8th Fire Guide for Educators
[Aboriginal Peoples of Canada]
Aboriginal Perspectives General Lesson for the Web Site
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Academic Treatment of the Indian in Public School Texts and Literature
Ava and the Little Folk: Book Study
The Battle over Termination on the Colville Indian Reservation
Birth of a Family [Educational Version]
British Columbia Métis History
Canada's Aboriginal Education Crisis
Looks at the need for quality education for First Nations children equitable to that of all other Canadian children.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.
Chapter 8: The Métis
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Circle of the Sun (1960) Standing Alone (1982) Round Up (2011): An Integrated Educator's Guide.
Co-operative Resource Management as an Adaptive Strategy for Aboriginal Communities: the Whitefish Lake First Nation Case Study
Coming Out of the Shadows: Asserting Identity and Authority in a Layered Homeland. The 1979-1982 Mud Lake Wild Rice Confrontation
Community Organising Training Manual
Constructing Identity Through Language: Water at Walpole Island First Nation
Converging Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems: Implications for Tertiary Education
CSRD Implementation in Native American Sites: Cross-Site Lessons Learned
Results from the federally-funded program which supports schools in investing in a comprehensive change process.
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Defending Life First: The Struggle to Protect a River - and Human Rights - in Santa Cruz Barillas, Guatemala
Discrimination and Identity
Diversifying Identity, Diversifying Strategy: Revisiting the Sami of Sweden
Dreaming from the Margins, Living in the In-Between: Identity, Culture, and the Power of Voice
Uses historical documents in conjuction with Louise Erdrich’s The Round House, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices. Developed for use in Advanced Placement English Literature or Language classroom, Grades 11 and 12.
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
Energy East and Dakota Access: Pipelines, Protest, and the Obstacles of Mutual Unintelligibility
Fishing for Put-Ups
Forgotten: The Métis Residential School Experience: Workshop Guide
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Genealogies of the Land: Aboriginality, Law, and Territory in Vancouver's Stanley Park
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
"Field Validation Version."
Grade 6: Our National Identity: Canada's Diverse Communities
Hunters and Bombers: [Study Guide]
I Am the River and the River is Me: The Implications of a River Receiving Personhood Status
Identity
The Impact of Industrialization and Resource Development on Indigenous Peoples of Northwest Siberia: The Khanty, Mansi, and Iamalo-Nenets
The Impact of the Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Study on the Dene Tha' First Nation
Indigenous Communities Connect Over Land Exploitation at Quechua-Maya Intercambio
Indigenous Peoples and Forest Management - Before and After REDD: The Case of Tanzania
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Métis
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous Peoples in Asia - Common Experiences and Issues
Inuit Cultural Online Resource
Inventing a New Canada
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
The Issue of Compatibility between Cultural Integrity and Economic Development among Native American Tribes
Argues that economic development only makes sense when the band controls both its own resources and sustains its identity.