Spirit Bear and Children Make History: Based on a True Story
Young children's about the long fight for equal funding for First Nations' education before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Spirit Bear's Guide to Reconciliation 2024 Calendar
Each month children take part in an activity which fosters cross-cultural understanding.
Spirit Bear's Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
Spirit Doctors
The Spirit Is Still Dancing: Joe Duquette High School
The Spirit of the Flame: Spiritual Leadership of Four Indigenous Australian School Leaders: Dreaming Australia
Spirit of the Trees: A Six-Part Educational DVD Series Exploring the Link between Trees and Forests and Native American Cultures
Films feature 40 Indigenous tribes and nations and give insights into spiritual practices, foods and medicines, art and music, shelter and land management associated with the natural environment.
Related Material: Videos.
"Spontaneous Laughter and Good Marks:" Creating Conditions for Success of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students in the Simcoe County District School Board
Sports Drove Silva to Teach Wellness
Spruce Tree = Ts’u
Brief description of some of the uses of the tree.
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.
Square Peg, Round Hole: First Nations Drinking Water Infrastructure and Federal Policies, Programs, and Processes
SSHRC/CURA Resources (North American)
St. Anne's Indian Residential School, Fort Albany, Ontario Treaty 9 (1905-1906): Photo Album [Extended Version]
St. Barnabas School — Onion Lake, SK
St. Cyprian School — Peigan Reserve, Brocket, AB
St. George’s School, Lytton, BC
St. Michael's Indian Residential School, Alert Bay, BC
St. Peter’s School — Hay River, NWT
St. Peter’s School — Lesser Slave Lake, AB
St. Philip’s School — Fort George, QC
Staff Perspectives of the Aboriginal Residential School Experience: A Study of Four Presbyterian Schools, 1888--1923
Stained Glass Window in Parliament Commemorating the Legacy of Residential Schools: Colouring Book
Standard English Difficulties and Helpful Intervention Strategies for Aboriginal Students
Standard/School English as a Second Dialect: Perspectives From Four British Columbia School Districts
Standards-Based Reform: Can We Do Better?
Standing Strong Task Force Report & Recommendations: Acknowledging the Past, Learning form the Present, Looking to the Future
Star Lore of the Cree
Includes stories about stars and constellations such as the Sweat Lodge, the Great Bear Hunt, the Dog Stars, and Kokominakasis.
Related resource: Cree Star Map
Star Lore of the Ojibway
Brief description of stories associated with stars and constellations such as Ajiijaak (Cygnus), Biboonkeonini the Winter Maker, Jiibay Ziibi (Milky Way), Maang (Ursa Minor), and Ojiig (Big Dipper).
Related resources: Ojibwe Constellation Guide + Ojibwe Gizhig Anung Masinaaigan; Ojibwe Star Map.
The Star People
Teacher resource for The Star People: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson. Target age is Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Star Stories
Series of nine short animated videos which tell traditional Ankara, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chipewyan, Ho-Chunk, Chippewa, Cree, Mohawk, and Paiute stories about how certain stars and constellations came to be.
Stare Lore of the Dakota and Lakota
Brief description of stories associated with stars and constellations such as Agleoeka (Cygnus), Chanśáśa ipúsye (dried or red willow), Gleœka Wakaŋ (Sacred Hoop), Keya (Pegasus), and Wanagi Tacanku (Milky Way).
Related resources: Constellation Guide; Dakota and Lakota Star Map
Starting from Now, Learning to See: Introducing Pre-service Teachers to the Process of Indigenous Education through a Phenomenological Art Inquiry
Education Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Simon Fraser University, 2018.
State of Equity in Education Report
Examines progress on the Calls to Action published in the previous year's report and results of survey of Winnipeg school divisions and faculties of education in Manitoba with respect to school trustee representation, number of Indigenous teachers, employment equity policies, staff profile, student profile, and student enrollment in Bachelor of Education programs.
Related Material:
State of First Nations Learning
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2009: Events of 2008: Education Special
State Secret: North Carolina and the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Statistical Report and Analysis of the Distribution of Indian School Children by Age, Grade and Sex
Covers both residential and day schools and includes disaggregated information by administrative region.
StatsUpdate: Labour Force, Education and Language Used at Work, 2011 National Household Survey (NHS)
StatsUpdate: Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Education Expenditures, 2016/2017
Statistical data compares 2016/2017 to 2015/2016 expenditures in Nunavut, Canada as a whole, as well as each of the provinces and other territories.
Stature Analysis of Perris Indian School Students, 1894-99
The Status and Future of Bilingual Education For Remote Indigenous Students in the Northern Territory
Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives [2005]
Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008
Staying in School: Engaging Aboriginal Students
Stealing the Sun: Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
Grade 6 Math lesson uses a Haida creation story as a starting point for exploring the concept of surface area.
Steps for Making a Birch Bark Basket
Stereotypes in Numbers: Investigating and Graphing the Representations of First Nation, Inuit and Métis Peoples in School Library Materials [Lesson One]
Lesson plan for data management component of Grade 6 math curriculum.