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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.
Alego Written and Illustrated by Ningeokuluk Teevee
Study guide for the book about a young Inuit girl's day on the land with her grandmother.
Suitable for PreK to Grade 2.
All Quiet on the (North)Western Front: Counter-Insurgency in Canada: An Examination of the 1885 Northwest Rebellion
Defence Studies Research Paper (MDS) -- Canadian Forces College, 2010.
Autumn Reading with Fun Activities: How Coyote Gave Fire to the People: A Native American Story
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.
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.
Commerce by a Frozen Sea: Native Americans and the European Fur Trade
Chapters one and two from the book. Note: Many tables are missing.
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
Exploring the Night Sky Indigenous Inquiry Kit
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
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.
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.
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.
L'hôte maladroit: La matière du mythe
Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture
Investigating Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education
Kinikinik: A Treaty Play
Uses the characters of turtle, wolf and beaver to educate the audience about treaties and the treaty relationship. Suitable for all ages.
Related Material: Student Workbook.
The Legend of Kiviuq as Retold in the Drawings of Nancy Pukirnak Aupaluktuq
Produced to accompany the exhibition.
Lives Lived West of the Divide: A Biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858
Louis Riel, Justice, and Métis Self-Identification: Literary Politics for Survival in the Evolution of Canadian Nationhood
English Thesis (PhD) -- University of London, 2014.
Making Settler Space: George Dawson, the Geological Survey of Canada and the Colonization of the Canadian West in the Late 19th Century
Geography Thesis (PhD) -- Queen's University, 2009.
Michif Determiner Phrases
Linguistics Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 2014.
The Native American Experience: Coyote and the Buffalo Folklore Tale Retold by Mourning Dove
Includes brief discussion of Mourning Dove, text of the traditional story and student exercises.
nehiyawasinahikanisa = Little Cree Books
Designed for early Cree readers of the Plains Cree dialect. Available in Standard Roman Orthography (no English or syllabics), syllabics, Cree and English, and syllabics only.
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.
The Outcome of a Recommendation Pertaining to Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
Please Note: Must be viewed in Firefox browser.
Paul Kane: Life & Work
A Primer on the Chinook Jargon
Promonting Improved Mental Health for Canada's Indigenous Peoples: A Curriculum for Psychiatry Residents and Psychiatrists
Sections for facilitators and learners and list of readings and resources. Aim is to promote understanding of pervasive and ongoing health disparities, and educate health care providers about social, political, linguistic, economic and spiritual realms occupied by patients.
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.
Please Note: Must be viewed in Firefox browser.
Spy Mission: The Trouble at Red River
Role playing game which involves John A. Macdonald asking students to become spies and send information back to the government. Suitable for Grades 5-11.
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.
Traditional Legends: Meanings on Many Levels
Discusses the Mi'kmaq traditional story of the Celestial Bear hunt (Ursa Major).
Urban Mixed-Blood Aboriginal People: The Complexities of Understanding Identity
Education Thesis (M.A) -- McGill University, 2014.
Walking on the Lands of Our Ancestors
Discusses case study of traditional education and experiential learning in the Social Studies classroom. Activities would be suitable for Grades 9/10 and 11/12.
“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.