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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
Aboriginal Experiences in Canada: Parks and Protected Areas
Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Environmental Policy:
Enhancing Sustainability or a Justification of Deregulation?
Aboriginal Rights Position Paper [1978]
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Damage to IR 201, Public Edition July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains submissions, reports, studies, correspondence/letters and video in regards to inquiry which was trying to determine whether the Crown owes compensation in relation to the dam construction. Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.
Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Athabasca Denesuline Special Report on the Treaty Harvesting Rights of the Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations
The B.C. Indian Position Paper (Draft Copy) [before August 14, 1970]
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.
Canoe Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry I, Public Release
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents consist of documents, correspondence/letters, claim submissions, and the final report in regards to the inquiry, which examined the seizure of 4,500 square miles of land for the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
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.
Co-management of Aboriginal Resources
Cumulative Impacts to FMFN#468 Traditional Lands & Lifeways: Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine Report for Regulatory Hearings
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.
Devolution of Lands and Resources in the Northwest Territories
Diversifying Identity, Diversifying Strategy: Revisiting the Sami of Sweden
Environment and Economic Development: Co-Managing a National Park While Stimuling Community Development in Churchill (MB)
Environmental Governance in First Nation Communities
First Nations Right to Timber With Respect to the Management of Lands for Hunting, Fishing & Livelihood, and Housing: Case Law Summary
Case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and an outline of the resulting forest and range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.
First Nations, Salmon Fisheries and the Rising Importance of Conservation: Report to the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
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.
The Government of Alberta's Policy on Consultation with First Nations on Land and Natural Resource Management, 2013
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 Water Rights in British Columbia: A Handbook
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
Labrador Inuit Harvesting and the Politics of Land Claims
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.
The Management of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada's Western Arctic: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Mikesew Cree First Nation Traditional Land Use Impact Assessment: Husky Sunrise Thermal Project
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