Sovereignty for Survival: American Energy Development and Indian Self-Determination
Book review of: Sovereignty for Survival by James Robert Allison III.
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation: Teachers' Resource Guide
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
Special Issue: Legal Issues in Aboriginal Water Rights
Speech to the British Columbia Legislature, December 2, 1998
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 of Haida Gwaii: Last Spring, the Haida Launched a Supreme Court Case Claiming Title to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Then something Interesting Happened: The Local Loggers Took Their Side. Chris Tenove and Brooke McDonald Report on an Emerging
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.
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)
Stained Glass Window in Parliament Commemorating the Legacy of Residential Schools: Colouring Book
Standing Up and Taking a Stand Against Robbery
Comments on an invoice submitted to the Ontario government requesting payment for benefits from natural resources extracted from the Nishinawbe Aski First Nation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
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
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012: Events of 2011: Focus on Land Rights and Natural Resources
The Status of Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North in the Context of Legal Pluralism
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.
Stó:lō Exchange Dynamics
Stolen Lands, Broken Promises: Researching the Indian Land Question in British Columbia
Stolen Lives: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
Stories and Song: Anishinaabemowin Colouring Book
Designs by artists from the Dish with One Spoon Treaty territory feature animals from the region and are labelled in Ojibway and English.
Stories Like a River: The Character of Indian Water Rights and Authority in the Wind River and Klamath-Trinity Basins
Stories of Our Origins: Teacher's Guide
Grade Four Social Studies curriculum focuses on the stories of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Territories.
Accompanying Material: Student Activity Book.
Stories of Survival and Revenge from Inuit Folklore: Traditional Story Study
Geared toward Grades 7 to 10. The three stories are: :Nuliajuk, Kaugjagjuk, and Nanurluk.
Stories of the Amautalik: Fantastic Beings from Inuit Myths and Legends: Teacher Study Guide
Stories the Totems Tell: Bringing Aboriginal Poles to Life
A Story Before Time Created and Produced by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Artistic Director, Santee Smith
The Story of the Rabbit Dance = Li Nistwaar di la Daañs di Liyév
Strategies for a Living Earth: Examples From Canadian Aboriginal Communities
Strong Hearts, Native Lands: The Cultural and Political Landscape of Anishinaabe Anti-Clearcutting Activism
Strong Hearts, Native Lands: The Cultural and Political Landscape of Anishinaabe Anti-Clearcutting Activism
The Struggle for Natural Resources and for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: From Exclusion and Plunder to Return of the Land
Stseptekwle – Stories of the Secwepemc
Student Activities: Choosing Life: Bobby's Story
Students Embrace Technology
Describes the partnership of Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk with Industry Canada's SchoolNet GrassRoots program. The goals are to bring First Nations schools in the Maritimes up to the same standard for connectivity as schools run by the province.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.25.
Study Guide for "The Whole Country Was ... 'One Robe'": The Little Shell Tribe's America: A Montana Tribal Histories Project Book
To accompany book of the same title. The book integrates Canadian and American history of the groups which lived in the "borderlands", specifically members of Little Shell who were considered "Landless Indians" until 2019 when the tribe finally gained federal recognition in the United States.
Study Guide: Shannen and the Dream for a School
To accompany book about the young activist from Attawapiskat, Ontario who campaigned for a new school to replace one that had been contaminated by a massive diesel leak in the late 1970s.
Related material Still Waiting in Attawapiskat video.