Setting the Table: Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans K-8: Foundational Knowledge
Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.
Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.
Lesson plan for Grades 1-4 involves learning about growing and harvesting plants and their names in Michif.
Additional resources: Plant Harvesting Image Cards; Michif Terms Teacher Card.
Lesson plan for Grades 4-7 goals include recognizing the importance of harvesting, and identifying and describing the uses of several plants using Michif and English terms.
Although created for the Old Crow Experiential Educational Project, some activities can be adapted for other contexts. Lessons are grouped by Grades 7-9, Grades 4-6, and Grades 1-3.
Book review of: Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut compiled and edited by John Bennet (sic) and Susan Rowley.
Series of activities centred around traditional Inuit plant use. Part of the Adult Basic Education program in Nunavut.
Examines the relationship between reindeer herders and ethnobotany.
Outlines six stories including: flooding and a mudslide in the community of Tsawataineuk First Nation, tropical storm Earl uncovers First Nations artifacts in New Brunswick, questions about gun registry violating treaty rights and more.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.