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1885: Metis Rebellion or Government Conspiracy?
Aboriginal Elders: A Grade 12 Unit Lesson Plan
Discusses the importance of respect for Elders, their role as sources of knowledge, community leaders and carriers of culture, and the value of orality and learning through stories and conversation.
The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World
Discusses the importance of the Indigenous invention in the development of Canada.
Additional Material: The Birch Bark Canoe: Navigating a New World: 21st Century Curriculum Connections and Video Resource for Manitoba Teachers (Grades 5-9).
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.
Dreaming in Indian : Contemporary Native American Voices
Excerpt from the book briefly highlights Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Martin Sensmeier, Priscella Rose, Kelli Clifton, and Tom Greyeyes.
English - Seneca Dictionary
The False Traitor : Louis Riel in Canadian Culture
First Nations Diary: Documenting Daily Life
Resource for teaching about the impact of settlement and colonization.
Suitable for use with Grade 7 and 8 students.
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.
L'hôte maladroit: La matière du mythe
How Coyote Brought Fire to the People: A Native American Legend
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in a script for the traditional story.
Louis Riel, Justice, and Métis Self-Identification: Literary Politics for Survival in the Evolution of Canadian Nationhood
English Thesis (PhD) -- University of London, 2014.
Michif Determiner Phrases
Linguistics Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2014.
Paul Kane: Life & Work
Reporting the resistance : Alexander Begg and Joseph Hargrave on the Red River Resistance
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.
Teacher's Guide for Powwow Counting in Cree by Katherine Vermette
Book teaches children how to count from 1 to 10 in Cree. Recommended for Grades K-3.
Three-quarters of Canadians Back Inquiry on Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women
Reports results of online survey conducted on September 29, 2014 with a sample of 1508 randomly selected Canadian adults who were Angus Reid Forum panelists.
Toward Confederation Images Collection
Fifty-three images relating to the fur trade.
Urban Mixed-Blood Aboriginal People: The Complexities of Understanding Identity
Education Thesis (M.A) -- McGill University, 2014.
“We Have Stuff Enough in Us to Get Better”: Healing Through Truth Telling in Contemporary Indigenous Women’s Literature
English Thesis (MA) -- St. Thomas University, 2014.
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.