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Extract from a Presentation at the Symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” Kelowna, 29–31 March 2017This Space Here

Alternate Title
This Space Here: Extract from a Presentation at the Symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” Kelowna,29–31 March 2017
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William White
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 7-10
Extract from a presentation at the symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” discusses the process of building relationships between Indigenous peoples and museums, describes the experience of visiting a museum as an Indigenous person.
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FourDirectionsTeachings.com

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Indigenous Literacy Association
Invert Media
Interactive website features teachings about the Indigenous knowledge and culture of five cultural groups: Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk and Mi'kmaq. Contains links to transcripts of the presentations and free curriculum packages for grades1-12.
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From JSTOR to Jiní: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in Teaching Information Literacy at Tribal Colleges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhiannon Sorrell
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Fall, Aug 11, 2019
Discusses the challenges faced by tribal librarians as they work to teach information literacy in both mainstream news and social media outlets while incorporating traditional or Indigenous knowledge and teachings.
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Going Off, Growing Strong: A Program to Enhance Individual Youth and Community Resilience in the Face of Change in Nain, Nunatsiavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Hirsch
Chris Furgal
Christina Hackett
Tom Sheldon
Trevor Bell ... [et al.]
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 63-84
Concerns over suicide in youth and the lack of access to outings on the land to learn traditional skills led to the pilot outreach program for youths 14 to 21.
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Haida - Booklet. - 1952.

Alternate Title
British Columbia Heritage Series. Series 1, Our Native Peoples ; vol. 4
Social Studies Bulletin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Provincial Archives [of British Columbia]
Booklet relating to the Haida people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Haida culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.
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Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sydney Stephens

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.

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Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 10

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Four components: purpose of schools, assaults and their legacy, resistance and change, and action of reconciliation. Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
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The Indigenous Cultural Helper Program: Report of Research Findings

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jane] Slessor
Training is for service workers who are facilitating and supporting Indigenous Housing First participants' (re)connection to cultural practices. Findings are arranged under 10 themes: truth and reconciliation; experiential learning; personal transformations; empathy, spirituality, culture and ceremony; practice changes; practicing with intention; observed transformations; challenges in establishing connection to culture, and challenges to integrating culture with work.
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Indigenous Land-Based Education in Theory and Practice

Alternate Title
Yellowhead Institute Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mandee McDonald

Results of literature review of academic and other publicly available literature, including policy documents and program reports are discussed under five themes: Indigenous self-determination, health and well-being, environmental stewardship, reconciliation and climate justice and evaluation methodologies.

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Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Symbols

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachael Selby
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Journal, p. [?]
2009 Edition contains: Indigenous Voices, Indigenous Symbols by Rachael Selby. Matariki - A Symbol of Survival by Hohaia Collier. Windigo Presence in Selected Contemporary Ojibwe Prose and Poetry by Linda LeGarde Grover. Māori Symbolism - The Enacted Curriculum by Jamie Lambert. Who Says I Don't Want to Come to School?
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Integrating Aboriginal Philosophy into Canadian Home Economics Education: Applying Yatta Kanu's Five Layers of Integration

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorraine Dulder
Catherine Hay
Ayala M. Johnson
M. E. Diane O'Shea
Describes the application of the five levels of integration as applicable to incorporating Indigeneity into the classroom. Provides one example of the integration of studies for Food and Culture into the classroom and an sample assessment of Textiles classroom.
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Interview with Seneca Elder Grandmother Twylah Hurd Nitsch

Alternate Title
In Sweet Company: Conversations with Extraordinary Women about Living a Spiritual Life
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Margaret Wolff
Twylah Hurd Nitsch
Excerpt from the book In Sweet Company: Conversations with Extraordinary Women about Living a Spiritual Life by Margaret Wolff.
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Involving Community Members to Develop Culturally Relevant Word Lists For First Nations and Métis Students

