for consultation with Indigenous communities about infrastructure development and service upgrades taking place in their territories.
Indigenous Peoples within Canada: A Concise History: Student Resources
To accompany 5th edition of book written by Olive Patricia Dickason, William Newbigging and Cary Miller. Contains links to: chapter outlines; learning objectives; key terms, figures, or sites; study questions; essay questions; additional resources; and flashcards.
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
The Métis as a Factor in the Euro-Canadian Development of the Canadian West
Argues that the Métis were not an impediment to Euro-Canadian development and that their fight to be recognized as a "New Nation" played a significant role in the creation of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 4-9.
[Métis Scrip]: Lesson Plan
Designed for Grades 10-12.
La Mishow Wayayshhaywuk = The Big Rip Off: Loss of a Land Base: Metis Land Disentitlement: A Teacher's Resource Guide
Simulation game designed to teach students how loss of land at the hands of the federal government contributed to the Metis Resistance of 1885.
Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian Policy: A Case of Contradictions: Lessons for Grades 7-12
Title refers to the Chippewa, Cree and Métis.
Naming the Eskimo: Politics of Naming in the North of This Land Now Called Canada
Discusses Project Naming and photographs taken by Major L.T. Burwash and Richard Harrington.
National Assessment of First Nations Water and Wastewater Systems: National Roll-Up Report: Final
Purpose of research was to define current deficiencies and operational requirements of systems, identify long-term needs for each community and review sustainable, long-term infrastructure strategies for the next ten years. Recommendations grouped by infrastructure needs, operations and capacity, and regulations and guidelines. Ninety-seven percent of First Nations participated in study.
National Conference on Indian and Northern Education Saskatoon 1967
Theme of the Conference was "We Listen, They Speak" and featured speakers were Inuit, First Nations and Metis.
Not Enough: All Words and No Action on MMIWG: Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Discusses the Government of Canada's record on implementing of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' Calls to Action.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Powwow: A Celebration through Song and Dance
Advanced reading copy. "Middle reader nonfiction: Ages 9-12."