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Aginjibagwesi
Children's story teaches counting and basic phrases; in Ojibwe and English.
Related Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Asemaa
Children's book about the importance of sacred tobacco in Ojibwe culture; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Bagwaji-zhigaagawaanzhing
Children's story about harvesting wild leek or ramps; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
The Bear-Walker & Other Stories
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.
The Communicative Difficulties of Integrating Traditional Environmental Knowledge Through Wildlife and Resource Co-Management
Cree Code Talker
Short documentary about Charles "Checker" Tomkins, a Métis from Grouard, Alberta, and his service during his attachment to the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
Duration: 13:31.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Dene Yatie - South Slavey
Annotated list of books written in South Slavey which are suitable for use in the classroom.
Dÿne Suåin Yati Chipewyan
Annotated list of Chipewyan language books suitable for use in the classroom.
Ënë = My Mother
Gichi-amikozow
Children's book retells a traditional story about how the beaver got his flat tail; In Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Giigoonyag
Children's story about how each fish has a unique "dance"; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Gijigijigaaneshiinh
Children's book retells a traditional story about the chickadee; in Ojibwe and English.
Related Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
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.
Gwich’in
Annotated list of Gwich'in language books suitable for use in the classroom.
Himwic`a: Our Legends: As Told by Our Hupačasath Elders
Retelling of seven traditional stories including: When the Eagle Went to Borrow Eyes from the Snail; The Shadow; Daughter of Sea Cucumber; The Thunderbird Has a Nest on Thunder Mountain; and When the Codfish Was Sad.
Written in English and Hupačasath.
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.
ȽÁU,WELṈEW̱
WSANEC (Saanich) great flood story. Text in a mixture of English and SENĆOŦEN.
Related material: Lesson Plan by Shauna White and Kathryn Godfrey appropriate for Grade 6 language arts/ social studies.
Lgro Pawrti: Unn Istwér an Michif = Michif Storybook = Une Histoire en Michif
Story is about a family throwing a party.
Ma'iingan
Children's story about the relationship between the Ojibwe and the wolf; in English and Ojibwe.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Makwa
Children's story about black bears in English and Ojibwe.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Manoominikeyaang
Children's story about harvesting wild rice; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Mikinaak
Children's storybook about the snapping turtle; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
[Model Teaching Unit for] Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac.
Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12
nehiyawasinahikanisa = Little Cree Books
Designed for early Cree readers of the Plains Cree dialect. Available in Standard Roman Orthography (no English or syllabics), syllabics, Cree and English, and syllabics only.
nehiyawin Bush Cree
Annotated list of Cree language books suitable for use in the classroom.
Nenda-gikendamang ningo-biboonagak: Biboong
Ojibwe language story book about winter follows Nigig (Otter) and Waagosh (Fox) as they try to go spear fishing on the frozen lake. Along the way they meet friends and learn about making snowshoes, the snow snake game, cooperation, sharing and being grateful. Teacher Parent Edition includes translation, breakdown of nouns and verbs used in the story and answers to questions found in the activity book.
Nenda-gikendamang ningo-biboonagak: Dagwaagin
Ojibwe language story book about autumn follows the adventures of Nigig (Otter) and Ininishib (Duck) as they go to harvest wild rice. Along the way they learn about lacrosse, hibernation and migration from bear and snapping turtle. Teacher Parent Edition includes translation, breakdown of nouns and verbs used in the story and answers to questions found in the activity book.
Nenda-gikendamang ningo-biboonagak: Niibin
Ojibwe language story book about summer follows the adventures of Nigig (Otter) and Mikinaak (Snapping Turtle) as they harvest birch bark, meet bear picking blueberries and whitetail deer working in his garden. The animals discuss how to feed themselves over winter. Parent Teacher Edition contains translation, breakdown of nouns and verbs used in the story and answers to questions found in the activity book.
Nenda-gikendamang ningo-biboonagak: Ziigwan
Ojibwe language story book about spring follows the adventures of Nigig (Otter) and Makwa (Bear) as they try to harvest maple sugar. Along the way they meet up with other animals who teach them about boiling syrup, making tools, cooperation, and sharing. Parent Teacher Edition contains translation, breakdown of nouns and verbs used in the story and answers to questions found in the activity book.
Night: A Collective Creation by Human Cargo, Written and Directed by Christopher Morris: Study Guide
nitawi-atāwētān mīciwin = Let's Go Buy Food
niyānan pahkwīsikanisak = [Five Little Bannocks Sleeping in a Bed]
nohtāwiy ikwa nikāwiy = My Father and Mother
North Slavey [Bibliography]
Annotated list of books written in or about the North Slavey which are suitable for use in the classroom.
Omushkego Oral History Project
Opichi
Children's book retells a traditional story about the robin; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
Preserving Languages in the New Millennium: Indigenous
Bilingual Children's Books
Raven's Fly High = Kàhkàkiwak Papàminàwak
Beginning-to-read booklet in English, Cree and Cree syllabics.
Resource Database
Resources for Métis Researchers
Saltwater People as Told by Dave Elliott Sr.: A Resource Book for the Saanich Native Studies Program
Revised edition.
Secwepemc-kuc: We are the Secwepemc
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.