Aboriginal Awareness Workshop: Alberta Region Module
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
History Thesis (PhD) - York University, 2019.
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.
Using their own personal experiences to examine the treatment of Indian Status Card users and the misconceptions about Status Cards by the general public. To view article to scroll down to page 85.
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.
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.
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.
Uses the characters of turtle, wolf and beaver to educate the audience about treaties and the treaty relationship. Suitable for all ages.
Related Material: Student Workbook.
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
Lesson plan for use with the article The Numbered Treaties by Wabi Benais Mistatim Equay (Cynthia Bird) found on page 26 of Treaties and the Treaty Relationship, a special issue of Canada's History. Suitable for Grades 7-12.
Black line master designed for use with chapter Aboriginal Peoples and the Growing Nation of Canada in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
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.
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
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.
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".
Uses date and relationship cards to educate students about First Nations and Newcomer interactions leading up to the signing of Treaty 1 in 1871.
General information on treaties in Canada.
Focuses on five themes: First Nations peoples' lives before contact, the impact of newcomers' arrival due to the fur trade, the importance of the buffalo, understanding what a treaty is, and the significance of the number four.
Involves an alien race arriving to inhabit earth and that the only hope for their continued existence is to sign a treaty. Students need to decide what aspects of their lifestyle they want to preserve and include them in the treaty terms. Leaders sign a document written in symbols they don't understand and subsequently legislation is enacted which makes the original inhabitants wards of the state.
Additional material:
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Special themed issue of Canada's History's children's magazine Kayak (September 2018). Suitable for ages 7-12.