Theses
Author/Creator
Joyce Hobday
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2006.
Native American Boarding Schools: The Education and Cultural Transformation of American Indians under the United States Government Boarding Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mathew LaMore
Description
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 teaching about the experiences of Native youth in Indian boarding schools.
Native Americans in Elementary School Social Studies Textbooks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maxel J. Ferguson
Dan B. Fleming
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 2, January 1984, pp. [10-15]
Description
Study assesses Native American content of 34 elementary textbooks used in Virginia including some used nationwide.
Native Americans in U.S. History Textbooks: from Bloody Savages to Heroic Chiefs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesus Garcia
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 2, January 1978, pp. [15-19]
Description
Results of a study evaluating the portrayal of Native Americans in five history textbooks used in California schools.
Native Americans, the National Parks, and the Concept of Historical Inevitability
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary B. Nash
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 73-80
Description
Discussion about human interaction with the environment, human action with other humans, the protection of natural and cultural resources, and sensitivity to Native American history.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 55
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenichi Matsui
Native Peoples of North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan Stebbins
Native Studies 20: Student Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Learning
Description
Compilation of readings from various sources.
Can be used in conjunction with Native Studies 20: Case Studies and Readings Package.
Native Studies: A Curriculum Guide for Grade 11: International Indigenous Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Education
Description
Covers historical bases for current issues, philosophies which form foundations of culture and development, and implementation of action plans for social change.
Navigating the Tensions in Collaborative Watershed Governance: Water Governance and Indigenous Communities in British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rosie Simms
Leila Harris
Nadia Joe
Karen Bakker
Description
Discusses reasons why water governance reform is needed and suggests ways to jointly manage decisions about water use and access.
The New Brunswick Aboriginal Forestry: Constructions of a Natural Resource
Theses
Author/Creator
Sherrie Lee Blakney
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2000.
New Relationships on the Northwest Frontier: Episodes in the Gitxsan and Witsuwit'en Encounter with Colonial Power
Theses
Author/Creator
Tyler Allan McCreary
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2013.
Night: A Collective Creation by Human Cargo, Written and Directed by Christopher Morris: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Description
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder.
Related Material:
for Grades 7-12.
A Non-Answer to a Request for a Teacher's Guide to Indian Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Bayne
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 2, January 1971, pp. [29-33]
Description
Thoughts and personal feelings about guides to help teachers relate to Native American children.
Northern Studies 10: Module 4: Living Together
E-Books
Author/Creator
Department of Education
Culture and Employment
Northwest Territories
"Not from the Land Side, But from the Flag Side": Native American Responses to the Wanamaker Expedition of 1913
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Lindstrom
Journal of Social History, vol. 30, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 209-227
Description
Discusses how the expedition's ceremonies to promote citizenship and assimilation were manipulated by Native Americans to serve their own purposes.
The Numbered Treaties in Saskatchewan: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 2
Alternate Title
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Field test draft.
NWT Educator Toolkit for Classroom Treaty Simulations
Alternate Title
Northwest Territories Educator Toolkit for Classroom Treaty Simulations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gordon Foundation
On the Economic Development of Canada's Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Gerhard Anders
Description
Economics Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas A & M University, 1972.
Ontological Conflicts Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Brazil
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lea
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151-175
Description
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Generation: A Study Guide
Alternate Title
Screen Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Lewis
Description
To accompany to award-winning film about violations of Aboriginal rights in Australia.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Alternate Title
Grade 12 Native Studies: NDG4M
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Corporation
Description
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Out of the Woods: The Making of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean J. Kotlowski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 63-97
Description
Examines the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act signed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter with the Passamaquoddies and the Penobscots, signifing the first major success in their effort to reclaim land.
Peer Perspectives: Expressions of Aboriginal Youth - Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Access to Media Education Society
Description
Teacher's guide designed to bring issues affecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people into the classroom, in a manner that speaks directly to youth.
Philippines Cordillera Youth: Continuing the Legacy for the Defense of Ancestral Land and Self-Determination
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lilette Fatima R. Raquel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 33-41
Description
Reports on safeguarding Cordillera heritage through youth activism.
To access this article, scroll down to page 33.
A Place in the Middle: Classroom Discussion Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Faith Rogow
Insighters Educational Consulting
Description
Discussion guide to accompany A Place in the Middle, true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12.
Watch A Place in the Middle.
Planning for Prosperity: First Nations, Intergovernmental Cooperation and Treaties: A Leaders' Forum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barry Stuart
Edmond Wright
Colin Kinsley
Barry Seymour
Finlay Sinclair ... [et al.]
Description
Overview of fourth conference series with focus on positive relationships and emerging partnerships between industry and Aboriginal communities.
