Fishing with Grandma: By Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Suitable for primary grades.
Suitable for primary grades.
Results from 1,350 individuals living in 25 communities. Respondents were asked questions about employment, income, ability to meet expenses, retirement, cultural practices, First Nations language skills, and physical health.
Contends that a columnist Diane Francis's portrayal of First Nations revealed a lack of knowledge about treaties signed between Canada and First Nations people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Discusses two-panelled work commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. One panel, entitled Welcoming the Newcomers, depicts the moment of first contact, the other, entitled Resurgence of the People, depicts contemporary struggles of Indigenous peoples.
Examines whether there was a direct link between army policy and extermination of the buffalo through a study of "official military reports, personal letters, the reminiscences of retired army officers and ex-buffalo hunters, the observations of Indian Bureau personnel and Indians themselves, along with other eye-witness accounts".