Indigenous Homelessness
Focus is on use of shelters. Uses data from the National Homelessness Database and the 2016 Census.
Related Material: Report Summary published in 2023
Indigenous Land-Based Healing Programs in Canada: A Scoping Review
Search strategy involved academic databases, search engine queries, targeted website review, and reference tracking. Forty-four sources were located. Definitions of land-based healing, Indigenous and Western frameworks, wise practices, and characteristics of specific programs are discussed.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Initiative for Knowledge Co-creation in Collaboration with Indigenous Communities: Basic Approach: Ethics of Research
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
Kon and the Circle of Life
Primary reading level storybook.
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Learning Through Language: Academic Success in an Indigenous Language Immersion Kindergarten
Examines the effects Mnidoo Mnising Anishinaabek Kinoomaage Gamig (MMAK) kindergarten program on child development.
Lesson Plan: Fur Trade Timeline
Designed for Grades 3-8. Information from the article Fur Trade Times in the special issue of Kayak magazine How Furs Built Canada. Students play a class game of "I Have ... Who Has?"
Lockbolted Letters to Turbo
Louis Riel, Justice, and Métis Self-Identification: Literary Politics for Survival in the Evolution of Canadian Nationhood
English Thesis (PhD) -- University of London, 2014.
Marie: A Disenfrancised First Nation Woman from Kipawa
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
Mazinigwaasowin = Beadwork
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Michif Determiner Phrases
Linguistics Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2014.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Primary reading level storybook.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Oviloo Tunnillie: Life & Work
Paquin / Pocha: The Origins of a Family in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1634-1896
Paul Kane: Life & Work
Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples: A Holistic Approach: Toolkit for Inclusive Municipalities in Canada and Beyond
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
Resilience: Teaching Guide
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Riel's Defence: Perspectives on His Speeches
Includes reprints of two speeches given by Louis Riel.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Selected Children’s Fiction by Canadian Indigenous Authors Related to Truth and Reconciliation Themes
Lists approximately 150 works.
Shuvinai Ashoona: Life & Work
Sovereign Acts II
Curatorial essay which accompanied exhibition of the same name.
Spirit-Based Research: A Tactic for Surviving Trauma in Decolonizing Research
Looks at the mental and emotional toll of trauma-based research for Indigenous researchers and provides a pathway for copying.
Stories of Indian Days: O-ge-mas-es Relates Many Incidents Of Early Life in the West.
Compilation, edited and annotated, mainly consisting of newspaper articles published between 1920 and 1921. Text in bold, footnotes and words in square brackets are the editor's.
Swampy & Moose Cree Flora & Fauna Glossary = Ka-Nihtâwikihk Nêsta Awêyâšîšak
Tail/Tale/Tell: The Transformations of Sedna into an Icon of Survivance in the Visual Arts Through the Eyes of Four Contemporary Urban Inuit Artists
Art History Thesis (M.A) -- Concordia University, 2019
Tate and the Flyers
Primary reading level storybook.
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.
“There Needs to Be Full Recognition of Who We Are Beyond Symbolic Gestures”: Indigenous People's Stories About Their Education and Experiences
Using the experiences of Indigenous university students to discuss the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing within contemporary school pedagogy.
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.
The Three Sisters: Renewing the World
Discusses the long history of Indigenous agriculture, how plants from the New World spread to the Old. and the need to return to traditional practices and regain food sovereignty. Educators share their experiences and lesson plans which use the story of the Three Sisters to teach a variety of subjects. Created to accompany the video.
"To Bring a Little Bit of the Land": Tanya Tagaq Performing at the Intersection of Decolonization and Ecocriticism
Music and Culture Thesis (M.A) - Carleton University, 2019.
To Serve and To Heal: Native Peoples, Government Physicians, and the Rise of a Federal Indian Health Care System, 1832-1883
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of California San Diego, 2019.
Towards a Safer Social Work for Indigenous Peoples Seeking Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Social Work Mémoire (MSW) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.
Treaties and the Law
General information on treaties in Canada.