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Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Manuscripts
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Halfbreeds: Primary Source Material
Our Betrayed Wards: A Story of "Chicanery, Infidelity and the Prostitution of Trust"
Originally published in 1921. This version transcribed, curated and with additions. The author was the Indian Agent for the "Blood and Peigan" Indians from 1898 to 1911.
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.
Teaching with Documents: Memorandum Regarding the Enlistment of Navajo Indians
“This Spurious Philanthropy”: Indian Policy, Food and Canada’s North-West As Discussed in the Senate of Canada in 1886
"The evidence provided to this commission provides an interesting record of thoughts by the government and (mostly non-Indigenous, male) experts about food, Indigenous people and the Canadian North-West ten years after the near-extinction of the buffalo."