Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary John
Ernie John
Celina John
Scott McIntosh
Description
File contains presentations by Mary John Sr., Ernie John, Celina John and Scott McIntosh focusing on working with the Aboriginal youth of the Stoney Creek area in teaching traditions and folklore. The Society has also attempted to encourage economic development with trapping and ranching on the First Nations but has encountered roadblocks due to a lack of funding from the federal government. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen]
Description
Chapter Four in book: Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea For Integration by John W. Lyons Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen.
Presents learning opportunities for non-Aboriginal educators.
Documentary about a Cree community in northern Alberta where the children are taught traditional stories and traditional ways by the old people.
Duration: 14:32.
Excellent teacher resource includes links to information and videos about the following topics: worldviews, oral traditions, Elders, culture and language, kinship, Aboriginal and treaty rights, healing historical trauma, symbolism and traditions, connection to land, Indigenous pedagogy, well-being, and traditional environmental knowledge.
Related material: Talking Together: A Discussion Guide.
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 113-114
Description
Book review of: Written as I Remember It by Elsie Paul in collaboration with Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 113.