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2nd Grade Science: Birch Bark Lesson
Includes instructions for making a model canoe and a basket.
4th Grade Science: Wild Rice Lesson
Birch Sap/Syrup: Activity and Lesson Plan
Can be adapted for students K-12. There are two activities: harvesting birch sap and making birch syrup.
Buffalo Past and Present
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
The Caribou Feed Our Soul
Book recommended for Grades 3-7.
Changing Times
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Chapter One Study Guide: Aboriginal Societies
For use with chapter in the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis, contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chíin: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Design, Construction & Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks: A Teaching Unit for Educators
Lesson plans designed to teach mathematical concepts through cultural heritage and hands-on activities.
Fishing with Grandma: By Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Suitable for primary grades.
The Giant Bear: Book Study
The Giant Bear: Junior Book Study
Gimaamaa-akiiminaan gimiigwechiwendaamin = Thankful for Our Mother Earth: A Kid's Activity Book
Story and activities focus on the harvest of wild rice. English with some words translated into Ojibwe.
Gimaamaa-akiiminaan gimiigwechiwendaamin = Thankful for Our Mother Earth: Spearing through the Ice Activity Booklet
Text in English with some words translated into Ojibwe.
Grades K-3 Lesson 3: Seya's Song
For use with Seya's Song by Ron Hirsch, a story book about the importance of relationship between S'Kallam people and the salmon. Some S'Klallam words are included in the text.
Hunters and Bombers: [Study Guide]
Idaa Trail: Lessons from the Land: Teacher's Guide & Lesson Plans
Indian Record (Vol. XXX, No. 2, February, 1967)
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 6, June-July, 1968)
Iñupiaq Values Curriculum: Avoidance of Conflict-Paaqæaktautaiññiq
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
Islet: [Study Guide]
The Kwakwaka'wakw: A Study of a North Pacific Coast People and the Potlatch
Lesson Plan:; S'Klallam Duck Hunting
Recommended for Grades 4-8.
Living and Working in Oona River: A Teacher’s Guide
Recommended for Grade 11 Social Studies.
Additional material: The River People: Living and Working in Oona River student resource book.
Model Teaching Unit - Language Arts - Grades 4-8 for Larry Loyie's As Long as the Rivers Flow
Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide
To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by
Mvskoke (Creek) Customs and Traditions
Native American Indian Language & Culture in New York
Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact
Designed to introduce younger readers to Ojibwe history, culture and exercising rights and resource management.
5th edition
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Barbara Russell, Skookum Jim Campus
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation par l'Institut culturel et educatif montagnais
[Saskatoon Public Schools -Treaty Education Resources]: Grade Two
Setting the Table: Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans K-8: Foundational Knowledge
Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.
Tea Time
Lesson plan for use with Relatives with Roots written and illustrated by Leah Marie Dorion.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Climate Change
Recommended for BC Science 10 and Science 7.
Traditional Harvesting Number 1: Wild Rose
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves learning about growing and harvesting plants and their names in Michif.
Additional resources: Plant Harvesting Image Cards; Michif Terms Teacher Card.
Traditional Harvesting Number 2: Wild Rose
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 goals include recognizing the importance of harvesting, and identifying and describing the uses of several plants using Michif and English terms.
Traditional Plant Knowledge of the Tsimshian: Unit Plan for Secondary Sciences, Social Studies, and Applied Skills
Recommended for: Science Grades 9-12; Resource Science (forests) Grades 11 and 12; Science and Technology Grade 11; Social Studies Grades 11-12; and Home Economics Grades 11-12.
Wapos Bay: A Time to Learn: Study Guide
Wapos Bay: The Hunt: Study Guide
X’aat: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.