A Political Economy of Native Marginalization: A Study of the Appropriation of Aboriginal Water Rights, the Case of the Mishkeegogamang First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Janet Armstrong
Description
Political Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2000.
Poverty, Politics, and Petroleum: The Utah Navajo and the Aneth Oil Field
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert S. McPherson
David A. Wolff
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 451-470
Description
Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Steven M. Hoffman
John Bonner
Thibault Martin
Gabrielle A. Slowey ... [et al.]
Prejudice about Indians in Textbooks
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Journal of Reading, vol. 20, no. 7, April 1977, pp. 595-600
Description
Lists ten types of bias: omission, defamation, disparagement, cumulative implication, lack of validity, inertia, obliteration, disembodiment, and lack of concreteness, and provides examples of prejudicial textbooks in each category.
Preparatory Report from the Sami Parliament in Sweden/Sámediggi/Sámedigge/Saemiedigkie/Sametinget for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms.Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Prior to Her 2015 August visit to Sápmi and Sweden
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
India Reed Bowers
Description
Some of issues discussed are women's rights and circumstances, resource extraction, lack of legal-political structures for self-determination and Sweden's Race Biology and eugenics programs.
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mi'kmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Alternate Title
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
Primary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plimoth Colonists & the First Thanksgiving
Alternate Title
Primary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plymouth Colonists & the First Thanksgiving
Teaching Now: Separating Myths from History
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Bickford
Description
Lesson plan designed for elementary students.
Related material: Teaching Guide.
Primary Source: Missionaries in New France
Alternate Title
Letter from Father Jean de Brébeuf
Observations of Jesuit Missionaries
The Martyrdom of Jesuit Missionaries, 1648
Hurons Have Embraced Christianity
A Varied Response to Jesuit and Récollets Mission in the Canadian Colony
Are Only the Sick Willing to Convert?
A New and Successful Strategy to Convert the Mohawk
The Education of Children in New France
Questioning the Reliability of Jesuit First-Hand Accounts
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean de Brébeuf
Francois le Mercier
Jean Pierron
Peter Kalm
Antoine Silvy
Carole Blackburn
Description
Primarily excerpts from letters written by Jesuit missionaries describing their attempts to convert First Nations peoples to Christianity.
Priscilla Settee: Engineering Environmental Harmony
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Muldrew
Herizons, vol. 10, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 22-24
Description
Profile of women's rights activist Priscilla Settee and her contributions to Indigenous rights, women's rights and Earth rights.
Project of Heart
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Sylvia Smith]
Description
Website's purpose is to examine legacy and history of Residential Schools, commemorate lives of children who died, and promote social justice endeavours.
Contains links to general news and information about the initiative, social justice campaigns and educational resources.
Promises, Promises: A Board Game Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Treaty No. 9
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Kathy Perreault
Jim Hollander]
Description
Designed to educate students on the importance of the Treaty, the process of its negotiation, and the communities involved.
Public Voices and Wilderness in Environmental Assessment: A Philosophical Examination of Resource Policy Decisions
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew John Satterthwaite
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1996.
Putting Anti-Indian Violence in Context: The Case of the Great Lakes Chippewas of Wisconsin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Perry
Linda Robyn
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 590-625
Description
Authors articulate the relationship between Indigenous resistance to state appropriation of lands and anti-Indigenous violence enacted by the public.
Qallunaat: Why White People are Funny: Teacher's Guide and Student Worksheets
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board
Description
Guide to accompany movie Qallunaat: Why White People are Funny.
To be used with grades 7-12.
Reader's Theatre: Grade 2 Social Studies: The Signing of Treaty Six
Alternate Title
Reader's Theatre: The Signing of Treaty 6 FNMI
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jade Ballek
Melissa Lander
Description
Four scenes, each taking place at a different location (Ottawa, Fort Garry, outside Fort Carleton and Fort Carleton) and involving individuals significant to the negotiations such as Governor Alexander Morris, James McKay, Chief Ahatahkakoop, Chief Mistawasis, Poundmaker and Peter Erasmus. Includes discussion questions and short biographies.
Reading for Resurgence: Indigenous Literatures, Communities, and Learning
Theses
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
Description
Education Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2016.
Realizing The Potential: Global Perspectives on Indigenous Economic Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Public Policy Forum
Recognising Rangatiratanga: Sharing Power with Māori through Co-management
Alternate Title
Recognizing Rangatiratanga: Sharing Power with Maori through Co-mangement
Theses
Author/Creator
Samuel George Wevers
Description
Explores the issues surrounding treaty and co-management structures for the shared administration of natural resources in traditional territories.
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) dissertation.
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian: Education Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for use with the documentary which explores the history of stereotypical portrayals of Indigenous peoples in films.