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Antler Hair Combs
Discusses characteristics of different types of combs and their uses.
Clothing Styles
Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.
Cradle Boards for Babies
Discusses various examples of Mohawk and Seneca boards and the techniques used to create them.
A Dictionary of the Cree Language as Spoken by the Indians of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories
A Dramatic Approach to Native Teacher Education
Discusses the benefits of incorporating educational drama into Indigenous teacher education programs.
The Earth on Turtle's Back
Traditional creation story. Extract from Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto.
Foodland Security: Access to Inuit Country Food in an Urban Setting: As Told by Barry Pottle Through Contemporary Inuit Art Photography
Contends that Inuit living in urban areas cannot replace the nutritional and cultural value of food acquired from the land, sea and air with store-bought foods.
NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.
The Great-West Life School Programme at Festival du Voyageur
Although designed for use with a class trip to the festival by elementary and middle schools students, material stands alone.
A Guide to the Louis Riel Papers
Discusses documents found in the Provincial Archives of Manitoba, Archives de l'Archevêché de Saint-Boniface, Public Archives of Canada, Archives de la Chancellerie de l’Archevêché de Montréal, and Les Archives du Séminaire de Québec and the periods in Riel's life which are not represented in any collections. Two appendices list documents and the repositories in which they are found. Research was conducted as part of the Riel Project and published as The Collected Papers of Louis Riel.
The Hollow Bone Hunter's Search For Sacred Space in Cyberspace: A Two World Story
Distance Education Thesis (Ed.D)--Athabasca University, 2012.
Please Note: Must be viewed in Firefox browser.
An Indian Perspective of Self-Esteem
Looks at Indigenous child development through the use of a medicine wheel.
Includes a report from the Cariboo Tribal Council, today known as the Northern Shuswap Tribal Council, entitled "Faith Misplaced: Lasting Effects of Abuse in a First Nations Community".
Lagimodiere and Their Descendants, 1635 to 1885
The Last Divide: The Fur Trade and the Exploration of the Far Northwest 1821-1852
History Theses (PhD) -- Loyola University, 1980.
The Métis
Intended for use with elementary school students. Some language is outdated due year of publication (1980).
Moccasin Styles
Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.
Native Learning Styles: Shorthand for Instructional Adaptations?
Through a literature review the author discusses Indigenous learning approaches and styles.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Province of Canada, Documents Relating to the North-West Territories (1865)
Primary topic is negotiations between the British government and the Hudson's Bay Company for the cession of of the Company's rights back to the Crown and the Government of Canada's desire to annex the lands granted in the Charter of the Company.
Source: Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 8th Parl, 4th Sess, 1865 at 44-57.
Quillwork
Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.
Raven's Fly High = Kàhkàkiwak Papàminàwak
Beginning-to-read booklet in English, Cree and Cree syllabics.
The Residential School Controversy: A Special Report
A special edition of the Home Mission Journal on residential schools.
The Seven Oaks Incident and the Construction of a Historical Tradition, 1816 to 1970
An examination of the story and the discourse on the Battle of Seven Oaks using an examining of the primary sources of the time.
Social Studies Grade 5: Canada: The Peoples and Stories of This Land: A Curriculum and Guide to Implementation
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".
Struggles and Triumphs (Editorial)
An introduction by the editor to articles presented in this issue.
"those two insignficant Islands" : Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Social and Cultural Continuity in Northeastern North America
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
The Trip to Town = Ni Màhiskàn
Learning-to-read story in English, Cree, and Cree syllabics.
The War of 1812 and Aboriginal Peoples
Discusses the importance of First Nations peoples' involvement in the conflict and the consequences for them once the war concluded.