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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.
Aboriginal Social Work: Incorporating Aboriginal Worldviews in Social Work Field Practice
Examines the creation of the Native Human Services that provides an Indigenous worldview to address Indigenous educational and employment opportunities. To view article scroll down to page 41.
Accounts of Engagement: Conditions and Capitals of Indigenous Participation in Canadian Commercial Archaeology
Anthropology Thesis (PhD) -- University of Western Ontario, 2016
Agents of Change: How American Indians Helped Change the World in Only Seven Years
Unit lloks at how the Seven Years' War restructured the balance of power between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in North America. Designed for Grade 8 students.
Britain and the Fur Trade: Commerce and Consumers in the North-Atlantic World, 1783-1821
[Business] Thesis (PhD) -- University of Northumbria at Newcastle, 2016.
The Colonial Problem : An Indigenous Perspective on Crime and Injustice in Canada
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.
The False Traitor : Louis Riel in Canadian Culture
First Nations & Inuit Technologies
Designed for Grade 3 Social Studies classes. Students learn about indigenous inventions and discoveries and how they helped European settlers.
Food for Thought: Access to Food in Canada’s Remote North
Four Stories of an Over-Taxed Indian
Using their own personal experiences to examine the treatment of Indian Status Card users and the misconceptions about Status Cards by the general public. To view article to scroll down to page 85.
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.
Gimaamaa-akiiminaan gimiigwechiwendaamin = Thankful for Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Activity Book
Story and activities focus on the harvest of wild rice. English with some words translated into Ojibwe.
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Métis Nation
Podcast features researchers from Library and Archives Canada's and the Saint-Boniface Historical Society discussing how their institutions are helping people discover their ancestry and identity.
Duration: 38:24.
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.
In the Trenches: Traditional Healer’s Understanding of Health and Healing
Examines traditional Indigenous healing methods and healers are need more today to help with Indigenous emotional, spiritual, physical and mental health. To view article scroll down to page 25.
Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis & Inuit Issues in Canada
Kent Monkman: Casualties of Modernity
Noted Canadian Cree artist discusses the evolution of his artist practice.
Duration: 50:56.
The Over-Incarceration of Canadian Indigenous People: Moving from Punitive Practices Towards Healing Spirit Injuries
Discusses ways to address the over incarceration of the Indigenous populations by holding perpetrators of crime accountable through facilitated dialogues amongst offender(s), victim(s) and communities.
To view article scroll down to page 11.
[Redpatch: First Nations Soldiers in WWI]
Graphic novel originally included in script of play Redpatch.
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.
Secret Path Lesson Plans
The Significance of Drums in First Nations' Cultures
Designed for Grade 1-3 art classes.
The Statesmanship of Sir John A. Macdonald and Louis Riel
Political Science Thesis (PhD) -- University of Calgary, 2016.
Taking Care of Our Children: Facilitator Guide: Parent Workshop on Childrearing in First Nations Families and Communities
Focus is on parenting children from birth to age seven. Developed through literature review, advisory input and interviews with key informants.
Toward Confederation Images Collection
Fifty-three images relating to the fur trade.
Two Voices on Aboriginal Pedagogy: Sharpening the Focus
Discusses the use of Indigenous educational holistic approaches to improve communication and understand for new teachers in Canada.
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.