Resources
Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicola Campbell
Lisa Jane Smith
Description
Magazine-style publication features short articles about residential schools in general, as well as specific schools and highlights examples of reconciliation in action in the education system.
Related Material: Educator's Guide.
rendez-vous voyageur: Le portail du voyageur
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Productions Rivard
Description
Interactive website for elementary students contains links to information about the voyageurs world, trading posts, and games.
NOTE: Adobe Flash Player must be enabled for full functionality.
Rendezvous: Canada 1606
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joan Henson
Description
Story of the lives of both a French and a Huron boy at the time of first contact. Accompanying material: Rendezvous: Canada 1606 [Study Guide].
Duration: 29:03.
Rendezvous: Canada 1606: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide to accompany film, Rendezvou: Canada 1606. Target audience grades 5-10. Contains discussion questions and related film list.
Report of a National Colloquium, II--Research:
Improving Academic Performance Among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students: Introduction to This Issue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peggy McCardle
William Demmert
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 1-4
Description
Introductory article to themed issue on the educational needs of Native American students with a focus on research on educational practices.
Report on Priority Actions in View of Improving First Nations Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Council (FNEC)
Federation of Saskatchewan Nations (FSIN)
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN)
Description
Independent joint report on priority actions for First Nations education regarding First Nations Rights.
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Alternate Title
Engaged Citizens 8: What Is Canada's Identity
[Grade 8: The Reserve Pass System and Its Impact on Treaty Relationships]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan]
Description
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.
Resilience: Teaching Guide
Alternate Title
Curator's Talk: Resilience National Billboard Exhibition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Yvette Cenerini]
[Lita Fontaine]
[Dawn Knight]
[Albert McLeod]
Description
Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.
Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.
Resources for Teaching Aboriginal Languages: An Annotated Bibliography
Alternate Title
[Resources for Teaching Aboriginal Languages in the Northwest Territories: An Annotated Bibliography]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Contains links to lists of materials available for Chipewyan, Cree, North and South Slavey, and Tlicho. Each book is keyed for language (single or accompanied by English) and grade level.
Respect the Water #1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher's resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem “Water/El Agua, video The Story of Bottled Water, and the article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behavior on it, and the role of the public engagement in maintaining healthy, sustainable ecosystems.
Respect the Water #1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem Water/El Agua by Jorge Argueta, video The Story of Bottled Water, and article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behaviour, and how we can maintain healthy and sustainable ecosystems.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steven Hoelscher
Michelene E. Pesantubbee
Jaye T. Darby
Thomas Maxwell-Long
Barbara Krauthamer
Peter Nabokov
Greg O'Brien
James A. Lewis
Sandra Baringer... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, 2006, pp. 141-186
Description
Book reviews of:
Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz.
Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler.
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin.
Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.
Revised Criteria from How to Tell the Difference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North Carolina State Advisory Council on Indian Education
Description
Adapted from Oyate.org's book How to Tell the Difference: A Guide for Evaluating Children's Books for Anti-Indian Bias by Beverly Slapin, Doris Seale, and Rosemary Gonzales.
Reviving Your Language through Education: BC First Nations Language Education Planning Workbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Onowa McIvor
Description
Tool to help advocates, educators and communities develop a vision for language education, understand their current situation and resources, and create a comprehensive plan to execute their vision.
Rewriting the Narrative of American History: American Indian Identity and the Process of Recovery
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian History
[Yale National Initiative National Seminars]
Curriculum Units by National Fellows of the the Yale National Initiative ; 2016 Volume 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jo Anne Flory
Description
Unit looks at how the authors of Tulsa: From Creek Town to Oil Capital (Angie Debo), Custer Died for Your Sins (Vine Deloria, Jr.), and Winter in the Blood (James Welch) repond to certain crises in Native American history. Designed for 11th grade Advanced Placement Language and Composition classes. Some focus on Oklahoma history.
Riel Country: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany film, Riel Country. Target audience is high school.
Roots and Branches: A Resource of Native American
Literature—Themes, Lessons, and Bibliographies. Dorothea M. Susag. Foreword by Joseph Bruchac
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pat Nickinson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. [65]-
Description
Book review of: Roots and Branches by Dorothea M. Susag, foreword by Joseph Bruchac.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Alternate Title
Independent Lens
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rezolution Pictures
Catherine Bainbridge
Alfonso Maiorana
Stevie Salas
Tim Johnson
Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment
Description
Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.
Rupertsland Institute Lesson Plans
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Institute
Description
Video presentations accompanied by lesson plans for Kindergarten through Grade 12 arranged under the themes of Métis language, culture and traditions, homeland history, governance, and the Métis in Alberta.
Russel on Indians: Grade Level: 7-12
Alternate Title
Montana's Charlie Russell: Art in the Collection of the Montana Historical Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Montana Historical Society
Description
Lesson plan involves students learning about stereotypes and deciding whether paintings by Charles M. Russell reinforced those stereotypes.
Sacred Animal Teachings
Alternate Title
[A Resource Tool for Youth – HIV/AIDS Prevention Awareness]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Wabino Centre for Aboriginal Health
Train the Trainer?]
Description
Training manual for facilitating an interactive presentation dealing with HIV/AIDS in Aboriginal communities
A Sacred Journey: A Guide to Understanding and Supporting Aboriginal Students
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Bomberry
Cheryl Caldwell
Sue Dempsey
Cindilee Ecker-Flagg
Natalie Edgar ... [et al.]
Description
Background information on heritage, history, traditions, cultural teachings specific to the Niagara region, as well as instructional strategies.