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Guide for Educators
At the Crossroads
Indigenous in the City
It's Time
Whose Land is it Anyway?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsea Prince
Description
Material for four episodes: Indigenous in the City, It's Time, Whose Land is it Anyway? and At the Crossroads.
Aboriginal Veterans & Warriors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource suitable for Grades 6, 7, 8 and 10. Primarily uses 55 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill and Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields by Janice Summerby.
Closing the Gap In First Nations Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dominic Giroux
Policy Options, August 2012, pp. 50-53
Description
Discusses conditions and strategies for successfully maintaining change to improve on-reserve education for Aboriginal youth.
Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race: What Your Child Is Learning at School and How You Can Help
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Training
Indigenous Inclusion Directorate
Demanding Free, Prior and Informed Consent Across Borders: Making Rights Real in Colombia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aviva Chomsky
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Sacred Places, Sacred Lifeways, March 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses community consultation processes and campaigns to organize environmentally responsible mining practices.
Discrimination and Identity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource for use with April Raintree (Grades 7-9) and In Search of April Raintree (Grades 10-12).
Education for Reconciliation and Social Justice: Bringing the Shannen's Dream, Jordan's Principle and I am a Witness Campaigns into the Classroom
Alternate Title
Education for Reconciliation and Social Justice: Grades 9-12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Teacher's resource deals with the situation of First Nations children and the inequities they face.
Engaging Native American Youth in Learning
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Trinidad Torres-Carrion
Jon Allan Reyhner
Description
Webinar discusses culture, community, and place-based education.
Duration: 1:08:34.
Extractive Violence on Indigenous Country: Sami and Aboriginal Views on Conflicts and Power Relations with Extractive Industries
Alternate Title
Ethnological Studies (Umeå University) ; 64
Sami Studies ; 8
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristina Sehlin MacNeil
Description
Culture and Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Umeå University, 2017.
First Nation's Involvement in the War of 1812: Cause and Consequence: Part 2
Alternate Title
Historical Thinking Project
War of 1812, Historical Thinking Project [Lesson] 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Janzen
Description
Detailed lesson plan (two class periods) for intermediate/senior level.
First Nation's Involvement in the War of 1812: Cause and Consequence: Part I
Alternate Title
Historical Thinking Project
War of 1812, Historical Thinking Project [Lesson] 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jennifer Janzen]
Description
Detailed lesson plan (two class periods) for intermediate/senior level.
The Fur Trade
Alternate Title
Booklet Series (Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project) ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel B. Juen
Michael S. Nassaney
Description
Overview of fur trade history and relationship between the traders and the Indigenous population.
The Invisible Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Desjardins
Robert Monderie
Description
Film about the contemporary Algonquians of Quebec and Ontario.
Duration: 93:20 .
Accompanying material: The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan.
The James Bay Treaty Turns 100: Grade 12: Canada: History, Identity, and Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Archives of Ontario
Description
Lesson plan involves students negotiating an agreement for two disparate groups to share a territory. To be used with the online exhibition James Bay Treaty Turns 100.
Land Use Planning Policy in the Far North Region of Ontario: Conservation Targets, Politics of Scale, and the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Aboriginal–State Relations
Theses
Author/Creator
Catie Burlando
Description
Natural Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
Modernising Water: Articulating Custom in Water Governance in Australia and East Timor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue E. Jackson
Lisa R. Palmer
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-25
Description
Reports on the institutions and negotiations by which indigenous peoples are striving to confirm their access to water rights.
"Mu Kisi Maqumawkik Pasik Kataq - We Can't Only Eat Eels: "Mi'kmaq Contested Histories and Uncontested Silences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Jane McMillan
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 119-142
Description
Examines Aboriginal and treaty fishing rights, and the experiences of Donald Marshall, Jr. regarding those rights.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Ontological Conflicts Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Brazil
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lea
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151-175
Description
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Alternate Title
Grade 12 Native Studies: NDG4M
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Corporation
Description
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian: Education Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for use with the documentary which explores the history of stereotypical portrayals of Indigenous peoples in films.
A Seat at the Table: A Nonconformist Approach to Grassroots Participation in the Articulation of Health Standards
Theses
Author/Creator
Leanne Kathryn Bekeris
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2012.
Social Studies Grade 5: Canada: The Peoples and Stories of This Land: A Curriculum and Guide to Implementation
E-Books
Author/Creator
NWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Description
Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.
Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.
"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".
Square Peg, Round Hole: First Nations Drinking Water Infrastructure and Federal Policies, Programs, and Processes
Alternate Title
#ED-01-CO-0006
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason McCullough
Khosrow Farahbakhsh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-22
Description
Examines the challenges to provide potable water to communities in Ontario; the role of government centered policy development and the identification of areas needing supportive policy.
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012: Events of 2011: Focus on Land Rights and Natural Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Vital Bambanze
Corinne Lennox
Carla Clarke
Corinne Lewis
Elisa Scalise ... [et al.]
Teaching with Indian Givers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth Norton
Craig Charbonneau Fontaine
Description
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
Treaty 6 Education in Living Sky: Creator-Land-People
Alternate Title
Treaty Six Education in Living Sky: Creator-Land-People
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Living Sky School Division
Description
Website contains links to treaty perspectives, leaders, information for teachers, educational games, lesson plans developed by school district teachers, etc.
The War of 1812 and Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Historica-Dominion Institute
Description
Discusses the importance of First Nations peoples' involvement in the conflict and the consequences for them once the war concluded.
Water Ethics for First Nations and Biodiversity in Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenichi Matsui
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Examines three issues: need to establish stronger legal and ethical frameworks, need to raise biodiversity/water security profile, need to improve cross-cultural understanding.
What Were the Consequences of the War of 1812 for Tecumseh and the Confederacy of First Nations?
Alternate Title
Historical Thinking Project
War of 1812, Historical Thinking Project Lesson 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan Hux
Description
Detailed lesson plan (two class periods) for intermediate/senior level.
Where the Waters Divide: Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Mascarenhas
Ziibiwing Center's American Indian Boarding School Book List: Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways
Description
Brief list with annotations and suggested audience.
Ziibiwing Center's American Indian Boarding School Book List: United States
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways
Description
Brief list with annotations and suggested audience