Search
Count to Ten the Métis Way
Colouring and activity book teaches children to count to ten in Michif.
Hide and Sneak
Lesson plan for use with picture book by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak and Vladyana Krykorka which is the story of a little Inuit girl who is lured into a cave by an Ijiraq who refuses to take her home. She outwits him and finds her way back using an inuksugaq as a landmark. Recommended for Grades Kindergarten to 2.
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
For use with book by Joseph Bruchac and James which retells a traditional story designed to teach lessons about humility. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
How Nivi Got Her Names by Laura Deal, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Kindergarten to Grade 3. Story is about a Inuit girl who learns about traditional naming practices.
Jingle Dancer: A RIF Guide for Community Coordinators
Lesson plan to accompany the book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Designed for use with Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Ke Kinu’tmui Ta’n Teli L’nui’simk, Kiju
Children's storybook in Mi'kmaq and English. Contains links to audio of individual words or the entire page.
Plains Indian Art of the Northern Plains: Traveling Trunk Curriculum
2nd revised edition. Uses archival photographs of material culture.
A Promise Is a Promise: Lesson Plan
Story about an Inuit girl who disobeys her mother, goes fishing on the sea ice and is kidnapped by Qallupilluit. Recommended for Preschool to Grade 2.
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."
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.