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BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Bone Court Trial Transcripts - Nanaboshoo and the Bullrushes: The Case of Being in the Reeds and the Theft of the Crime
Written as a court transcript, the author shows the use of a traditional narrative for academic discourse.
Chiefly Feasts
The Evolution of Mourning Dove's Coyote Stories
Folklore and Psychoanalysis: The Swallowing Monster and Open-Brains Allomotifs in Plains Indian Mythology
Frontier, Homeland and Sacred Space: A Collaborative Investigation into Cross-Cultural Perceptions of Place in the Thelon Game Sanctuary, Northwest Territories
Grade 4: Alsumsuti Ujit T’an Teli-l’nuimk = To Be Indigenous Is to be Free = Topelomosu Wen Skicinuwit
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Indian Women as Cultural Mediators
Kiviuq and the Bee Woman By Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Pre-reading activities, discussion questions, learning activities, and extension activities for Grades 4 to 6.
The Legend of the Fog by Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Danny Christopher; Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
"A Myth to Be Alive": James Welch's Fools Crow
Native Tales and Traditions in Books for Children
The Northern Lights
Northwest Saskatchewan Métis Perspectives of Miyo Pimatisiwin + Kiwetinohk Saskatchewan Otipemisiwak Kayisi Wapahtakwaw Miyo Pimatisiwin
Looks at the Métis phrase miyo-pimatisiwin (good life) and how it connects the Métis past with the present.
"Of Glooskap's Birth, and of His Brother Malsum, the Wolf": The Story of Charles Godfrey Lelands's "Purely American Creation"
Ojibwe Oral Tradition
Adaptations of sixteen traditional stories, most relating to Wenebojo.
Oral Traditions of the Woodland Cree (Nihithawak) in Northern Saskatchewan: Links to Cultural Identity, Ways of Knowing, Language Revitalization, and Connections to the Land + Nehithāwi – Kiskethihtamiwin: Kayās Āchimowina Ekwa Āchithohkewina. Nihithowewin, Nihithawihtāwin Mena Mithopimāchihowin
Discuss the significance of oral history to the Woodland Cree to reinforce their cultural worldview into the modern era.
Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko: Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Piapot: Man and Myth
Questions of the Spirit: Bloodlines in Louise Erdrich's Chippewa Landscape
The Raven and the Loon by Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley; illustrated by Kim Smith: Educator's Resource
Intended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Les récits de notre terre: Les Mi'gmaq
Red Mythology: A German Eagle, A French Fox, and the Native American Coyote
Reviews
Sacred Clowns and Fools
Sending My Heart Back Across the Years: Tradition and Innovation in Native American Autobiography
Skookum Jim: Native and Non-Native Stories and Views About His Life and Times and the Klondike Gold Rush
The Sniffing Bear
Space and Freedom in the Golden Republic: Yellow Bird's The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit
Sukaq and the Raven by Roy Goose and Kerry McCluskey, Artwork by Soyeon Kim: Educator's Resource
For use with the book Suqak and the Raven (Inuktitut version).. Activities and discussion questions geared toward students in Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large
Unpacking Pimachesowin as a Framing Concept for Indigenous Self-Determination + Eyapachitayak Pimachesowin ta Othastamasoyak Nehithaw tipethimisowin
Discusses how traditional Cree stories and lessons reflect the traditional Cree world view of pimatsiwin (life) and how pimatsiwin itself can better help the understanding Indigenous self-determination.
Wəlastəkwey Stories: Legalized Theft
Discusses the case of traditional stories told by Elders to a researcher who retained copyright and refused to relinquish it when approached by members of the community.