The Earth on Turtle's Back
Traditional creation story. Extract from Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto.
Traditional creation story. Extract from Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto.
Brief article discusses the issues surrounding water allocation to First Nations and the difficulties in resolving the problem due to conflicting jurisdictions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and an outline of the resulting forest and range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.
Traditional story suitable for use with Grade 4-7 students. Extract from the book The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway.
Discusses how to combine Indigenous ways of knowing and traditional teaching methods with Western methodologies to produce a two-eyed seeing approach to science education. Designed for the Alaska context but can be adapted to other regions.
Uses the characters of turtle, wolf and beaver to educate the audience about treaties and the treaty relationship. Suitable for all ages.
Related Material: Student Workbook.
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.