Inuit Art and HBC: Lesson Plan
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
isihcikêwinihk kâkî nâtawihon: Healing through Ceremony
An audio-visual learning tool about the use of Indigenous knowledge and customs by social workers as a means of healing for Indigenous populations.
Link included to the accompanying video on Youtube. (23:32)
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
Lists all 73 volumes edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, with subject descriptions and links to full text in the Internet Archive.
Kent Monkman: Life and Work
Land and Water Based Education
Focus on Mi'kmaw culture and Nova Scotia, but lessons could be adapted to other contexts. Lesson plans for all levels as well individual grades.
Land-based Healing Through Adventure: Wise Practices from Indigenous Peoples
Examines the combining of adventure, culture and, land as tools for healing Indigenous trauma across the world.
Learner and Task Considerations in Designing Instruction for Native Adult Learners
Looks at the learning style preferences of adult Indigenous students.
"Learning from “Our Relations” Indigenous Peoples of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and United States: A Review of Culturally Relevant Diabetes and Obesity Interventions for Health
Reviews the use of traditional health interventions amongst Indigenous populations.
Learning (in) Indigenous Languages: Common Ground, Diverse Pathways
Focuses on Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
A Legal Love Letter to My Children: If These Beads Could Talk
Discusses possible changes to the legal system through Indigenous pedagogies.
The Legend of the Fog by Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Danny Christopher; Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Mapping Approaches to Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities
Examines five approaches to Indigenizes Canadian universities curriculum's by discussing the pros and cons of each approach.
Meeting Survivors’ Needs: Gender-Based Violence Against Inuit Women and the Criminal Justice Response: Phase II: Final Report
Related Material: Report in Brief; Online Survey Results; Environmental Scan.
Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders
Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North
Métis Identity And Acculturation: A group Therapy Guide for Disconnected Métis Adults
Education Thesis (MEd) -- University of Northern British Columbia, 2022.
Métis Rising: Living Our Present Through the Power of Our Past
Misconduct, Missing, and Murdered: The Experiences of Anti-Indigenous Racism in Reproductive Healthcare among Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender Diverse People, and the MMIWG2S+ Genocide
Five cases studies involving sexual health, pregnancy and after-birth care to illustrate the connections between MMIWG2S+ and systemic racism in the healthcare system.
Motherland
Art Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2022.
“My ancestors would be proud of us”: Métis Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People’s Housing Histories, Experiences, Struggles, and Perspectives
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
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.
A Nutrient Analysis of Traditional Anishinaabe Recipes and the Role of Folic Acid in the Regulation of Anti-Diabetic GLP-1
Biology Thesis (MSc) -- Laurentian University, 2022.
Off-Reserve Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 0-17 in Canada in 2019
Ojibwe Oral Tradition
Adaptations of sixteen traditional stories, most relating to Wenebojo.
On-Reserve Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 0-17 in Canada in 2019
Open Educational Resources: Native American Medicine
Compilation of previously published material.
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko: Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Our Own Stories and Our Own Realities: Canada's First Nations Speaking Out Through Films
Reviews of Canadian made Indigenous films.
Police-Community Communication and Liaison
Post-Secondary Education Needs Assessment
Information compiled from secondary data sources such as Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2017 (APS) and Canadian Census of Population 2016 about off-reserve Status and Non-Status Indians, NunatuKavut Inuit, and Métis students represented by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Discusses access, success, student needs, funding requirements, funding distribution and mechanisms, and existing programs.
Quaslametko and Yetko: Two Grandmother Models for Contemporary Native Education Pedagogy
Discusses the importance of oral stories for Indigenous education.
The Raven and the Loon by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; illustrated by Kim Smith: Educator's Resource
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Re-membering a Future Regenerating Ancestral Wisdom-in-Action Through Indigenous Inspired Learning in Western Higher Education
Forest and Nature Conservation Thesis (MSc) -- Wageningen University, 2022.
Re-Membering Our Nations: Indigenous Custom Adoption and Determining Belonging Beyond the Indian Act
Political Science Thesis (MA) -- University of Calgary, 2022.
Les récits de notre terre: Les Mi'gmaq
Reconciliation through Revitalization
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
[Record Group 10: Documents Relating to Residential and Day Schools]
Digitized versions of originals (1879-1949) mainly relating to day-to-day running of individual schools across Canada such as building maintenance, general administration, teachers' salaries and residences, and supplies. In some cases admissions and discharges (residential schools), death of pupils (residential schools), applications to teach, inspectors' reports, drugs and medical supplies for treatment of students, and vocational training supplies are also mentioned. Some headquarters files are included. Also included is link to indexes to the Indian Affairs School Files.
Red Mitten Nationalism : Sport, Commercialism, and Settler Colonialism in Canada
Remembering the Children Educator's Guide 2022
Topics include: teacher reflections, preparing for difficult conversations, the role of media coverage, daily life in residential schools, reconciliation through revitalization, and making reconciliation real.
For use with Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
Report: False Claims of Indigenous Ancestry: Canada-Wide Survey of Canadians Understanding & Impressions
Reports results of online survey conducted from November 25-27, 2022 with sample of Canadian residents 18 years or older recruited form Leger's Opinion Panel; results were weighted using data from the 2021 Census.
RoadMap Project: Creating Paths for First Nations Prosperity
Goal of project is to support self-sufficiency and economic growth, improve fiscal capacity to govern while managing risk, increase transparency and accountability, and clarify governments' responsibility for service provision. Contains links to eight chapters and project summary.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Linda Chipesia
Presentation relating to land claims and self-government. The presenter believes that "(T)he difficulty of self-government and land claims is that although it is aimed at reviving the culture and identity of Indian people, it is only accessible to those who are educated and trained in the political, legal and economic intricacies of a non-Indian system."
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marlene Villebrun, Canadian Mental Health Association
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
"A serious rift": The Indigenous Health Research Community's Refusal of the 2014 CIHR Funding Reforms and Underlying Methodological Conservatism
Reviews reforms made by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to their Open Suite of Programs and Peer Review (OSP) processes and its impact on Indigenous health research.
"Sophie Robert"1: Remembrances of Secwepemc Life - A Collaboration
A reflection on the author's collaboration with Secwepemc Elder Sophie Robert and how it impacted her academic career.