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Aboriginal Perspectives General Lesson for the Web Site
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Aboriginal Perspectives: Unit Guide for the Theme Colonialism and Racism
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from seven documentaries: Mother of Many Children, If the Weather Permits, The Other Side of the Ledger, Forgotten Warriors, Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance, My Name Is Kahentiiosta and Uranium.
Aboriginal Perspectives Unit Guide for the Theme Sovereignty and Resistance
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from four documentaries: You Are on Indian Land, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Our Nationhood, and Dancing Around the Table, Part 1.
Agrarian Repair: Agriculture, Race and Accumulation in Contemporary Canada and South Africa
Geography Thesis (PhD) -- University of British Columbia, 2006.
American Indians and Popular Culture: Volume 2: Literature, Arts, and Resistance
Antler Hair Combs
Discusses characteristics of different types of combs and their uses.
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).
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Clothing Styles
Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.
A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Native American Mythology Cylinder. Including Stories of the Early Americans by Gary D. Kratzer; Background Information on the Navajo by Gloria D. Rall; More Native American Star Legends by Doris Forror
Although designed for use with the STARLAB cylinder, contains script which can be adapted for use without it.
Cradle Boards for Babies
Discusses various examples of Mohawk and Seneca boards and the techniques used to create them.
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
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.
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.
Forgotten Soldiers
The Fur Trade
Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
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.
Hodinohsyo:nih Star Knowledge
Traditional stories include: The Seven Brothers (Big Dipper); Nya-Gwa-Ih, The Celestial Bear; The Seven Star Dancers; The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster (Pleiades), Ga-Do-Waas and His Star Belt (Milky Way); and The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star.
Haudenosaunee refers to the six nations (Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk), Onayotekaono (Oneida), Onandaga, Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onondowahgah (Seneca), and Skaruhreh (Tuscarora)) which comprise the Iroquois Confederacy.
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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L'hôte maladroit: La matière du mythe
Kihkipiw: A Cree Way
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Alberta, 2008.
The Legend of Kiviuq as Retold in the Drawings of Nancy Pukirnak Aupaluktuq
Produced to accompany the exhibition.
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.
Moccasin Styles
Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.
Numbered Treaties [Note Taking Frame]
Black line master designed for use with chapter Aboriginal Peoples and the Growing Nation of Canada in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Paul Kane: Life & Work
A Primer on the Chinook Jargon
Quillwork
Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.
The Relationship Between the Oral and Written Mode of Communication within the Fabric of Western Based Society
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2006.
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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".
Teacher's Guide for In Search of April Raintree 25th Anniversary Edition and April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier
In Search of April Raintree is the unabridged version of the story and is recommended for Grade 10 and above. The abridged version, April Raintree, can be used with younger students.
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.
"those two insignficant Islands" : Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and Social and Cultural Continuity in Northeastern North America
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
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.
Urban Mixed-Blood Aboriginal People: The Complexities of Understanding Identity
Education Thesis (M.A) -- McGill University, 2014.
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.
“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.