Resources
How I Survived Four Nights on the Ice: Educator's Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Media
Description
For use with book of same title, which is a man's personal narrative about how he used traditional knowledge to stay alive after his snowmobile broke down on the sea ice while returning home from a fishing camp.
How People Got Fire
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Daniel Janke
Description
Animated film of legend as told by Yukon storyteller. Accompanying material: How People Got Fire: Study Guide.
Duration: 16:02.
How People Got Fire: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany film, How People Got Fire. Contains pre and post viewing activities on social and ethical responsibility, Aboriginal studies, social studies, health education and media studies.
How Raven Stole the Sun
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Douglas
Kitty Eddy
Shgen George
Kathy Nielson
Hans Chester ... [et al.]
Description
Retelling of a traditional Tlingit story also known as Box of Daylight or How Raven Brought Light to the World. Lesson plan intended for Grades K-5.
Related Material: Teacher Resource.
Hunters and Bombers: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide to accompany film, Hunters and Bombers. Contains information about the Innu society and discussion questions.
I Am But a Little Woman
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gyu Oh
Description
Animated version of a poem written in 1927. No dialogue. Acommpanying material: I am But a Little Woman: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 4:39.
I Am But a Little Woman: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany film, I am But a Little Woman. Target audience grades one to three in the subject areas First Nations, Fine Arts, and Visual Arts.
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik
Alternate Title
Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jane Churchill
Description
Artist demonstrates the process of creating a soapstone relief print. Students then produce their own self-portrait. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 11:24.
I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide to accompany film, I Can Make Art ... Like Andrew Qappik. Target ages 9-12. Contains previewing and post viewing activities, follow up discussion and activity ideas.
"I" is for Inclusion: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Caldwell
Gabriella Kaye
Lisa A. Mitten
Description
Selective bibliography, highlighting the trends in books and Indigenous authors and illustrators.
See also : Selective Bibliography and Guide for "I" is not for Indian.
Idaa Trail: Lessons from the Land: A Cultural Journey through the NWT: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Focuses on the Dogrib people.
For use with the interactive exhibit Lessons from the Land.
Identity
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
e Counselling Services of Alberta
Murray Jurak
Greg Miller
Patti Laboucane-Benson
Description
Explores question of what it means to be an Indigenous person in the 21st century by talking to people from Dene, Cree, Blackfoot and Métis communities in Alberta.
Duration: 26:05.
In Brief: Idle No More
Alternate Title
In Brief (Ontario Justice Education Network)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Justice Education Network
Description
Background and history of the movement, explanation of the Acts involved, and discussion questions.
For use in Grades 10, 11, and 12 classrooms.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Includes brief answers to questions often posed by teachers, activity snapshots, and classroom units.
Revised version of the original published in 2012.
In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom
Alternate Title
Learning First Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karmen Smith-Brillon
Debra Hooper
Jacqueline Hunt
Jane Smith
Anne Hill
Description
Teacher resource guide includes classroom unit plans, grade-appropriate story books and authentic First People resources.
Independent Study Unit #1: Content Focus: Food Security in the North
Alternate Title
[Coppermine Lesson Plans, Grades 9-12]
[Coppermine River Expedition 2012]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stefan Superina
Description
Teacher's lesson plan. Includes links to articles on the high cost of food in Nunavut and Statistics Canada figures.
Indian Act and Treaties
Web Sites
Author/Creator
Agriculture in the Classroom
Description
Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.
Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.
Indian Boarding Schools: A Case Study of Assimilation, Resistance, and Resilience
Alternate Title
[Contemporary American Indian History]
[Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the Yale National Initiative ; vol. 1, 2016]
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Prillaman
Description
Curriculum unit developed for high school students. Objective is for students to be able to answer the following questions: What is assimilation and its variety of terms and how are these sociological concepts related to Native American people? How was assimilation used as a discrimination tool against Native American people? How have Native American people resisted these assimilation attempts? and How have Native American people demonstrated their resilience to these assimilation policies over time?
Indian Boarding Schools: Tools of Forced Assimilations, 1870 to the 1960s
Alternate Title
American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wild Rivers Teaching American History Project
Description
A 2-4 day lesson plan for Grades 11 and 12; focuses on the American experience.
Indian Country Diaries: For Educators
Alternate Title
A Seat at the Drum
Spiral of Fire
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Nicole Bihr Menard
Description
Links to resources to accompany the documentaries, Indian Country Diaries based on four key elements:
Assimilation, Sovereignty, Culture, and Humor. Lesson plans are directed to grades 9-12.
Indian Education for All Model Teaching Units: Language Arts - Elementary Level, Volume Two
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Education for All Unit, Montana Office of Public Instruction
Description
Lesson plans for use with the stories Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?, The Gift of the Bitterroot, Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story, and The War Shirt.
Indian Education for All Traditional Games Unit
Alternate Title
Indian Education for All International Traditional Games
Indian Education for All Unit
Traditional Games Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
International Games Society
Description
Resource contains instructions for specific games suitable in Kindergarten to Grade Ten classrooms.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 1
Alternate Title
Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Learning Resources for Senior Secondary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Three components: setting the stage for inquiry, relationship of 150 years, and research projects.
Unit developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for development of age-appropriate educational materials.
Access Book Two.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 2: The Documentary Evidence
Alternate Title
150 Years' Relationship: Documentary Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc.
Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide [Social Studies] 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
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.
An Indian’s Description of the Making of a Buffalo Pound
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Weekes
Saskatchewan History, vol. 1, no. 3, Autumn, October 1948, pp. 14-17
Description
Based on correspondence and personal interviews with Ochankugahe (Dan Kennedy), a resident of the Assiniboine reserve; details the construction, ceremony, and use of buffalo pounds. Author suggests use in Grade 9 Social Studies classes.
Entire Issue of on one pdf file, scroll to page 14.