Short documentary about the lack of safe, drinkable water in First Nations communities. Focuses on Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario.
Duration: 14:06.
Resource for instructing students in the teachings associated with the moons in the three cultures, as well as numbers, days of week, months, and seasons in each language.
Discusses how Sherman Alexie (screenplay) and Chris Eyre (director) chose to portray American Indians in the film.
Excerpt from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
Interactive snowmobile road trip across 2,000 inhospitable kilometers of Northern Canada by filmmaker Dianne Whelan. Accompanying material: This Land: Study Guide.
Duration: 35:00.
Describes First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) and their mandate to ensure indigenous peoples have their basic human rights respected by national governments.
Guide to accompany film, This Land. Recommended for 12 years and up. Provides several discussion questions for use based on specific subject areas and curriculum.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 137-177
Description
Re-examines historical evidence used by Judge MacInnes in the case Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 97-104
Description
Contends that Aboriginal scholars are often placed in the position of trying to meet two disparate and contradictory standards, those of the Indigenous community and the larger academic world.
Describes how imminent national protests influenced the Federal Government to announce the establishment of a independent tribunal to settle land claims.
Looks at the history of the Brandon Friendship Centre and the women who made the establishment possible by raising awareness on the issue of racism and providing help for Native peoples.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 93-100
Description
Examines the reasons for the creation of RCAP, commenting that it often takes a major political upheaval to move governments to implement their recommendations.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 2, February 2007, p. 13
Description
Looks at a Saskatchewan First Nation partnering with Western Lakota Energy Service to create employment and wealth.
Article located by scrolling to page 13.
First Nations Métis Education Provincial Advisory Committee (FNMEPAC)
Description
Working draft of strategy with vision to build local capacity through relationship and understanding, excellence and equity, and accountability to First Nations and Métis learners and all learners across Saskatchewan.
Access Catalyst Leaders' Toolkit.
Due to a negotiated settlement, the victims of residential schools will soon receive compensation. This article argues that it is now time to look to the future.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 173-202
Description
Looks at how Native American education became a model for the educational system in the Philippines based on the belief that the United States could maintain control by altering lifestyles to more closely resemble that of Americans.