Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Description
Brief video designed to educate the general population about why Aboriginals are not "just getting over it".
Duration: 5:48.
Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts
Alternate Title
Our Ancestors have Come to Visit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Pitt Rivers Museum
Description
Website for an exhibition at the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta. Contains links to lessons plans, photographs, and information about the shirts.
Keepers of the Water: Exploring Anishinaabe and Métis Women's Knowledge of Water and Participation in Water Governance in Kenora, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Natasha J. Szach
Description
Natural Resources Management (M.N.R.M)--University of Manitoba, 2013.
Kids' Stop
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Description
Resource designed for children and educators with sections on places, people, history and languages. First Nation’s schools across Canada are listed under “Schools Online.” Includes Info Sheets on many different subjects which are written for children aged 8 to 11.
Kinikinik: A Treaty Play
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian Ross
Description
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.
Knowledge, Attitudes and Traditions Regarding Water Consumption and Sanitary Practices of the Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous Women in the Chiriquí Province in Panama
Alternate Title
Knowledge, Attitudes and Traditions Regarding Water Consumption and Sanitary Practices of the Ngabe-Bugle Indigenous Women in the Chiriquí Province in Panama
Theses
Author/Creator
Natalia Vega
Description
Public Health Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2013
Kw’í:ts’téleq
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Jazmine Horne
SXG Team
Melissa Kendzierski
Theresa Warbus
Theresa Point ... [et al.]
Description
Page contains links to individual isssues of the comic book about a Stó:lō boy who escapes residential school and goes on a journey to learn from the ancestors about ways Stó:lō communities can work together.
Labrador Inuit Harvesting and the Politics of Land Claims
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrea Procter
Description
Looks at influences regulating Inuit economic activities, the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, and new governance arrangements.
Land of Oil and Water: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for use with Land of Oil and Water a documentary by Warren Cariou and Neil McArthur about the issues surrounding the possible development of oil sands found in Northern Saskatchewan.
Land Use Planning Policy in the Far North Region of Ontario: Conservation Targets, Politics of Scale, and the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Aboriginal–State Relations
Theses
Author/Creator
Catie Burlando
Description
Natural Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.
Learning about the Stolen Generations: The National Sorry Day Committee's School Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Sorry Day Committee
The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada: Ages 12 to 14
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harvey McCue and Associates
Learning Guide: The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
Alternate Title
The Salmon Bears Learning Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Van Tol
Lauren Hudson
Diana Chan
Johanna Gordon-Walker
Karen McAllister
Description
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.
Legends of Our Times: Native Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Plains and Plateau
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Description
Virtual exhibit covering history of ranching life, community stories including Wood Mountain biographies and transition to rodeo.
The Life You Want: A Young Woman's Struggle through Addiction: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
To accompany documentary directed by Michelle Derosier about 22-year-old Fort Hope (Eabametoong First Nation) resident Doris Slipperjack and her struggle to overcome her addiction to Oxycontin.
Documentary.
Little Butterfly Girl: An Indian Residential School Story
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jenny Restoule-Mallozzi
Description
Storybook suitable for readers aged nine to twelve.
Lost in Translation?: Maya in Belize Hope to Set Historic FPIC Precedent
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gregory Ch’oc
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the Belize government continues to violate Maya land rights despite public opinion and consistent court rulings.
Lumaajuuq
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Description
Animated short tells story of a woman who blinds and mistreats her son, a loon that restores his vision, and the act of revenge which turns her into a narwahl. Part of a legend. Accompanying material: Lumaajuuq: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 7:36.
Lumaajuuq: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany film, Lumaajuuq. Target audience Grades three to six in the subject areas of First Nations, English, and Visual Arts.
Maintaining the Ways of Our Ancestors: Indigenous Women Address Food Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessie Cherofsky
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discussion on improving and preserving native food systems that are ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate.
The Management of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada's Western Arctic: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bill Rompkey
Dennis Glen Patterson
Ethel M. Cochrane
Roméo Dallaire
Elizabeth Hubley ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses the Department of Fisheries and Oceans role in the ongoing stewardship of northern aquatic resources; the emerging development opportunities; and the consequences of climate change and economic development for wildlife in the North, including fish and their habitat.
Manifestations of Colonialism in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah McGann
Description
Immigration and Settlement Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University, 2013.
Manitoba First Nations Species at Risk Lesson Plans
Alternate Title
Manitoba First Nations Species at Risk Teaching Kit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Designed for use in K-12 classrooms in First Nations schools.
Métis People in Alberta: Then and Now
Alternate Title
Historical Thinking Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Helen Servold
Julie Williams
Description
Resources for lesson (four class periods) intended for Grade 4.
Contains links to lesson plan, rubric, reference list, and worksheets.
MEW Outcomes Report
Alternate Title
Making Education Work (MEW): Outcomes Report 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Proactive Information Services Inc.
Description
Overview of project to determine if additional services to high school students could assist grades 10 to 12 stay in school and meet graduation requirements. Involved 277 Aboriginal students at six sites across Manitoba.