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 187
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Minnie McKenzie
Leda Corrigal
Otto Fietz
Cynthia Cook
Grace Cook
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Developed for use as a guideline to teach students to speak and comprehend the Cree language in classrooms, early childhood programs and the home.
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Issues in the North, vol. 1

Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 40
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lyle Longclaws
Donna Martin
David Gregory
Betty Thomlinson
Nellie Erickson ... [et al.]
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Keepers of the Past, For the Future

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 3, Preserving and Protecting Knowledge, Spring, 2014
Introductory article to this themed issue illustrates the unique ways tribal colleges and universities are preserving, protecting and disseminating cultural knowledge to future generations.
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Land and Water Based Education

Alternate Title
Land- and Water-Based Education
Treaty Education Nova Scotia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey

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.

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Learning from Country

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nadia Wheatley
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 243-256
Article describes the author’s experience of learning Indigenous principles of education and adapting them for use with student living in different environments; advocates for a wholistic pedagogical approach to education.
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Learning from Our Elders: Language Acquisition

Alternate Title
Gift of Language and Culture Project
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Ida Tremblay
Henry Roberts
Daniel Cook
Albert Ross
Isaac McKenzie
Jim Lafleur ... [et al.]]
Elders explain their views on how children learn to speak their language. Duration: 8:00. Cree with English subtitles.
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Learning from Our Elders: Storytelling

Alternate Title
Gift of Language and Culture Project
Media » Film and Video
One Elder discusses role of storytelling in culture; the other explains his storytelling technique. Duration: 3:32 Cree with English subtitles.
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Learning from Place: A Return to Traditional Mushkegowuk Ways of Knowing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean-Paul Restoule
Sheila Gruner
Edmund Metatawabin
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 68-86
Looks at the Cree concepts of land and place while on a canoe trip with youth, adults and elders of Fort Albany First Nation on James Bay.
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Learning from the Land

Alternate Title
Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education: Unit 5 Introduction
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jan Hare
Looks at the foundations of Indigenous education based on land and place and the connection to the natural world. Unit 5 of 6. Duration: 11:48.
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Learning from the Land: Indigenous Land Based Pedagogy and Decolonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Wildcat
Mandee McDonald
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Glen Coulthard
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. I-XV
Introduces the special Issue and argues that decolonization requires forms of education that reconnect Indigenous peoples to land and land-based knowledges, languages, and social relations.
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[Lesson Plans, Residential Schools]

Alternate Title
First Nations Education: Traditional to Contemporary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Education
Western Development Museums
Lesson One: Classroom Introduction to the Theme. Lesson Two: At The Museum. Lesson Three: When a Museum Visit Isn't Possible. Lesson Four: Classroom Wrap-Up. Incorporates materials found at Western Development Museums. Saskatchewan. Education Teacher's Guide for Native Studies 30.
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Lessons from the Earth: Storytelling, Art and Indigenous Knowledge

Web Sites » Organizations
Excellent resource contains links to videos of cultural teachings and lesson plans for primary, junior and intermediate grade levels. Topics covered: significance of building local relationships, an agreement with Mother Earth, walking with a good heart, clan system, courage, love, offerings, and working together in a good way.
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Making A Paddle

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Lois Dalby (photographer)
A set of 12 photos showing Napthelie McKenzie splitting a log and making a paddle.
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Making Bannock Inside

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Lois Dalby (photographer)
A set of 23 photographs of Mary Anne McKay making bannock in the cabin on the family trapline. Bannock, a baking-powder bread, has been a staple food for people living in the bush for as long as the ingredients have been available - no domestic grains are indigenous to northern Saskatchewan. It can be mixed up anywhere, even in the mouth of a flour sack. It keeps very well, does not mould easily, tastes good, and is solid and nourishing.
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Making Birch Boards

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Larry Hewitt (photographer)
Department of Northern Saskatchewan (photographer)
A set of 55 photos of Isaac Herman La Loche cutting down a birch tree and making boards that can be cut and shaped for use in making canoes, buildings, or snowshoes.
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