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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 Perspectives Unit Guide for the Theme Sovereignty and Resistance
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from four documentaries: You Are on Indian Land, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Our Nationhood, and Dancing Around the Table, Part 1.
Aboriginal Police Officer Development and Policing
American Indian Resource Manual for Public Libraries
Big Pictures and Paradoxes (Editorial)
An introduction of the articles in this particular issues about Indigenous education.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. 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.
Choosing Border Work
A personal reflection of a non-Indigenous researcher conducting research in within Indigenous communities.
Creativity in a Cultural Context
Examines how Indigenous creativity is affected by social, cultural, ethical, and historical contexts.
FED-BOS: The Federally Controlled Band Operated School and the No-Policy Policy
Examines the use of the words "band controlled" for schools, when in actuality the schools remains under the control of the federal government.
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.
Giving Voice to Our Ancestors
An edited transcript of Verna Kirkness' speech, at the Mokakit Education Research Conference in 1992, about the teachings of Indigenous ancestors.
Hodinohsyo:nih Star Knowledge
Traditional stories include: The Seven Brothers (Big Dipper); Nya-Gwa-Ih, The Celestial Bear; The Seven Star Dancers; The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster (Pleiades), Ga-Do-Waas and His Star Belt (Milky Way); and The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star.
Haudenosaunee refers to the six nations (Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk), Onayotekaono (Oneida), Onandaga, Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onondowahgah (Seneca), and Skaruhreh (Tuscarora)) which comprise the Iroquois Confederacy.
Learner and Task Considerations in Designing Instruction for Native Adult Learners
Looks at the learning style preferences of adult Indigenous students.
Native Peoples: Resources Pertaining to First Nations, Inuit, and Metis.
Materials categorized by Early Years, Middle Years, Senior Years and Teacher Reference.
5th edition.
Numbered Treaties [Note Taking Frame]
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.
Quaslametko and Yetko: Two Grandmother Models for Contemporary Native Education Pedagogy
Discusses the importance of oral stories for Indigenous education.
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."
"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.
Trauma in Transition
Examines the social and academic failures of Indigenous students moving from Indigenous controlled schools, where they were successful, to non-Indigenous run high schools.