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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
Description
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
The Blackfeet Buckskin Shirt
Alternate Title
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Bullshoe
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Can be adapted for all age groups.
Blackfoot Warrior Shirts
Alternate Title
Lesson Plan: Blackfoot Winter Counts and their Stories
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for Grade 2 language arts, but can be adapted to other levels.
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Last of the Buffalo
Author/Creator
McQuillen Studios
Description
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
Glimpsing Our Past: An Archival Photo Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Charabin
Paula Daigle
Andy Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
The Haudenosaunee Flag Raising: Cultural Symbols and Intercultural Contact
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie J. Waterman
Philip P. Arnold
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 125-144
Description
Provides a brief overview of the Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga Nation and the schools involved in the flag raising.
I Am But a Little Woman
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gyu Oh
Description
Animated version of a poem written in 1927. No dialogue. Acommpanying material: I am But a Little Woman: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 4:39.
Introduction to Blackfoot Quillworking Techniques
Alternate Title
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Magee Sherer
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Suitable for ages 12 and up.
Inuit Art: Markers of Cultural Resilience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather Igloliorte
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1-2, Spring/Summer, 2010, pp. 4-11
Description
Discusses artists' responses to the impact of residential schools and cultural assimilation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 4.
Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts
Alternate Title
Our Ancestors have Come to Visit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Pitt Rivers Museum
Description
Website for an exhibition at the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta. Contains links to lessons plans, photographs, and information about the shirts.
Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateau
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Description
Virtual exhibit covering history of ranching life, community stories including Wood Mountain biographies and transition to rodeo.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Raise a Flag: Works from the Indigenous Art Collection (2000-2015): Education Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Onsite Gallery
OCAD University
Description
Exhibition features works by 33 artists which were drawn from the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Indigenous Art Collection.
Remember The Children: Residential School Resource Centre
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
National Residential School Survivors' Society (NRSSS)
Description
Website includes photographs and documents about Residential and Day Schools from Ontario with plans for the rest of Canada to follow.
Remote Avant-Garde: Aboriginal Art under Occupation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosita Henry
Amercian Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 369-370
Description
Book review of Remote Avant-Garde by Jennifer Loureide Biddle.
Rights of Restoration: Aboriginal Peoples, Creative Arts, and Healing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Archibald
Jonathan Dewar
Carrie Reid
Vanessa Stevens
Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 2010, pp. 2-17
Description
Survey finds that creative arts make a significant contribution to the safety, development and well-being of the participants.
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
Showing and Telling the Story of Nikis (My Little House): An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Journey of a Cree Adult Educator
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Isabel Wastasecoot
Description
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Toronto, 2017
Susan Point: Spindle Whorl: Teacher's Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vancouver Art Gallery
Description
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.
Trail of Tears Curriculum Guide
E-Books
Description
For use with videos On a Spring Day and Incident at Rock Roe. Collection of lesson plans for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Spanish and Physical Education.
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos, a documentary by Alethea Arnaquq-Bari.
[Visual Arts: Woodland Style Artwork]
Alternate Title
Learning Through the Arts
The Arts: Secondary Visual Arts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Lakehead Public Schools?]
Description
Video records one class's experience with incorporating Aboriginal art and culture into the curriculum by utilizing community mentors and Elders.
Duration: 17:00.
We Interrupt This Program: Indigenous Media Tactics in Canadian Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Miranda J. Brady
John M.H. Kelly
Weaving Math
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daryl Goeson
Maria Nicolidakis
Karla Gamble
Matthew Houghland
Description
Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
Alternate Title
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Friessen
Lyle Dick
Winona Wheeler
Matt Dyce
James Opp
Kathryn McKay
Amber Dean... [et. al.]
Description
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.