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Aboriginal Awareness Workshop: Alberta Region Module
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
Aboriginal Cultural Awareness
Aboriginal Elders: A Grade 12 Unit Lesson Plan
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
Aboriginal Perspectives General Lesson for the Web Site
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Aboriginal Social Work: Incorporating Aboriginal Worldviews in Social Work Field Practice
Examines the creation of the Native Human Services that provides an Indigenous worldview to address Indigenous educational and employment opportunities. To view article scroll down to page 41.
Adult Competencies among Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Findings from the First Cycle of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
Agents of Change: How American Indians Helped Change the World in Only Seven Years
Unit lloks at how the Seven Years' War restructured the balance of power between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in North America. Designed for Grade 8 students.
Alego Written and Illustrated by Ningeokuluk Teevee
Study guide for the book about a young Inuit girl's day on the land with her grandmother.
Suitable for PreK to Grade 2.
Application of the United Nations Human Development Index to Registered Indians in Canada, 2006-2016
Compares Registered Indians to Canada's general population in three components: life expectancy, education and income.
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.
The Barren Grounds: A Novel Study Unit
Designed for Grade 6 students.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Beadwork: First People's Beading History and Techniques: Teacher's Guide
Developed for use with book by artist Christi Belcourt in accordance with of the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework.
"A better place to live": National Mythologies, Canadian History Textbooks, and the Reproduction of White Supremacy
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Ottawa, 2005.
The Centrality of Education for Indigenous Income Mobility in Canada
Examines the impact of education and identity in predicting the socioeconomic mobility of Indigenous populations.
Chapter 4: Competition for Trade
For use with chapter from Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Chapter 4 - Competition for Trade Notes (Pt. 2) [Answer Key]
Student handout for use with Grade 7 Social Studies textbook chapter in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Related Material: "Competition for Trade" Workbook.
Chapter 4 “Competition for Trade” Workbook
For use with chapter in the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Related Material: Competition for Trade Notes (Pt. 2) [Answer Key]
Chapter One Study Guide: Aboriginal Societies
For use with chapter in the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis, contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Childhood Factors Associated with the Completion of a High School Diploma or Equivalency Certificate or Higher among First Nations Children Living Off Reserve, Métis and Inuit Children
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
A Coyote Columbus Story: Written by Thomas King, Illustrated by William Kent [M]onkman
Teacher's resource for the children's adaptation of humorous story which retells the story of Christopher Columbus from an Indigenous point of view.
Suitable for Grades K to 3.
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.
Early Career Quality of Employment of Indigenous Graduates with a Bachelor's Degree, 2010 to 2018 Cohorts
The Feast System
Brief descriptions of the potlatch, first salmon ceremony and first root festival.
First Nations and Agriculture
Contains links to three modules: Sourcing Food, Learning European Methods, and Preventing Success.
First Nations Diary: Documenting Daily Life
Resource for teaching about the impact of settlement and colonization.
Suitable for use with Grade 7 and 8 students.
First Nations Health and Wellness Colouring Book
The Fur Trade
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.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
"Field Validation Version."
Grade 5 Social Studies: People and Stories of Canada to 1867: A Foundation for Implementation
Modules: First Peoples, Early European Colonization (1600 to 1763), Fur Trade, and From British Colony to Confederation (1763 to 1867).
Housing Needs and Challenges for Rural and Urban (Off-Reserve) Indigenous Peoples
Utilizes data from the Census of Population, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
The Impact of Learning about Historical And Current Injustices, Individual Racism, and Systemic Racism on Anti-Indigenous Prejudice
Psychology Thesis (PhD) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
Implementing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action
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.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
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.
Indigenous Women's Voices: 20 Years on from Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologiesk
Keeper of My Home Learning Resource: First Nations Teaching Materials and Online Games about Housing
Website contains links to educational material for Kindergarten to Grade 12, including summary of housing topics, lessons plans, E-learning games and guides, and activity booklets. Content is arranged around 4 themes: traditional teaching of the community, First Nations housing topics, home maintenance and home safety.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Literature Review for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples: Off-Reserve Indigenous Housing Needs and Challenges in Canada
Review conducted to "identify the relationships, correlations, and possible causations between housing and four socio-economic outcomes: education, health, the labour market, and Indigenous languages."
Marie: A Disenfrancised First Nation Woman from Kipawa
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
[Métis Community & Kinship]
Designed for Grades 4-9.
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.
Moose Hide Campaign Learning Platform for K-12
Moose Hide Campaign is an Indigenous-led movement to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and children. Site includes links to teacher resources such as a curriculum guide, lesson plans, and videos.
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non-Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples
My Family
Story suitable for Grades K-3.
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.
Navigating Two Worlds: Paths to Indigenous Career Success
Brief literature review focuses on challenges faced by students, Indigenous strengths and supporting success.