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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 Colonialism and Racism
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from seven documentaries: Mother of Many Children, If the Weather Permits, The Other Side of the Ledger, Forgotten Warriors, Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance, My Name Is Kahentiiosta and Uranium.
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
Agrarian Repair: Agriculture, Race and Accumulation in Contemporary Canada and South Africa
Geography Thesis (PhD) -- University of British Columbia, 2006.
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.
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.
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.
Focus on Youth
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.
Increasing Access to Policing Services
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".
Learner and Task Considerations in Designing Instruction for Native Adult Learners
Looks at the learning style preferences of adult Indigenous students.
The Legend of Kiviuq as Retold in the Drawings of Nancy Pukirnak Aupaluktuq
Produced to accompany the exhibition.
Meeting the Needs of Victims and Offenders
Native Learning Styles: Shorthand for Instructional Adaptations?
Through a literature review the author discusses Indigenous learning approaches and styles.
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.
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
A Primer on the Chinook Jargon
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.
Quaslametko and Yetko: Two Grandmother Models for Contemporary Native Education Pedagogy
Discusses the importance of oral stories for Indigenous education.
Raven's Fly High = Kàhkàkiwak Papàminàwak
Beginning-to-read booklet in English, Cree and Cree syllabics.
The Relationship Between the Oral and Written Mode of Communication within the Fabric of Western Based Society
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2006.
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The Residential School Controversy: A Special Report
A special edition of the Home Mission Journal on residential schools.
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."
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.
"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.
Struggles and Triumphs (Editorial)
An introduction by the editor to articles presented in this issue.
Taking Action against Substance Abuse
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.
The Trip to Town = Ni Màhiskàn
Learning-to-read story in English, Cree, and Cree syllabics.