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Aboriginal Resource List for K-12
Aboriginal Rights to Cultural Property in Canada
Akilak's Adventure by Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, Illustrated by Charlene Chau: Educator's Resource
Designed for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Analyzing the Effects of the Fairford Dam on Lake St. Martin First Nation
Anishnabe Homeland History: Traditional Land and Resource Use of Riding Mountain, Manitoba
Astrodigenous
Searchable website is an online portal giving educators access to Indigenous sky-knowledge resources.
Bashkweginiked Gookom [When Grandma Makes Leather]
Colouring book created for Ojibwe language immersion program. Text in Ojibwe with Ojibwe-English glossary.
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Beyond Cultural Differences and Similarities: Student Teachers Encounter Aboriginal Children's Literature
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender
Canada's Tibet: The Killing of the Innu
Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning
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.
Circles of Time: Aboriginal Land Rights and Resistance in Ontario
Co-operative Resource Management as an Adaptive Strategy for Aboriginal Communities: the Whitefish Lake First Nation Case Study
Compensation in Cases of Infringement to Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Constructing Identity Through Language: Water at Walpole Island First Nation
Constructing "the Other" across Cultures and Agendas
Content and Activities for Teaching about Indians of Washington State: Grades K-6
Covers three geographic regions: Washington coast, Puget Sound and the Plateau. Each topic is divided into pre-contact, contact and contemporary times.
The Current Status of Tribal Water Rights in the United States
Definitions and the Defining Process: "Traditional Ecological Knowledge" in the Keewatin Region, Nunavut
Educating Inner-City Aboriginal Students: The Significance of Culturally Appropriate Instruction and Parental Support
Examining the Evidence: Understanding Daily Life in Residential Schools
Uses primary sources of information on the Kamloops, Shubenacadie, Beauval, and Blue Quills residential schools. Suitable for use with students in Grades 5-12.
First Nations and Metis Curriculum Units - Series II
Fishing with Grandma: By Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula, Illustrated by Charlene Chua: Educator's Resource
Suitable for primary grades.
Flags of the Métis
Garden of Relatives Coloring Book
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
Grade 4: Alsumsuti Ujit T’an Teli-l’nuimk = To Be Indigenous Is to be Free = Topelomosu Wen Skicinuwit
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Impact and Benefit Agreements: Tools for Sustainable Development?
The Impact of Industrialization and Resource Development on Indigenous Peoples of Northwest Siberia: The Khanty, Mansi, and Iamalo-Nenets
Indigenous and Imported Primary School Textbooks in Belize: A Comparative Study
Indigenous Ingenuity and the Fur Trade: Lesson Plan
For use with Grades 5-12.
Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources and Governance: Agencies and Interactions
Indigenous Rights in Traditional Knowledge and Biological Diversity: Approaches to Protection
Indigenous Teaching Resources: Students Collection
Indigi-Genuis
Series of 13 videos (each approximately 5 minutes long), geared toward children, explore how Indigenous knowledge and traditions have contributed to the modern world.
Inuit Art and HBC: Lesson Plan
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
Inventing a New Canada
Iroquois Beadwork: Cultural Portraits of the Past and Present
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Issues and Options for a Policy on Impact and Benefits Agreements
The James Bay Cree (Eeyouch) and Inuit of Quebec: New Dimensions in Aboriginal Politics and Law
Kiviuq and the Bee Woman By Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Kiviuq and the Mermaids by Noel McDermott, Illustrated by Toma Feizo Gas: Educator's Resource
Pre-reading activities, discussion questions, learning activities, and extension activities for Grades 4 to 6.
Land and Water Based Education
Focus on Mi'kmaw culture and Nova Scotia, but lessons could be adapted to other contexts. Lesson plans for all levels as well individual grades.
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
The Legend of the Fog by Qaunaq Mikkigak and Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Danny Christopher; Educator's Resource
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 2 students.
Lesson Plan: Sky Wolf's Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Lgro Pawrti: Unn Istwér an Michif = Michif Storybook = Une Histoire en Michif
Story is about a family throwing a party.