Aboriginal Educational Policy
Aboriginal Knowledge and Science Education Research Project
Aboriginal Perspectives General Lesson for the Web Site
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from five documentaries: The Caribou Hunters, Kanata : Legacy of the Children of Aataentsic, You Are on Indian Land, Riel Country and Circle of the Sun.
Aboriginal Perspectives Unit Guide for the Theme Sovereignty and Resistance
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from four documentaries: You Are on Indian Land, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Our Nationhood, and Dancing Around the Table, Part 1.
The Alberta Language Initiative and the Implications for Indigenous Languages
Annotated Bibliography of Aboriginal Books: Pre-School to Adult
Bwaanzhiiwi'onan = Regalia
Colouring book with Ojibwe and English text.
Caring Is the Universal Language
Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.
Chapter 9: The Métis Rise Up
Focuses on the causes of the Métis Resistances and their implications for the province of Manitoba and Canada as a whole. Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Chíin: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
A Collection of Tłı̨chǫ Stories from Long Ago = Tłı̨chǫ Whaèhdǫǫ̀ Godıı̀ Ełexè Whela
Traditional stories written in English and Tłı̨chǫ.
The Country of Wolves: Graphic Novel Study
Geared toward students in Grades 7 to 10. Novel is based on the animated film Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves.
Decolonizing the Classroom: Reading Aboriginal Literature Through the Lenses of Contemporary Literary Theories
Design, Construction & Use of Traditional Halibut Hooks: A Teaching Unit for Educators
Lesson plans designed to teach mathematical concepts through cultural heritage and hands-on activities.
Educator's Guide: Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island
Created to support Ontario secondary courses Grade 11 Contemporary Aboriginal Voices and Grade 11 English.
Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of an Exemplary Bilingual Education Program on the Navajo Reservation: The Ethnography of a Navajo Educational Philosophy at Rock Point Community School: Final Report
Factors That Support High School Graduation for Ute Mountain Ute Youth
Examines the factors that effect the high school graduation success of Ute Mountain Ute students.
The Fur Trade
Intended for use in Grade 7 Social Studies classes.
Chapter from Our Canada: Origins, Peoples, Perspectives by David Rees, Darrell Anderson Gerrits, and Gratien Allaire.
Gáan: Berries
Primary science unit also teaches associated words and phrases in Haida. Suitable for Grades K-1.
Gin Xilaa: Plants
Ethnobotany lesson plan also teaches associated Haida words and phrases. Suitable for Grades K-2.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
The Girl Who Lived with the Bears
Retelling of traditional Tlingit story. Lesson plan for Grades 4-6.
Related Material: Teacher resource including Tlingit language wall cards, retelling materials, transformation story elements, reader's theatre script for The Woman Who Married a Bear, and calendar icons.
The Gnawer of Rocks: Graphic Novel Study
Designed for Grades 8 to 12. Adaptation of a traditional Inuit story about two girls to are captured by a mythical creature called Mangittatuarjuk.
The Grizzlies: Based on a True Story: Study Guide
For use with the movie.
Gyáa'aang: Totem Poles
Lesson teaches the cultural significance of totems poles, how they're constructed and Haida vocabulary relating to them. Designed for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
Hodinohsyo:nih Star Knowledge
Traditional stories include: The Seven Brothers (Big Dipper); Nya-Gwa-Ih, The Celestial Bear; The Seven Star Dancers; The Seven Brothers of the Star Cluster (Pleiades), Ga-Do-Waas and His Star Belt (Milky Way); and The Man-Eating Wife, the Little Old Woman and the Morning Star.
Haudenosaunee refers to the six nations (Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk), Onayotekaono (Oneida), Onandaga, Guyohkohnyoh (Cayuga), Onondowahgah (Seneca), and Skaruhreh (Tuscarora)) which comprise the Iroquois Confederacy.
How Raven Stole the Sun
Retelling of a traditional Tlingit story also known as Box of Daylight or How Raven Brought Light to the World. Lesson plan intended for Grades K-5.
Related Material: Teacher Resource.
“I Plan to Attend College”: Gender, Parent Education, and Academic Support Differences in American Indian and Alaska Native Educational Aspirations
Examines the data collected by the 2011 National Indian Education Study (NIES) and what it can tell about Indigenous students post-secondary aspirations based on gender.
Indigenous Education: Using the Science of Storywork to Teach With and Within Instead of About Indigenous Peoples
Discusses the revision of the British Columbia curriculum to incorporate the First Peoples Principles of Learning (FBBL) towards the goal of reconciliation.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Innu Resources
Resources for teaching and learning about culture and language at primary, elementary, and high school levels.
2nd edition.
An Introductory Cree Nīhiyawēwin Course Guide: Master of Indigenous Language Revitalization
Indigenous Language Revitalization Project (MILR) -- University of Victoria, 2018.
Joy of Apex: Novel Study
Geared toward Grades 5 to 8. Story by Napatsi Folger is about a 10-year-old girl who is dealing with her parents' separation.
Kayaaní: Plants
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plan intended for use with Grades K-5.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Kidnapped Stó:lō Boys
Video tells the story of Sto:lo boys who were taken from their homes by prospectors for the purpose of using them as labourers in the California goldfields and the community's commemoration of the event.
Duration: 19:38.
Kiviuq's Journey: Traditional Story Study
Students follow the adventures of an Inuit hunter who is swept out to sea in a storm and must find his way home. Geared toward Grades 10 to 12.
Land Claim Literacy and Algonquin Territory
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 for use with the article Algonquin Territory by Peter Di Gangi.
Miinan Waabigwaniin Gaye Aniibiishan Izhi-minoginoon Megwaayaakoong = Berries, Flowers, Leaves Growing Well in the Woods
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
Montana's Landless Indians and the Assimilation Era of Federal Indian Policy: A Case of Contradictions: Lessons for Grades 7-12
Title refers to the Chippewa, Cree and Métis.
Native American Music and Dance
Unit focuses on the Choctaw and Coushatta, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), and Illinois cultures.
Nehiyawewin: Cree Language and Culture Guide to Implementation: Grade Seven to Grade Nine: Draft
New FSIN Vice-Chiefs Job Needs Running Start
Noble Savage: Depictions of Native Americans throughout U.S. History
Unit involves students reading and evaluating images by Theodor DeBry, Simon van de Passes, Mathaeus Merian, D.F. Blanchard, George Catlin, John Gast, and Walter Ufer and contemporary photographs.
Northwest Coast: Educator Resource Guide
Lessons structured around items from the Seattle Museum of Art's collection.
Numbered Treaties [Note Taking Frame]
Black line master designed for use with chapter Aboriginal Peoples and the Growing Nation of Canada in the Grade 6 Social Studies textbook Canada: A Country of Change (1867 to Present) by Graham Broad and Mathew Rankin.
Ohoyo Ikhana: A Bibliography of American Indian-Alaska Native Curriculum Materials
Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact
Designed to introduce younger readers to Ojibwe history, culture and exercising rights and resource management.
5th edition
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.