American Indian Boarding Schools: What Went Wrong? What Is Going Right?
Looks at the use of Indigenous led educational approaches to combat the effects of boarding and residential schools.
Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
The Boarding School as Metaphor
An overview of boarding school experiences from different perspectives.
Critical Action Research: How One School Community Lives Out The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Regina, 2021.
Detailed Provincial Results: Albertans React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential School
Results from survey conducted with 463 Albertan adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Detailed Results: Canadians React to the Discovery of Remains at Residential Schools
Results of a survey conducted with 3,00 Canadian adults between June 4 and June 8, 2021.
Displaying Truth and Reconciliation: Experiences of Engagement between Alberni Indian Residential School Survivors and Museum Professionals Curating the Canadian History Hall
Editors' Introduction to the Special Issue: Native American Boarding School Stories
An introduction to the articles on the legacy of boarding school and residential schools in North America.
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.
First Nation Literature Unit: Fatty Legs - A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amimi-Homes
Book is Margaret Pokiak-Fenton's memoir about attending residential school for two years. This lesson plan uses Grade 6 Program Learning Outcome (PLO)s.
Healing and Reconciliation Through Education
History of the Shingwauk residential school. Contains some primary material.
How Colonization Impacts Identity Through the Generations: A Closer Look at Historical Trauma and Education
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Denver, 2018.
Indian Boarding Schools, Before and After: A Personal Introduction
The author reflects his father's experience in the American boarding school system.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Guide
Includes discussion questions and activity ideas for each volume of the atlas.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
Methodist Indian Day Schools and Indian Communities in Northern Manitoba, 1890-1925
Graduate Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Manitoba, 1986.
“The More You Know”: Critical Historical Knowledge About Indian Residential Schools Increases Non-Indigenous Canadians' Empathy for Indigenous Peoples
No More “Die Bread”: How Boarding Schools Impacted Native Diet and the Resurgence of Indigenous Food Sovereignty
A personal reflections on the impact of boarding school diets on Indigenous tastes and health.
On the Side of the Angels: A Memoir by Jose Amaujaq Kusugak: Teaching Guide
Designed for use with students in Grades 7 to 9.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
Reconsidering Richard Henry Pratt: Cultural Genocide and Native Liberation in an Era of Racial Oppression
Reexamines the ideologies of Carlisle Indian Industrial School's first superintendent and his relationships with Indigenous communities.
“Recruited to Teach the Indians”: An African American Genealogy of Navajo Nation Boarding Schools
An examination of the colonial schooling of African American and Indigenous students in America.
Red Wolf
Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.
Reflections from Them Days: A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut As Told by Nellie Winters, Transcribed and Edited by Erica Obendorfer: Teaching Guide
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience: A Landmark Exhibit at the Heard Museum
Examines the 2000 exhibit at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
Residential Schools and the Kamloops Tragedy
Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.
Revisiting the Hopi Boarding School Experience at Sherman Institute and the Process of Making Research Meaningful to Community
An authors reflection on his research into the Sherman Institute boarding school.
School Days for Me and the Museum: Commentary on Remembering Our Indian School Days, a Landmark Exhibit at the Heard Museum
A personal reflection by one of the curators in charge of bringing a boarding school exhibit together.
Social Justice Picture Books: Lesson Plans for the Junior-Intermediate Classroom
Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation: Teachers' Resource Guide
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
Special Edition by Children and Youth: Our Hopes and Dreams for Making Shannen's Dream Come True
Special issue that looks at the poor living conditions at a school on the Attawapiskat First Nation. Includes letters written by Omushkegowuk Cree children.
Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence and Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Teaching Guide
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather learn his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-4). Text in English with some Cree vocabulary.
A Syllabus for History after the TRC
[Teacher's Guide]: No Time to Say Goodbye by Sylvia Olsen
Stories in book are based on accounts from Indigenous people who attended Kuper Island Residential School. Lesson plan is intended for use with Grades 9 and 10.
Trigger Points: Current State of Research on History, Impacts, and Healing Related to the United States’ Indian Industrial/Boarding School Policy
Where Are the Children Buried?
General overview of historical context along with examples of specific schools for illustrative purposes and 'gap analysis' to recommend areas where further research is required. Second part of report is a more detailed summary of information on each school’s location and construction sequence, duration of operation, and reported cemeteries.
Who Gets to Tell the Stories? Carlisle Indian School: Imagining a Place of Memory Through Descendant Voices
Examines boarding school through the lenses of the student's descendants recollections of their families experiences. Through these means the stories will continued to be told once there are no more living alumni.