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Alternate Title
One Hundred Years of Loss: The Residential School System in Canada: Teacher's Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Description
1986 Report of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House of Commons: Fiscal Year Ended 31 March 1986]: Chapter 11: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Kenneth M. Dye]
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey: Report on the Experiences of American Indian & Alaska Native Respondents
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sandy E. James
Trudie Jackson
Mattee Jim]
Description
Reports responses of 319 individuals who were asked questions about family life, income nd employment, education, housing and homeless, public accommodation, harassment and violence, police interactions and prisons, health and identity documents.
Related material:
2008 Survey Results.
American Indian Self-determination in Education and the Department of Interior
Alternate Title
Reports from the Field
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom R. Hopkins
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 1, 2014, pp. 54-60
Description
Looks at two instances in which the Department overrode community concerns: closure of two off-reservation boarding schools and the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Approaches to Teaching American Indian Histories and Cultures: Classroom Resources Generated by Teachers in Rapid City Area Schools
E-Books
Author/Creator
Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS)
Bill C-33: First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act
Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 41-2-C33-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonina Simeone
Description
Bill introduced in the House of Commons by the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development April 10, 2014.
Canada's Disgrace: Our Missing Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Teacher Resource Guide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
News in Review, October 2014, pp. 14-21
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: October 2014.
Chapter 5: First Nation Representation
Alternate Title
Good Governance: A Guide for Trustees, School Boards, Directors of Education and Communities
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Chapter 5 in: Good Governance: A Guide for Trustees, School Boards, Directors of Education and Communities by the Ontario School Trustees. Discusses education in First Nations communities and the role of school board.
Creating and Negotiating Native Spaces in Public School Systems: An Arizona Example
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Benally
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 11-24
Description
Compares original intent of legislation requiring instruction about Native American government, sovereignty, culture and history to actual instructional practices in five urban school districts.
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Alternate Title
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teachrock
Description
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Dechinta Bush University: Mobilizing a Knowledge Economy of Reciprocity, Resurgence and Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erin Freeland Ballantyne
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [67]-85
Description
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
Education Work: Canadian Schools and the Emergence of Indigenous Social Movements
Theses
Author/Creator
Cameron Riopelle
Description
Sociology Theses (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
First Nation Students with Special Needs in Canada: How a 'Non-system’ is Hidden From Canadians and the World Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Phillips
International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education, vol. 3, no. 2, December 2014, pp. 303-310
Description
Compares two systems of education in Canada.
First Nations, Métis, Inuit: Outcomes & Indicators: Grades K-3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
South East Cornerstone Public School Division #209
Description
Identifies four goals as the basis for building understanding and nurturing appreciation: treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical contexts of treaties and treaty promises and provisions.
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
The Governor's Letters: Uncovering Colonial British Columbia
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
[Jenny Clayton
Lindsay Gibson
Martin Holmes
Critical Thinking Consortium]
Description
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
The Hours That Remain by Keith Barker: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angela Code
Description
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
I Can Make a Difference and so Can You!
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Flynn
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 7-11
Description
Speech presented for a Youth to Youth Summit in September, 2017.
Implementation Assessment and Outcome Evaluation Planning for the Restorative Action Program (RAP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carolyn Camman
J. Stephen Wormith
Description
Examines the functionality and sustainability of the Restorative Action Program.
Third part of a multi-phased evaluation of the Program.
Indian Oasis v. Warner: A Case of Federal Supremacy in Public Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas E. Glass
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 26, no. 1, October 1986, pp. [32-40]
Description
Discusses the legal responsibilities of Federal Impact Aid under Public Law 91-874 to school districts populated by Native American children.
Inuit Language Loss in Nunavut: Analysis, Forecast, and Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Martin
Description
Report intended to review some of the history and key data, and assess the prospects for preservation of Inuktut.
Learning Together: Str8Up, Oskayak High School, and the University of Saskatchewan: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Van Styvendale
Priscilla Settee
Sarah Buhler
Stan Tu'Inukuafe
Description
Project goal to develop a teaching and learning model that would link historical and cultural divides between groups to facilitate cross learning with a focus on interconnectedness and kinship.
Marie: A Disenfrancised First Nation Woman from Kipawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine Davis
Description
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
The Marshall Trilogy and Federal Indian Law in 21st Century High School U.S. History Textbooks: Progress (?) Yet Little Has Changed
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael W. Simpson
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.
Mary Simon & the Hon. Paul Quassa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
Paul Quassa
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 23-29
Description
Edited transcript of conversation between Mary Simon, Chair of the National Community on Inuit Education and Paul Quassa, Minister of Education for the Government of Nunavut.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
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.
The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature: Indigenous Peoples and the Great Lakes Environment
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 247-249
Description
Book review of The Nature of Empires and the Empires of Nature edited by Karl S. Hele.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Reconciliation in Action and The Community Learning Centres of Quebec: The Experiences of Teachers and Coordinators Engaged in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Justice Projects
Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Howell
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Reconciliation on Whose Terms? the Death of Will Maquinna at the Ahousaht Indian Residential School
Alternate Title
Tri-University Annual Graduate History Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mariah Guta
Description
Paper presented the the Tri-University Annual Graduate History Conference Waterloo, Ontario.
Looks at death in 1907 of young child and then ensuing crisis in community-school relations.
Regional Characteristics of Sápmi and the Sami People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ándde Sara
Inger Marie G. Eira
John B. Henriksen
Johan Klemet H. Kalstad
Description
Brief overview of four themes: status of language, political empowerment, economy, and higher education and research.
Presentation at the Conference: “The Regional Identity of Ethnic Groups in Europe”
[Roundtable Discussion on Youth Engagement]
Alternate Title
Boosho! Brandon
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David Ironside
Shari Decter Hirst
Charlotte Larocque
Murray Sinclair
Leah La Plante
Greg Monias
Description
Discussion with the panel regarding inclusion, engagement, and the future of youth.
Duration: 38:38.
Saskatchewan Child Abuse Protocol 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Defines child abuse under the law and looks at the responsibilities of service providers and implementation of the protocol.
A Second Look at the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Mendelson
Social Media and the Idle No More Movement: Citizenship, Activism and Dissent in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Tupper
Journal of Social Science Education, vol. 13, no. 4, Winter, 2014, pp. 87-94
Description
Explores the ways in which the movement marshalled social media to protest and educate about Bill C-45.
Structural Violence in Canada: The Role of Winnipeg Educators in Decolonization and Reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Silvie Kroeker
Description
Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research Thesis (M.A.)--University of Tampere, 2017.
A Teacher's Guide to Student Inquiry for the Graphic Novel Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson and Scott B. Henderson
E-Books
Author/Creator
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Description
Novel tells the story of the nineteen-year-old Cree girl from Norway House Cree Nation who was murdered near The Pas, Manitoba on November 13, 1971. Recommended for use with students Grade 10 or above.
Teaching and Learning about Justice Through Wahkohtowin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Buhler
Priscilla Settee
Nancy Van Styvendale
Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, vol. 4, Fall, 2014, pp. 182-210
Description
Overview of project that brought together university students, Aboriginal high school students and former gang members. Focuses on interconnectedness and kinship.
Trick or Treaty?
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Alison Burns
Annette Clarke
Description
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Yukon First Nations Five: Yukon First Nations Traditional Governance: Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Yukon Department of Education?]
Description
Topics include: meaning of governance and traditional governance and justice systems, education, economy, technology, health andgovernance and justice systems.
"Revised 2nd edition."