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Buffalo Past and Present
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Chíin: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Haida vocabulary. Intended for use with Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
Crude Sacrifice: Pedagogical Guide
The Earth Keepers Solid Waste Management Planning Program: A Collaborative Approach to Utilizing Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge and Western Science in Ontario
The Ecology and Economy of Indigenous Resistance: Divergent Perspectives on Mining in New Caledonia
Encounters with Development Environmental Impact Assessment and Aboriginal Rights
Exploring the Night Sky Indigenous Inquiry Kit
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
First Nations Carbon Collaborative—Indigenous Peoples and Carbon Markets: An Annotated Bibliography
First Nations, Salmon Fisheries and the Rising Importance of Conservation: Report to the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council
From Homeland to Oil Sands: The Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Lubicon Cree of Canada
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.
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.
Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land
Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are They Working?
Indigenous Peoples and Conservation: From Rights to Resource Management
A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Blueberry: Learning Journeys of the Whitefeather Forest, Pikangikum First Nation, Ontario
Kayaaní: Plants
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plan intended for use with Grades K-5.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada: Ages 8 to 11
Learning Guide: The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
For use with book of same name, written by Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read. Lesson plans for Grades 4-7 correspond to each chapter in the book.
The Management of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada's Western Arctic: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Mining Information Kit for Aboriginal Communities
Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada
NITS-STI-TA-PII: The Real People
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
The Recognition of Indigenous People's Rights in the Context of Area Protection and Management in the Arctic
Report 6: Legal Review of First Nations' Rights to Carbon Credits
Representing Aboriginal Self-Government and First Nations/State Relations: Political Agency and the Management of the Boreal Forest in Eeyou Istchee
Resource Database
Resource Guide for Canadian Aboriginal Astronomy (May 2010)
Reviews
Science, Local Knowledge and Exclusionary Practices: Lessons From the Alta Dam Case
Security in Canada’s North: Looking Beyond Arctic Sovereignty
Sharing the Wealth: First Nation Resource Participation Models
Spirit Doctors
The Status of Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North in the Context of Legal Pluralism
Traditions and Science: Teacher Manual
Although created for the Old Crow Experiential Educational Project, some activities can be adapted for other contexts. Lessons are grouped by Grades 7-9, Grades 4-6, and Grades 1-3.
Trail of Tears Curriculum Guide
For use with videos On a Spring Day and Incident at Rock Roe. Collection of lesson plans for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Spanish and Physical Education.
Ts'úu isgyáan Sgahláang = Yellow and Red Cedar
Science unit also teaches the Haida language. Intended for Grades K-2.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.
X’aat: Salmon
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lesson plans intended for Grades K-1.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Resources.
X’aat: Salmon II
Science unit also teaches Tlingit vocabulary. Lessons plans intended for use with Grades 2-3.
Yaakwx': Canoes
Focuses on Tlingit language and culture. Lesson plan is for Grades 2-3.
Related Material: Teacher Resources.