Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Opichi
Alternate Title
Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe
Stories of the Flyers: A Giiwedinong Book
[Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe: ANA Language Project Teacher/Caregiver Supplemental Document]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Niiyogiizhig (Wesley Ballinger)
Saagijiwegaabowiik (Jennifer Ballinger)
Description
Children's book retells a traditional story about the robin; in Ojibwe and English.
Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.
[Oral History Lesson Plan]
Alternate Title
[Métis Culture and Traditions]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute, Education Team]
Description
Created for Grade 4.
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute]
Description
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
Origin of Day and Night by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko: Educator's Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Media
Description
Retelling of a traditional Inuit story. Recommended for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Original Place Names in Arctic Lands
Alternate Title
#Explorecan: Virtually Connecting Students to Canadian History and Explorers
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Can Geo Education
Description
Resource includes general information, links to external web sites, and an interactive map which lists Inuit place names, meaning and settler place names.
Our Generation: A Study Guide
Alternate Title
Screen Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Lewis
Description
To accompany to award-winning film about violations of Aboriginal rights in Australia.
'Our History Syllabus Has Us Gasping': History in Canadian Schools--Past, Present, and Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Osborne
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 3, September 2000, p. 404
Description
Discusses various debates about the teaching of Canadian history over the past 100 years.
Our Homes Are Bleeding - Digital Collection
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Links to historical information, maps, newspaper articles, photographs and video clips documenting Aboriginal title and rights in British Columbia. Includes documents relating to the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913-1916).
Our Mother Corn
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherry Mathers
Description
Looks at the central role of corn in the cultures of the Hopi, Pawnee and Seneca peoples.
Our Relationship with the Stars and How We Came To Be
Alternate Title
Indigenous Knowledge and Science
Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Science Teachers' Association of Ontario (STAO)]
Description
Lesson plans suitable for Grades 4 to 6.
Our Roots: Stampede School
Alternate Title
Our Roots: Canada's Local Histories Online
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website explores connection between the Treaty 7 First Nations and Calgary Stampede.
Our Smallest Warriors, Our Strongest Medicine: Overcoming COVID-19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristin Masten
Tara Maudrie
Victoria O'Keefe
Description
Storybook designed to be read by caregivers, parents, and teachers to children affected by the pandemic.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Aboriginal Governance: Emerging Directions
Alternate Title
Grade 12 Native Studies: NDG4M
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Corporation
Description
Designed to accompany videos featuring Inuit, First Nations, and Metis leaders.
Our Thinking Made Visible: Issues of Indigenous Peoples in a Global Context
Alternate Title
Grade 12 Native Studies: NDW4M
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Corporation
Description
For use with videos featuring Metis, First Nations, and Inuit leaders.
Our Way Is a Valid Way: Professional Educator Resource - A WNCP Professional Development Resource for Educators
E-Books
Author/Creator
Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education
Description
Related material: Our Way Is a Valid Way: Personal Educator Reflections.
Overview of Pow Wow Tradition
Alternate Title
Overview of PowWow Tradition
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC)
Description
Contains links to information on individual dance styles and their regalia.
The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Co Hoedeman
Description
Animated short uses puppets to enact a story which illustrates the danger of listening to flattery. Accompanying material: Study Guide.
Duration: 5:59.
The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany film, The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend. For ages 5 to 9 years. Contains pre and post viewing activities.
The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Co Hoedeman
Description
Animated short uses puppets to enact the story of how the raven got its black feathers.
Duration: 6:39.
Oyate Resource List
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Oyate
Description
Annotated bibliography of books suitable for teaching various grade levels. Current as of 2005.
Pakitahwâwin
Alternate Title
Fish: Net Checking, Making, Cooking, and Smoking
Gift of Language and Culture Project
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
George McLeod
[Greg] Charles
[Minnie] McKenzie
Rita Cook
Charlie Venne
Agnes Charles
Description
Shows fish being caught, cleaned, and smoked.
Duration: 4:36.
Peer Perspectives: Expressions of Aboriginal Youth - Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Access to Media Education Society
Description
Teacher's guide designed to bring issues affecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people into the classroom, in a manner that speaks directly to youth.
