The Kwakwaka'wakw: A Study of a North Pacific Coast People and the Potlatch
Lakota Culture
Includes links to beliefs and traditions, Seven Council Fires, legends, historical American Indian leaders and South Dakota tribal lands.
Related: Artists and Authors; Spirit Animals.
Land and Water Based Education
Focus on Mi'kmaw culture and Nova Scotia, but lessons could be adapted to other contexts. Lesson plans for all levels as well individual grades.
Leetsoii Means “Yellow Dirt” in the Navajo Language: Troubling Uranium Mining on Navajo Lands
Legends and Stories from the Past: A Teaching Resource for Dene Kede Grades K-9
Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateau
Lesson Focus: B.C.’s First Peoples. How has the Potlatch in Coastal BC changed or stayed the same over time?
Recommended for Grade 3 Social Studies.
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Lessons from the Earth and Beyond: Bringing Indigenous Knowledge Systems into the Classroom: Educator Resources
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.
Lessons from the Earth: Storytelling, Art and Indigenous Knowledge
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Educator Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.
Manito Ahbee Aki: The Place Where the Creator Sits: Student Guide Phase 1 [The Forks]
Interactive game in which students travel back in time to become members of the Anishinaabe Nation in Manitoba before the European contact and engage in activities in which they learn about the environment, traditional worldviews, and a scared site called Manito Ahbee, and gain knowledge from Knowledge Keepers. Game is free, but students must register to play.
Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
Medicine Wheel Teachings by Napos, Menominee Nation
Medicine Wheel: The Anishinabek Medicine Wheel: What Does It Mean?
Mi'kmaq Creation Story
Mi'kmaq Family (Migmaoei Otjiosog): [Study Guide]
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
The Moccasin Identifier Education Kit
Model Teaching Unit - Language Arts - Grades 4-8 for Larry Loyie's As Long as the Rivers Flow
"More Precious Than Gold": Indigenous Water Governance in the Context of Modern Land Claims in Yukon
Native American Dolls
Lesson plan for elementary school students which looks at Native American dolls, how they are made and the cultures they represent.
Native Drums
Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Members of Blackfoot, Mandan, Hidatsa, Shoshone, Salish, Nez Perce, Yakama, and Chinookan nations speak about their history and culture. Duration: 35:50.
Related material: Teacher Guide.
Native Life
Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12
Native Peoples of North America
Native Studies 20: Student Resource Guide
Native Studies: A Curriculum Guide for Grade 11: International Indigenous Issues
Never Alone = Kisima Ingitchuna: Parent Guide
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
The Numbered Treaties in Saskatchewan: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 2
Operation Water Spirit
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Oyate Resource List
People of the Robin: The Tsimshian of Kitsumkalum: A Resource Book for the Kitsumkalum Education Committee and the Coast Mountain School District 82 (Terrace)
Pimooteewin: The Journey: Outreach Study Guide
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Plants and Connection to Place
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Teacher's guide.
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.
Potlatch: Then & Now
A Promise Is a Promise: Lesson Plan
Story about an Inuit girl who disobeys her mother, goes fishing on the sea ice and is kidnapped by Qallupilluit. Recommended for Preschool to Grade 2.