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American Indians and Popular Culture: Volume 2: Literature, Arts, and Resistance
Antler Hair Combs
Discusses characteristics of different types of combs and their uses.
Beadwork: First People's Beading History and Techniques: Teacher's Guide
Developed for use with book by artist Christi Belcourt in accordance with of the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework.
Chapter 4 - Competition for the Fur Trade
For use with chapter from Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Clothing Styles
Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.
Colonialism’s Impact upon the Health of Métis Elderly: History, Oppression, Identity and Consequences
Political Science Thesis (PhD) -- University of Regina, 2013.
Conflicting Plans
2nd edition.
Contrasting Worlds
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Cradle Boards for Babies
Discusses various examples of Mohawk and Seneca boards and the techniques used to create them.
Expressions of Policy Effects: Hearing Memories of Indian Residential Schools
Compares the treatment of Jewish people in the fictional story of Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald with children's experiences in residential schools in Canada, and Indian boarding schools in the United States.
Chapter from Productive Remembering and Social Agency edited by Teresa Strong-Wilson, Claudia Mitchell, Susann Allnutt, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan.
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.
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
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.
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.
Idle No More: A Protest for Aboriginal Rights
Teacher resource guide.
Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
Indian Education for All Model Teaching Units: Language Arts - Elementary Level, Volume One
Lesson plans for use with the stories The Little Duck Sikihpsis, The Good Luck Cat, Jingle Dancer, The Moccasins, and Red Parka Mary.
Indigenous Broadband Policy Advocacy in Canada's Far North
Discusses the history of Indigenous engagement with media and telecommunication policy and looks at how a consortium composed of academic researchers and First Nations technology organizations used hearings held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to bring three issues to the forefront: open access to transport networks; subsidy support for First Nations community networks; and the need for consultation with Indigenous communities about infrastructure development and service upgrades taking place in their territories.
Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law & Politics
Moccasin Styles
Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.
Montagnais Art in Birch-Bark, a Circumpolar Trait
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Quillwork
Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.
The Roots of Western Discontent : An Interpretation of the White Settlers’ Role in the Rebellion of 1885
History Thesis (MA) University of British Columbia, 1985.
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".
The Soul of the Red Man
"those two insignficant Islands" : Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Social and Cultural Continuity in Northeastern North America
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
Totem
Humorous short story from One Good Story, That One by Thomas King.
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.
Youth Crime Prevention Projects in Native Communities: Interim Report
Discusses four programs: Skeena Youth Work Incentive Program, Rediscovery Project, Wilderness Alternatives Society, and the Neyunan Project.