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
People of the Dog Days
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Pre-contact history of Montana.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
People of the Robin: The Tsimshian of Kitsumkalum: A Resource Book for the Kitsumkalum Education Committee and the Coast Mountain School District 82 (Terrace)
Alternate Title
Solstice Series ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Andrew McDonald
People of the Three Fires: the Ottawa, Potawatomi and Ojibway of Michigan
E-Books
Author/Creator
James A. Clifton
George L. Cornell
James M. McClurken
Perceptions and Use of Community - and School-Based Behavioral Health Services Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth and Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Salvador
Jessica Goodkind
Sarah Feldstein Ewing
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 221-247
Description
Study looks at awareness of services and supports, privacy and confidentiality, initiation of services, importance of family and friends as supports, school support, and loss/lack of cultural practices.
Perceptions of Power and Voice In an "Inner-City" School
Theses
Author/Creator
Myrne Ross
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.
Perceptions of the Mohawk Elementary Students of Library Services Provided by the National Indian Education Association Library Project as Conducted on the Akwesasne (St. Regis) Mohawk Reservation
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl A. Metoyer
Description
Library Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 1976.
Perpetual Salish Contemporary Coast Salish Art from the Salish Weave Collection
Alternate Title
Perpetual Salish: Coast Salish Art in the Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries
Description
Catalogue of exhibition which featured works by Maynard Johnny Jr., lessLIE , John Marston , Susan A. Point, and Dylan Thomas
Related material: Educational website.
Perspectives on Alberta Treaty 7 (1877)
Alternate Title
Historical Thinking Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Corrine Guthrie
Description
Resources for lesson (4-5 classes) intended for Grade 4.
Contains links to: lesson plan, rubric, and handouts.
Picturing the Past: Understanding Cultural Change and Continuity among Montana’s Indians through Historic Photographs
Alternate Title
Picturing the Past: IEFA Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Derek Strahn]
Description
For use with Grades 7-12. Uses photographs from Chapter Eleven of Montana: Stories of the Land.
Pimooteewin: The Journey: Outreach Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leonie Hentschel
Description
Guide to accompany the Cree opera. Includes explanation of the plot and interviews with Tomson Highway, Melissa Hui, and Michael Greyeyes.
Pioneer Life in Upper Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Kevin McAsh]
Description
Website aimed at Grade Three students in Ontario describes life in 18th & 19th Upper Canada (Ontario). Also contains a section on Aboriginal peoples.
pīsim miskam ōmiskanaw = Pīsim Finds Her Miskanaw [Excerpt]
Alternate Title
Six Seasons Series ; Book One
Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
William Dumas
Description
Story inspired by the discovery of the remains of young woman who lived during the 1600s, at time where there had yet to be contact with Europeans.
Revised edition.
Pivut
Alternate Title
Fantastic Beings from Arctic Stories
Two Stories about Arctic Giants & Qallupilluit (Beings of the Ocean Depths)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel A. Qitsualik
Sean A. Tinsley
Neil Christopher
Michael Austin
Todd Lockwood
Larry MacDougall
Wayne Reynolds
Description
First issue of graphic magazine designed to support literacy in Inuktitut and English and promote Inuit culture. This issue focuses on supernatural beings from traditional stories.
A Place in the Middle: Classroom Discussion Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Faith Rogow
Insighters Educational Consulting
Description
Discussion guide to accompany A Place in the Middle, true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school. For grades 6-12.
Watch A Place in the Middle.
A Place in the Middle: Hawai'i Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Adam Chang
Dean Hamer]
Description
To accompany film about the Hawaiian approach to gender diversity and the true story about a girl who wants to be in an all-boy hula troupe at her school.
For use with Grades 4 to 12.
Plains Indian Art of the Northern Plains: Traveling Trunk Curriculum
Alternate Title
Plains Indian Art Trunk Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Megan Smith
Description
2nd revised edition. Uses archival photographs of material culture.
Planning Guide and Framework for Development of Aboriginal Learning Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Field Services and Aboriginal Education Team
British Columbia Ministry of Education
Skills and Training
Plant Wisdom = Dechı̨tah t’ahsı́ı nezheh met’áhodéɂá
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes uses of moss and the soapberry bush.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
The Playbook: Indigenous Games in the Classroom: A Play-Based Approach to Cultural Inclusion
Theses
Author/Creator
Karalee Smith
Description
[Graduate Education Project--Queen's University, 2020]
Potlatch 67-67: Then and Now
Alternate Title
Potlatch 67-67 Lesson Series
Hiłt̕sist̕a'a̱m: The Copper Will Be Fixed
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kumugwe Cultural Society
Comox Valley Art Gallery
Description
Catalogue for exhibition held to mark the 67th anniversary of the lifting of the Potlatch ban.
Related material: Lesson Plan.