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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.
B.C. First Nations Studies Teacher's Guide
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies Teacher's Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Description
Guide to accompany student resource book. Class is designed for Grade 12 students.
For use with:
Textbook.
Integrated Resource Package.
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies [Textbook]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Charles Menzies
Brent Peacock
Carrie J. Reid
John Borrows
Description
Accompanying material:
Teacher's Guide.
Integrated Resource Package.
Books about, or Featuring, American Indians That Are Not Recommended
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kara Stewart
[Debbie Reese]
Description
Annotated list gives reasons why material is considered inappropriate.
Books to Avoid
Alternate Title
How to Tell the Difference - A Guide
Oyate Criteria for Evaluating Books
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
List compiled by an organization named Oyate, which provides 'critical evaluation of books and curricula with Indian themes.' Includes explanation of why particular material is considered inappropriate.
Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Illuminative
Description
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
A Coyote Columbus Story: Written by Thomas King, Illustrated by William Kent [M]onkman
Alternate Title
A Coyote Columbus Story--Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Groundwood Books
Description
Teacher's resource for the children's adaptation of humorous story which retells the story of Christopher Columbus from an Indigenous point of view.
Suitable for Grades K to 3.
Evaluating American Indian Textbooks & Other Materials for the Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Murgon McCluskey
Description
Provides information and suggestions centered around stereotypes, inaccuracies, omissions and biases in potential educational resources.
Revised edition.
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian: A Study Guide for Grades 5-8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Education Office
National Museum of the America Indian
Description
Created to accompany exhibition of the same name. Focus is on visual and language arts curriculum.
Indigenous Voices
Alternate Title
Canada on Screen
Indigenous Voices Digital Study Guide
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cinematheque
Cameron Mackenzie
Doreen Manuel
Description
Accompanying material: Indigenous Voices Digital Study Guide
Indigenous Voices Digital Study Guide
Alternate Title
Canada on Screen
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cinematheque
Description
Focuses on Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous representations of Indigenous peoples and their stories in film.
Additional material:
A Journey towards Reconciliation: A Shared History
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rainy River District School Board
Description
Lesson plans for use in intermediate level classrooms.
The Learning Circle: Five Voices of Aboriginal Youth in Canada, a Learning Resource For Ages 14 to 16
Alternate Title
Five Voices of Aboriginal Youth in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Description
"Most Inhuman Barbarities": A Rhetorical Analysis and Codification of Images of Native Americans in Select Nineteenth Century Informational Texts Written for Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Gayle Marie Mercer
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2000.
Native Americans in Basal Reading Textbooks: Are There Enough?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Reyhner
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 26, no. 1, October 1986, pp. [14-22]
Description
Study surveyed a number of stories with Native American characters, how they are portrayed and extent of realism in stories.
Native Americans in Picture Books Recommended for Early Childhood Classrooms, 1945--1999
Theses
Author/Creator
Debbie Ann Reese
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
Oyate Resource List
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
Annotated bibliography of books suitable for teaching various grade levels. Current as of 2005.
The Place of Falling Water
Alternate Title
Video Reviews
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Paci
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
Description
Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
J. Anthony Paredes
Steven Ross Evans
Andrew Gulliford
Peter d'Errico
Robert E. Ackerman
Lindsey Claire Smith
James S. Frideres
Stephanie Norton Joynes
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Victoria Smith
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006, pp. 131-181
Description
Book reviews of:
Another Attempt at Rescue by M. L. Smoker.
Cash, Color, and Colonialism: The Politics of Tribal Acknowledgment by Renée Ann Cramer.
Chief Joseph, Yellow Wolf, and the Creation of Nez Perce History in the Pacific Northwest by Robert R. McCoy.
Choice, Persuasion, and Coercion: Social Control on Spain’s North American Frontiers edited by Jesus F. de la Teja and Ross Frank.
Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous People of Their Land by Lindsay G.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steven Hoelscher
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Jaye T. Darby
Thomas Maxwell-Long
Barbara Krauthamer
Peter Nabokov
Greg O'Brien
James A. Lewis
Sandra Baringer... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 141-186
Description
Book reviews of:
Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz.
Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler.
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin.
Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.
Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I" is Not for Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Caldwell-Wood
Lisa A. Mitten
Description
Site is divided into five sections : recommended titles, titles not recommended, sources of reviews and information on recognizing stereotypes, and sources for obtaining books.
See also : "I" is for Inclusion.
Some Guidelines for Evaluating Media Portrayals of Indians
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Scott Sochay?]
Description
Discusses considerations in the areas of culture, history, and role models.
Stereotypes in Numbers: Investigating and Graphing the Representations of First Nation, Inuit and Métis Peoples in School Library Materials [Lesson One]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Urban Schooling, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Description
Lesson plan for data management component of Grade 6 math curriculum.
Teacher's Resource Guide: North American Indians
Alternate Title
North American Indians: Smithsonian Institution Teacher's Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Anthropology Outreach and Public Information
Department of Anthropology
Smithsonian Institution]
Description
Topics include "questions and answers", stereotypes, and myths and legends. Also includes teacher and student general bibliographies.
The Tunguska Project: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
DOClibrary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
hotDOCS
Description
Guide to accompany film of same name which follows Cree playwright Floyd Flavel on a journey from Saskatchewan to Siberia.
Uno Native Film Festival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brady DeSanti
Michele M. Desmarais
Beth R. Ritter
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.