Map of Community Involvement.
Modernising Water: Articulating Custom in Water Governance in Australia and East Timor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue E. Jackson
Lisa R. Palmer
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-25
Description
Reports on the institutions and negotiations by which indigenous peoples are striving to confirm their access to water rights.
Modernity, Resource Development and Constructs of Indigeneity: A Summary Analysis of Canadian Jurisprudence and Aboriginal Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Stéfanie S. Primeau
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2010.
"Mu Kisi Maqumawkik Pasik Kataq - We Can't Only Eat Eels: "Mi'kmaq Contested Histories and Uncontested Silences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Jane McMillan
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 119-142
Description
Examines Aboriginal and treaty fishing rights, and the experiences of Donald Marshall, Jr. regarding those rights.
Music Is the Medicine: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for the documentary which follows blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Derek Miller, a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, as he releases a CD.
Mvskoke (Creek) Customs and Traditions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Muscogee (Creek) Nation]
Description
Brief overview of the Mvskoke (Muscogee) people.
Native American Assimilation Through Education
Alternate Title
Waynesburg University TPS Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Megan Fortna
Victoria Stapf
Description
Presents lesson plans for an eighth grade educational unit.
The Native American Experience: Coyote and the Buffalo Folklore Tale Retold by Mourning Dove
Alternate Title
Unit 1: Early American Writing
[Holt McDougal Literature: American Literature Grade 11, Texas Edition]
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Includes brief discussion of Mourning Dove, text of the traditional story and student exercises.
The Native American Experience: The World on the Turtle's Back
Alternate Title
Unit 1: Early American Writing
[Holt McDougal Literature: American Literature Grade 11, Texas Edition?]
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Student lesson to accompany the Iroquois creation story.
Native Americans: A Resource List for Teaching - To or About - Native Americans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
Jean Mendoza
Description
Sampling of recommended children's books and young adult literature, most are American, and all are suitable for general use.
Native Americans: Regions and Cultures Tell It Again!™: Read-Aloud Anthology
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge Language Arts: Listening & Learning Strand: Grade 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Rosie McCormick]
Description
Related Material: Image Flip Book
Native Americans Supplemental Guide to the Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology: Listening & Learning™ Strand Kindergarten
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge Language Arts
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beth Engel]
[Rosie McCormick]
[Cate Whittington]
Description
Related Material: Image Cards.
Native North Americans in Literature for Youth: A Selective Annotated Bibliography for K-12
Alternate Title
Literature for Youth ; no. 14
E-Books
Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ted Binnema
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 133-134
Description
Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights by Kenichi Matsui.
Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jenny Clayton
BC Studies, no. 167, Autumn, 2010, pp. 138-139
Description
Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.
Native Peoples of North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan Stebbins
Native Studies Middle Years (Grades 5 to 8): A Teacher's Resource Book
Alternate Title
Renewing Education: New Directions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dan Thomas
Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People
Alternate Title
21st Century Learning - Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People
21st Century Learning – Links to Our Collection
Twenty-First Century Learning - Links to Our Collection
Twenty-First Century Learning - Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Presents digitized images and lesson plans to enhance teaching and learning about the Cree people and their cultural traditions.
New Beginnings: How Canada's Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Brian Lee Crowley
Description
Looks at engagement, collaboration and growing Aboriginal empowerment within resource development.
New Relationships on the Northwest Frontier: Episodes in the Gitxsan and Witsuwit'en Encounter with Colonial Power
Theses
Author/Creator
Tyler Allan McCreary
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2013.
NGO Report on Canada's Nineteenth and Twentieth Periodic Report to CERD
Alternate Title
NGO Report on Canada's Nineteenth and Twentieth Periodic Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Description
Focus on murdered and missing Aboriginal women and children, protection of lands and resources, duty to consult and accommodate, and the impacts of incarceration.
Night: A Collective Creation by Human Cargo, Written and Directed by Christopher Morris: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
NITS-STI-TA-PII: The Real People
Alternate Title
Imataa Manistsi: Blackfoot Dog Travois
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mari King
Description
Lesson plan for constructing a dog travois developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
On-Farm Conservation of Neglected and Underutilized Species: Status, Trends and Novel Approaches to Cope With Climate Change
Alternate Title
[Bioversity International] Proceedings of the International Conference, Frankfurt, 14-16 June, 2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stefano Padulosi
Nadia Bergamini
Ehsan Dulloo
Paul Bordoni
Matthias Jäger ... [et al.]
On the Path of the Elders
Alternate Title
Mushkegowuk Cree, Anishinaabe Ojibway: Explore Treaty 9: As Understood by Our Elders
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
On The Path of the Elders
Description
Includes links to: on-line game, galleries (elders video collection, Doug Ellis Collection of audio recordings of legends, personal stories, memories and conversations gathered between 1955 and 1965; Deschâtelets Archive of photographs taken around the time of Treaty 9), history, and teacher's guides for grades 4-10.