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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.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
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.
Education for Subordination: Redressing the Adverse Effects of Residential Schooling
Focus is on the fiduciary obligations of the government and the churches.
Expressions of Policy Effects: Hearing Memories of Indian Residential Schools
Compares the treatment of Jewish people in the fictional story of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald with children's experiences in residential schools in Canada, and Indian boarding schools in the United States.
Chapter from Productive Remembering and Social Agency edited by Teresa Strong-Wilson, Claudia Mitchell, Susann Allnutt, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.
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.
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.
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non-Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples
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.
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.
Residential Schools and the Kamloops Tragedy
Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.
Second Stories Discussion Guide
Three short features are discussed: Honour Thy Father by Gerald Auger; It Had To Be Done by Tessa Desnomie; and Deb-we-win Ge-kend-am-aan, Our Place in the Circle by Lorne Olson.
Skoden: Teaching, Talking, and Sharing about and for Reconciliation
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
"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.
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation: Teachers' Resource Guide
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn 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 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
"To Christianize and Civilize": Settler Motives and Residential Schools
Compilation of primary sources which represent the settler's perspectives on the schools.
Unsettling Colonialism in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Where Are the Children Buried?
General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.