Aboriginal Electoral Pariticipation in Canada
Examines the low voter turnout for Indigenous populations in Canada during the 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011 federal elections.
Aboriginal Literacy Resources
Aboriginal Math Resources
Content arranged under eight different categories: Theory and pedagogy, Curriculum development, Teacher perceptions, Teacher education, Culturally responsive case studies, Student attitudes toward mathematics, Standards, guidelines and recommendations, and Statistics.
Aboriginal Resource "Must Have" List 2019/2020
Extensive list of titles with the applicable grade levels and subjects.
Aboriginally Appropriate Alterations to the Criteria for Determining University Tenure and Promotion: An Extended Justification and Defence in the Light of Conspicuous Failures of Implementation
Discusses the need for culturally meaningful changes to the criteria for hiring Indigenous scholars in university settings to combat a history of western assumptions and standards that Indigenous scholars have been up against.
Activity Areas or Conflict Episode?: Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup'ik Site of Nunalleq (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries ad, Alaska)
Compares archaeological of insects from the precontact site of Nunalleq with other data samples to demonstrate the value of the archaeoentomology to provide insight into past living conditions.
Acute Myocardial Infarction among Navajo Indians, 1976-83
Alaska Naming Traditions
Brief description of Aleut; Inuit, Eskimo, Eyak, Haida and Tsimshian; Yup'id, Cup'ik and Inuqiaq, Tlingit; and Athapaskan, Tanaina and Kutchin customs.
"All the Real Indians Died Off" and 20 Other Myths about
Native Americans
Anishinaabe & Climate Justice: An Indigenous Food Sovereignty Approach
Environmental Studies Major Paper (MES) -- York University, 2019.
Anishinaabe Treaty-Making in the 18th-and-19th-Century Northern Great Lakes: From Shared Meanings to Epistemological Chasms
History Thesis (PhD) - York University, 2019.
Archaeologies of Climate Change: Perceptions and Prospects
Examines the role of archeology as both a the study of the past but also as a means to find a solutions for the future.
Architecture of the Salish Sea Tribes of the Pacific Northwest: Shed Roof Plank Houses
Discusses pre-contact structures and the techniques used in their construction.
Are North American Indians Biochemically More Susceptible to the Effects of Alcohol?
Baseball Bats for Christmas: Lesson Plan
Recommended for Grades 1 to 3.
Bat Steals the Moon
Retelling of traditional story.
Source: Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands collected by Alta Jablow and Carl Withers.
Battle of the Northern Lights
Traditional Sami story.
Source: The Storytelling Star by James Riordan.
Beads, they're sewn so tight: Resource Guide
Developed in conjunction with an exhibition featuring works by Bev Koski, Katie Longboat, Jean Marhsall, and Olivia Whetung.
Book Guide for How Raven Got His Crooked Nose: An Alaskan Dena'ina Fable Retold by Barbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater, Illustrated by Mindy Dwyer
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Canada's Disgrace: Our Missing Aboriginal Women
Canadian Indigenous Children's Books through the Lense of Truth and Reconciliation
Primary source for titles was Amazon Best Sellers in Children’s Native Canadian Story Books, as well as publishers' web pages, and library and authors' lists. Objective was to identify fiction books for ages 0-18 written by Indigenous authors that contained reconciliation-related themes. More than 150 books met the inclusion criteria.
Canadian Indigenous Writers Bibliography
Material divided into seven categories: graphic novel, nonfiction, novel, play, poetry, short stories, and stories. Each entry contains summary, information about the author and list of titles also written by them.
The Colonizer & the Colonizer Who Refuses: Cultural Production and Colonial Crisis at Oka, Ipperwash, Burnt Church & Caledonia
Education Thesis (PhD) - University of Toronto, 2019.
Community-Focused Language Documentation in Support of Language Education and Revitalization for St.Lawrence Island Yupik
Examines a collaborative effort by computational linguistics with language revitalization and documentation projects to preserve the St. Lawrence Island Yupik language.
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions: Balancing Competing Needs in Canada [Unit 1]
Uses the book The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations, by Alootook Ipellie with David MacDonald as a starting point to teach about how the Inuit have used the natural resources available to meet the needs of their communities. For use with students in Grade 5.
Contemporary Indian Issues: A One-Quarter Course Bibliography
Contested Meanings and Lived Experiences of Two-Spiritness: A Systematic Review of the Canadian Research Literature
A literature review on research regarding two-spirit Indigenous Canadians, the communities hopes to return to a position of honour, and suggestions for future research.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Its Implications for the Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities
Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Sydney, 2014.
Cosmos, Culture and Landscape: Documenting, Learning and Sharing Aboriginal Astronomical Knowledge in Contemporary Society
Science & Engineering Thesis (PhD) - Curtin University, 2014.
Count to Ten the Métis Way
Colouring and activity book teaches children to count to ten in Michif.
Coyote Places the Stars [by] Harriet Peck Taylor
Designed to accompany retelling of traditional Wasco story about how stars came to be arranged in the shapes of animals. Recommended for use with Grade 3 students.
Coyote Returns: Bridging the Gap from Ivory Tower to Indian Country (Part 6)
Coyote Tales: Written by Thomas King; Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
Guide for book containing two humorous trickster stories.
For use with Grades 1 to 4.
Creating Racism-Free Schools through Critical/Courageous Conversations on Race
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Last of the Buffalo
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
Cultural Appropriation vs. Appreciation
Designed as a brief introduction to the issues for educators.
Cultural Humility and Elder Story-Telling: A Locally Developed, Best Practice Informed Intervention
Looks at the development of a cultural humility with Indigenous peoples, requiring self-reflection and a changing of attitudes and behaviours.
Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development
Related material: Interview with teacher participant.
Dakota & Lakota Traditional Games Resource
Dakota games included: Kaƞsu kutepi (They shoot the plum seed); Tasiha uƞpi (Foot bone game); Hokṡina itazipe 9Young boy’s archery); Tahuka caƞhdeṡka (Hoop and arrow); Caƞkawacipina (Spinning tops and whip); and Takapsicapi (Lacrosse).
Lakota games included: Icaslohe econpi (Game of bowls); Inyan onyeyapi (A rock sling); Ipahotonpi (Popgun; Napsiyohli (Small Finger Ring); Tateka yumunpi (Wind Buzzer); and Tate kahwogyapi (Wind Chaser – They are chasing the wind).
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Decolonizing Nunavut's Art Market
Art History Thesis (PhD) - York University, 2019.
E.-A.: Freestyle Looming and Probability: Grade 12 Foundations of Math
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-B.1: Picario: A Traditional Indigenous Game to Develop Spatial Reasoning, and Analytical and Critical Thinking Skills: Grade 10 Mathematics Workplace and Apprenticeship
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E.B2: Water, First Nations Cultures, Statistics: Grade 9 Mathematics
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E.-C.1: The Language of Positive and Negative Numbers: Grade 6
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-C.2: Stick Games and Theoretical/Experimental Probability: Grade 6
Teacher-created lesson developed in conjunction with the McDowell foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
E-D.1: Multiplication and First Nations Drumming
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the Stirling McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development
E-D.2: Quadrilateral Patterning through Indigenous Beading: Grade 5
Teacher-created lesson plan developed in conjunction with the McDowell Foundation project Culture-Based School Mathematics for Reconciliation and Professional Development.
Educator's Guide: Why Indigenous Literatures Matter
Uses chapters from book by Daniel Heath Justice as a tool to educate teachers.