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Chief Thunderchild
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Saskatchewan Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. This edition is aligned with the Saskatchewan provincial curriculum for History 30: Canadian Studies, Native Studies 10, and Native Studies 30.
Contesting Civilization: Louis Riel's Defence of Culture at the Collége de Montréal
Dinjii Kat Chih Ahaa: Gwich'in Notions of Leadership
The First Shot Rang Out
Website for virtual exhibit centred on the Battle of Duck Lake, the first armed engagement of the North West Resistance. Includes links to 110 images, the story of the battle from the differing perspectives of the museum, the Métis, civilians and military, and First Nations and brief biographies of Gabriel Dumont, Louis Riel, Hillyard Mitchell, L.N.F. Crozier, and Acheson Gosford Irvine.
Gabriel Dumont
Gabriel Dumont: Métis Legend
Brief video discusses the life of the Metis leader and his role in the 1885 Resistance. Duration: 7:25.
Related Material: Transcript; Teacher's Guide.
Guardian Rivalries: G.E.E. Lindquist, John Collier, and the Moral Landscape of Federal Indian Policy, 1910-1950
Hopi Boarding School Narratives: Edmund Nequatewa's Born a Chief
I Write These Words With Blood and Bones: Two Nineteenth Century American Indian Intellectuals and a Rhetoric of Survivance
The Indian Missionary Record (Vol. XVIII, No. 5, May, 1955)
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 3, March 1968)
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 4, April, 1968)
Indian Record (Vol. XXXI, No. 5, May, 1968)
Inspired Leadership for Difficult Times
Historical overview of First Nations treaty signatory, Ahtahkakoop, who as part of his strategy to ensure future generations’ success, adopted the white man’s religion, education and agricultural pursuits.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.
Little Pine's Journal: The Appeal of a Christian Chippeway Chief on Behalf of His People
Louis Riel
The Many Worlds of Louis Riel: A Political Odyssey from Red River to Montreal and Back 1840-1875
Native Leaders of Canada
Website presents three sections: brief biographies of leaders, resources for educators, and a community section for people to express their ideas on leadership.
Tecumseh: A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People
Historical social studies textbook.
That's the Way We Lived: An Oral History of the Fort Resolution Elders
Recorded oral histories of Fort Resolution.
The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant
Historical social studies textbook.