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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
Aboriginal Veterans: Stories of Honour and Herosim
Educational resource tells the story of Thomas George Prince.
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.
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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.
Diary of Nicholas Garry, Deputy-Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1822-1835: A Detailed Narrative of His Travels ...
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 First Samllpox Epidemic on the Canadian Plains: In the Fur-Traders' Words
Focusses on the first-hand accounts of William Tomison, Hudson's Bay Company inland master, of epidemic in 1781 and 1782 at Cumberland House.
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
Indian Biography or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters
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
My Summer on the Pow-wow Trail
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
Quaslametko and Yetko: Two Grandmother Models for Contemporary Native Education Pedagogy
Discusses the importance of oral stories for Indigenous education.
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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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."
"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.
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.