Battle of the Northern Lights
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 3:58.
Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.
Book review of: The Bearer of this Letter by Mindy J. Morgan.
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Historical note:
Primary source for titles was Amazon Best Sellers in Children’s Native Canadian Story Books, as well as publishers' web pages, and library and authors' lists. Objective was to identify fiction books for ages 0-18 written by Indigenous authors that contained reconciliation-related themes. More than 150 books met the inclusion criteria.