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Alternate Title
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.
About the 1967 Referendum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority]
Description
Looks at the significance, history and results of the referendum to change the Australian Constitution by eliminating provisions which prevented Federal Government from making laws for Aboriginals and excluded them from being counted in census.
American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators
Alternate Title
Wild Rivers Teaching American History Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Gayle Olson-Raymer
Anne Hartline
Sophie Huntington
David Riesenfeld]
Description
Contains links to historical overview and nine lesson plans, including: Mascots, Symbols, and Name; Federal Indian Policy: Historical Roots and 19th Century Policies; Indian Boarding Schools; Red Power; and American Indian Tribal Gaming.
A Critical Analysis of Self-Governance Agreements Addressing First-Nations Control of Education in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Fallon
Jerald Paquette
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 132, April 11, 2012, pp. 1-28
Description
Reviews policy papers, reports and self-governance agreements to show the present state of First-Nations rights to control education as well as forms of institutional arrangements and agreements for educational self-determination.
Developing a First Nation Education Act: Discussion Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Description
Looks at the proposed Act which would provide a framework for achieving better outcomes for students through reform.
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.
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Alison Wallace
Sherry Ambridge
Christopher Gardner
Allan Howard
Christina Lai ... [et al.]
Description
Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.
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?"
I Dream of Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Celebration of the James Bay Cree
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Boult
Brian Craik
Jennifer Latham
Andrew Orkin
Boyce Richardson
Geoff Quaile
Andrew Webster
Implementing Montana's Indian Education for All: A Phenomenological Study on the Experiences, Beliefs, and Practices of Outstanding Providers of Professional Development
Theses
Author/Creator
Anne E. Baldwin
Description
[Curriculum and Instruction] Thesis (EdD)--University of Montana, 2012.
In Nova Scotia, a Mi'kmaw Model for First Nation Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lewington
Education Canada, vol. 52, no. 5, From Rhetoric to Reality: Meet Some Game Changes, 2012, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the success of the Mi'kmaw Kina'matneyway, education authority and self-governance in education. Increased graduation rates reflect success of model.
International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012: Proceedings
E-Books
Author/Creator
Piotr Wolski
Heather Gifford
Amohia Boulton
Sue Triggs
Chris Cunningham ... [et al.]
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.
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.
Learning about Walking in Beauty: Placing Aboriginal Perspectives in Canadian Classrooms
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Renee Abram
Nora Allingham
David Anderson
Robin Buyers
Jacqueline Moore Daigle .... et al.]
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.
Nishnawbe Aski Nation's Report on the Challenges and Needs in Kikinahamaagewin (Education)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Description
Report is based on principles of native control of education and adequate and sustainable funding for future education needs.
Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ann Vick-Westgate
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
The Road from ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Grade 8
Alternate Title
The Road to ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Grade 8
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Talking Treaty in the Classroom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather A. (Andrews) Miller
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 8, December 2002, p. 24
Description
Relates how the Office of the Treaty Commissioner have compiled a treaty resource kit that to aid Saskatchewan students in their study of treaties and treaty relationships.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.28.
Treaties: A Bibliography of Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Resources Centre
Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Description
Lists and annotates resources available at the Centre. Current as 2012. Many of the resources are Saskatchewan based.
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.
Two Rows: Assimilative Transformations Impacting Six Nations' Educational and Communal Circles
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Bomberry
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Brock University, 2011.