Aboriginal Awareness Workshop: Alberta Region Module
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
Speech made in the House of Commons.
Designed to assist researchers and archivists by cross-referencing field offices to names of bands and the duration of their responsibility.
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
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.
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.
Primary topic is negotiations between the British government and the Hudson's Bay Company for the cession of of the Company's rights back to the Crown and the Government of Canada's desire to annex the lands granted in the Charter of the Company.
Source: Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 8th Parl, 4th Sess, 1865 at 44-57.
Extensive list covering many primary source documents found at the Public Archives of Canada, now known as the National Archives. There are also many rare 19th century and early 20th century secondary sources that may not be readily available in libraries outside of Ottawa.
"The evidence provided to this commission provides an interesting record of thoughts by the government and (mostly non-Indigenous, male) experts about food, Indigenous people and the Canadian North-West ten years after the near-extinction of the buffalo."
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.