Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Historical note:
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.
Discussion on the effects of colonization, the solutions to a path of healing and the changes required to alter the future.
Written for primary students.
Related Material: Story without text.
Website includes curriculum connections, lesson plans and inquiry-based activities for primary, junior and intermediate grades for three topics: lessons from the earth, lessons from the water, and lessons from beyond.
Discussion of two plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, which expose the problems, challenges and injustices that Aboriginal people face.
"An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem." Intended for use with ages 3 to 7.
To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (MIS) -- University of Montana, 1990.
Discusses the period in Christine Quintasket's life when her health improved and she regained the strength to pursue her ambitions as a writer.
Research consisted of survey and semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions with 22 respondents. Study found: limited job opportunityand longevity of employment, inadequate pay scale for hours worked, uequal work expectations, limited opportunities for advancement, inadequate harm prevention, gender or race harassement/discrimination with absence of grievance mechanisms, poor environmental practices, and limited economic benefits to Indigenous people.
An analysis of two Yupik traditional stories and what they teach about Indigenous beliefs and connections to both tame and wild animals.
Designed for use with students in Grades 7 to 9.
Discussion on the death of tribal languages.