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Aboriginal Electoral Pariticipation in Canada
Examines the low voter turnout for Indigenous populations in Canada during the 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011 federal elections.
American Indian Boarding Schools: What Went Wrong? What Is Going Right?
Looks at the use of Indigenous led educational approaches to combat the effects of boarding and residential schools.
American Indians and Popular Culture: Volume 2: Literature, Arts, and Resistance
Anishinaabeg Kinship Diplomacy and Animal Nations: A Critical Review of Political Leadership
Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A) -- University of Winnipeg, 2018.
Antler Hair Combs
Discusses characteristics of different types of combs and their uses.
Building Birch Bark Canoes: Oral Histories, Colonial Archives, and Stories of Survivance
Communication Thesis (M.A) -- Simon Fraser University, 2018.
Bwaanzhiiwi'onan = Regalia
Colouring book with Ojibwe and English text.
Caring Is the Universal Language
Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.
Clothing Styles
Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.
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.
Count to Ten the Métis Way
Colouring and activity book teaches children to count to ten in Michif.
Cowboys and Pretendians
Examines the practice of employing whites actors to play Indigenous peoples in television and films and stereotypical representations on screen.
Duration: 23:51.
Cradle Boards for Babies
Discusses various examples of Mohawk and Seneca boards and the techniques used to create them.
Cree: Language of the Plains = nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pikiskwēwin
Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health: Beyond the Social
2nd Edition
Dispossessed Indigeneity: Literary Excavations of Internalized Colonialism
English Thesis (PhD) -- Simon Fraser University, 2018.
Eating with the Seasons, Anishinaabeg, Great Lakes Region
Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue: Native American Boarding School Stories
An introduction to the articles on the legacy of boarding school and residential schools in North America.
Educator's Guide: Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island
Created to support Ontario secondary courses Grade 11 Contemporary Aboriginal Voices and Grade 11 English.
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.
Frog Girl Lesson Plan
Based on a Pacific Northwest traditional story. Suitable for Grades 1-3.
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.
Hide and Sneak
Lesson plan for use with picture book by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak and Vladyana Krykorka which is the story of a little Inuit girl who is lured into a cave by an Ijiraq who refuses to take her home. She outwits him and finds her way back using an inuksugaq as a landmark. Recommended for Grades Kindergarten to 2.
The Hollow Bone Hunter's Search For Sacred Space in Cyberspace: A Two World Story
Distance Education Thesis (Ed.D)--Athabasca University, 2012.
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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
For use with book by Joseph Bruchac and James which retells a traditional story designed to teach lessons about humility. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
How Nivi Got Her Names by Laura Deal, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Kindergarten to Grade 3. Story is about a Inuit girl who learns about traditional naming practices.
“Inconvenient Neighbours, Whom It Was Desirable Ultimately Wholly to Remove”: Differing Factors in the Dispossessions of Studied Anishinaabe Groups of the Great Lakes Basin, 1820-1865
Geography Thesis (PhD) -- Wilfred Laurier University, 2018.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
An Introductory Cree Nīhiyawēwin Course Guide: Master of Indigenous Language Revitalization
Indigenous Language Revitalization Project (MILR) -- University of Victoria, 2018.
Inuktut Uqausiup Aaqqiksuutingit = Inuktut Reference Grammar
Jingle Dancer: A RIF Guide for Community Coordinators
Lesson plan to accompany the book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Designed for use with Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Made with Love: Tracing Personal and Cultural Resilience in Annie Pootoogook’s Drawings
Art History Major Research Paper (M.A) - Ontario College of Art & Design University, 2018.
Metis Fiddling: A Matter of Identity
Music Senior Project (BA Hons) -- University of North Carolina, 2018.
La Michinn: Traditional Metis Medicines and Healing
Miinan Waabigwaniin Gaye Aniibiishan Izhi-minoginoon Megwaayaakoong = Berries, Flowers, Leaves Growing Well in the Woods
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Moccasin Styles
Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.
Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian Policy: A Case of Contradictions: Lessons for Grades 7-12
Title refers to the Chippewa, Cree and Métis.
National Assessment of First Nations Water and Wastewater Systems: National Roll-Up Report: Final
Purpose of research was to define current deficiencies and operational requirements of systems, identify long-term needs for each community and review sustainable, long-term infrastructure strategies for the next ten years. Recommendations grouped by infrastructure needs, operations and capacity, and regulations and guidelines. Ninety-seven percent of First Nations participated in study.
New France and the Illicit Fur Trade, 1663-1740
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2018.
Northwest Coast: Educator Resource Guide
Lessons structured around items from the Seattle Museum of Art's collection.
The Numbered Treaties
Lesson plan for use with the article The Numbered Treaties by Wabi Benais Mistatim Equay (Cynthia Bird) found on page 26 of Treaties and the Treaty Relationship, a special issue of Canada's History. Suitable for Grades 7-12.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Painting You, Painting Me: Viewing the 'Other' through Gendered-Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls in Kent Monkman's "Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience"
Religion Master's Essay (M.A) -- Queen's University, 2018.
Plains Indian Art of the Northern Plains: Traveling Trunk Curriculum
2nd revised edition. Uses archival photographs of material culture.
Project Caribou: An Educator’s Guide to Wild Caribou of North America
A Promise Is a Promise: Lesson Plan
Story about an Inuit girl who disobeys her mother, goes fishing on the sea ice and is kidnapped by Qallupilluit. Recommended for Preschool to Grade 2.