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Aboriginal Resource "Must Have" List 2019/2020
Extensive list of titles with the applicable grade levels and subjects.
Authentic First Peoples Resources: For Use in K-7 Classrooms
Baseball Bats for Christmas: Lesson Plan
Recommended for Grades 1 to 3.
Bat Steals the Moon
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Battle of the Northern Lights
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Book Guide for How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena'ina Fable Retold by Barbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater, Illustrated by Mindy Dwyer
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2010-2011
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2019/20
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators, 2018/19
Ceremony Earth: Digitizing Silko’s Novel for Students of the Twenty-first Century
Claire and Her Grandfather
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac: A Curriculum Guide
Does the EDI Equivalently Measure Facets of School Readiness for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children?
Educators' Perceptions of Indian Education For All: A Tribal Critical Race Theory Ethnography
Evaluating Aboriginal Curricula Using a Cree-Métis Perspective With a Regard Towards Indigenous Knowledge
Explorations in Canadian History:; What Can We Learn about Local First Nations Families and Residential Schools from Canada’s History?
Lesson plan uses the books : Shi-Shi-Etko, Shin-Chi’s Canoe, and Stolen Words.
Exploring the Educational Histories, Perceptions, and Experiences of Successful Educators of Native American Students: A Multiple Case Study
Exploring the Possibilities of Learning Stories as a Meaningful Approach to Early Children Education in Nunavik
Fatty Legs Novel Study: Answer Key
Fatty Legs Novel Study: Figures of Speech / Imagery
Fatty Legs Novel Study: Student Questions
Forces and Simple Machines: An Integrated Science Learning Unit for Yukon Grade 5 Students
Hawaiian Culture-Based Education and the Montessori Approach: Overlapping Teaching Practices, Values, and Worldview
Hide and Sneak
Lesson plan for use with picture book by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak and Vladyana Krykorka which is the story of a little Inuit girl who is lured into a cave by an Ijiraq who refuses to take her home. She outwits him and finds her way back using an inuksugaq as a landmark. Recommended for Grades Kindergarten to 2.
High School Counseling: Essential Services for Reservation Based Native Americans for Beginning Counselors
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
For use with book by Joseph Bruchac and James which retells a traditional story designed to teach lessons about humility. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3.
How Coyote Created the Sun
Retelling of a traditional story. Suggested age range 6-11 years.
How Coyote Made the Stars
Retelling of a traditional story.
How Nivi Got Her Names: Book Study
Language arts activities in Inuktitut and English for students in Grades 2 and 3.
How Nivi Got Her Names by Laura Deal, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Kindergarten to Grade 3. Story is about a Inuit girl who learns about traditional naming practices.
Indigenous Arts & Stories
Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public School
Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Indigenous Study Guide: An Educator's Guide to Understanding Indigenous Content in K-12 Classrooms
Interpretive Guide & Hands-on Activities: Nitssaakita’paispinnaan: We Are Still in Control
Jingle Dancer: A RIF Guide for Community Coordinators
Lesson plan to accompany the book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Designed for use with Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
K-12: Infusing Indigenous Texts in Classrooms
King Lear
The Last Battle of Seven Oaks Puppet Play
For use with article Last Battle of Seven Oaks, written by Heather Wright and illustrated by Celia Krampien found on p. 30 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" of Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades 2-6.
Leadership: A Story About William George Demmert, Jr.
Little Bear's Vision Quest: Reader's Theatre
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in the script.
Model Teaching Unit - Language Arts - Grades 4-8 for Larry Loyie's As Long as the Rivers Flow
Montana Skies: Blackfeet Astronomy
Includes traditional stories about the girl who married a star, the bunched stars and scarface and associated activities.
Additional Resource: Videos of stories read aloud.
Montana Skies: Crow Astronomy
Includes traditional stories about the sun and the moon, seven stars, and the twins and the hand star and associated activities for each.
Additional Resource: Videos of stories read aloud.
Native Americans
Five stories intended for use with Kindergarten students.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide.
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
People of a Feather
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.