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Authentic First Peoples Resources: K-9
Building a Tipi: Video Series
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Cattle and Sovereignty in the Work of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
Damned: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory
The Darkest Period: The Kanza Indians and Their Last Homeland, 1846-1873
Exploring the Great Bear Sea: Elementary Grades 4 - 7 Resource
Designed for use with the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future.
Exploring the Great Bear Sea: Environmental Science Grades 11 & 12
Designed for use with the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future.
Exploring the Great Bear Sea: Social Studies Grades 11 & 12
Designed for use with the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future.
First Nations & Inuit Technologies
Designed for Grade 3 Social Studies classes. Students learn about indigenous inventions and discoveries and how they helped European settlers.
FNESC/FNSA Teacher Resource Guides Units, Lessons, and Activities for Blended or Remote Learning Contexts
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Indigenous Environmental Autonomy in Aotearoa New Zealand
Indigenous Peoples' Day Lesson Plan: Remote Learning
Involves students researching leaders Nicolle Gonzalez, Roxanne White, Madonna Thunderhawk, and Auntie Pua Case and their work using ancestral knowledge to protect the sacred.
Indigenous Watershed Initiatives and Co-Governance Arrangements: A British Columbia Systematic Review: Final Report
Kindergarten and Early Learning Menu L
Lesson plans for math, literacy and French as a second language using themes from the books The Water Walker, Sharing Our Stories, When We Are Kind, and Let's Play Waltes.
Kiuguyat: The Northern Lights
Indigenous Alaskans discuss their experience of the aurora borealis. Duration: 25:25.
Land-Based Learning
Lesson: The 13 Moons
Math First Peoples Teacher Resource Guide: Elementary and Secondary
Mino-Te-Mah-Ti-Zee-Win = A Good Way of Life: Colouring Book
My Seasonal Round: An Integrated Unit for Elementary Social Studies and Science
Seasonal round refers to First Nations groups' cycle of moving from one resource-gathering area to another throughout the year. This resource looks patterns in four geographic regions in British Columbia and explores topics such habitat, natural resources, and stability and change. Revised version.
Related material: Blackline masters.
Navigating the Tensions in Collaborative Watershed Governance: Water Governance and Indigenous Communities in British Columbia, Canada
A Night at Hideaway Cove: Lesson Plan
Book about the nighttime activities of animals on the Pacific Northwest coast. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade Four.
Our Relationship with the Stars and How We Came To Be
Lesson plans suitable for Grades 4 to 6.
Pipelines, Climate and "Indigenous Consent"
Plant Wisdom = Dechı̨tah t’ahsı́ı nezheh met’áhodéɂá
Describes uses of moss and the soapberry bush.
Reading Sheet: Coyote Places the Stars
Retelling of traditional story.
Salmon Homecoming Alliance: Student Activity
Created for the Salmon Homecoming event held annually on the Seattle waterfront.
Salmon Homecoming: An Activity Book for Kids
Includes information on the salmon and preservation of its ecosystem and activities such as game, crossword, word scramble, and dot-to-dot.
Science First Peoples: Teacher Resource Guide Grades 5 to 9
Spruce Tree = Ts’u
Brief description of some of the uses of the tree.
The Star People
Teacher resource for The Star People: A Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson. Target age is Kindergarten to Grade 3.
Tipiskawi Kisik: Night Sky Star Stories
Series of five short videos which look at traditional Cree understandings of astronomy.
Traditional Use of Tobacco in Aboriginal Cultures
The Water Walker Written and Illustrated by Joanne Robertson: Teacher Guide
To accompany book about Josephine-ba Mandamim, an Ojibwe Grandmother, and her love for water; she has walked around the Great Lakes to raise awareness of the importance of protecting it for future generations.
Appropriate for use with students aged 6-9 (Grades 1-3). English text with some Ojibwe vocabulary.