Resources
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelvin John (Toby) Greschner
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.
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.
A Report on the Development of Materials to Accompany an Instructional Unit Entitled "Labrador Peoples"
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen McLean
Description
Learning Resources Project towards (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1983.
Representations of Mohawk and Native Histories in High School Textbooks: A Comparative Analysis of English-Language and Mohawk Textbooks in Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Briscoe
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.
[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.
[Residential School Lesson 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Central Okanagan School District]
Description
Developed for Grades 8-12.
Residential School System in Canada: Understanding the Past – Seeking Reconciliation – Building Hope for Tomorrow: Teacher's Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ken Beardsall
Liz Fowler
Cathy McGregor
Heather McGregor
John Stewart
Mindy Willett
Description
Second edition.
Residential Schools Senior Years Learning Resources: A Reference for Selected Learning Resources (February 2014)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning
Residential Schools: Truth and Healing
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, September 2010, pp. 46-57
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review. September 2010.
Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation: Selected Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emma Stewart Resources Centre, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Description
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2021.
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.
Resistance on the Giimooch: The Life of Mary Courchene: Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Teachers' Society
Seven Oaks School Division
Description
Resource uses the medicine wheel as tool for exploring the life of a residential school survivor.
Resource Database
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Community Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives
Description
Lists over 2300 resources covering a broad spectrum subject areas. Can be sorted by title or author.
Resource Guide for Canadian Aboriginal Astronomy (May 2010)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Prune Harris
Description
Annotated bibliography includes printed and web-based materials. Appropriate for students and educators.
Resource Recommendations for K-12 Teaching Native American History, Literature, and Culture: Cultural Competence and Equity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anton Treuer
Description
Provides list of useful websites and articles, literature and video documentaries for instruction on history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of American Indians in Wisconsin.
Resources for Métis Researchers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lawrence J. Barkwell
Leah Dorion
Darren R. Préfontaine
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.
Resources for the Practice of Native American Songs and Dances in the Elementary Classroom
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda R. Rowland Woody
Description
Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1999.
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.
Respecting Tobacco: Traditional vs. Commercial Use
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Description
Educational animated short (8:26 min.).
Returning the Past: Repatriation of First Nations Cultural Property: Four Case Studies of First Nations Repatriation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
UBC Museum of Anthropology
A Review of First Nations Special Education Policies and Funding Directions within the Canadian Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry Hurton
Description
Paper Commissioned for the Minister's National Working Group on Education, October 2002.
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.
Revival of the Treaty Relationship: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 6
Alternate Title
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Field test draft.
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.
Road Allowance Era
Alternate Title
A Girl Called Echo ; vol. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherena Vermette
Description
Excerpt from graphic novel focuses on the trial and execution of Louis Riel.
"Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy."
The Road from ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Grade 8
Alternate Title
The Road to ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Grade 8
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sealaska Heritage Institute
The Road to ANCSA: The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Grade 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Robert Houle: Paris/Ojibwa.
Alternate Title
The Art Gallery of Peterborough Education Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Art Gallery of Peterborough
Description
Teacher's guide developed to accompany the multi-media exhibition.
The Role of Educational Support Staff in the Development of Student Individualized Educational Plans
Theses
Author/Creator
Laurie L. Thompson
Description
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.
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.
Rosella Carney: Birch Bark Biting [and Cree Counting]
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Perspectives
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Perspectives
Rosella Carney
Description
Rosella Carney discusses birch bark biting and counting in Cree.
Duration:
Video 1: 2:40.
Video 2: 2:53.
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.
S'abadeb-- The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists: Seattle Art Museum Educator Resource Guide, Grades 3-12.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Developed in conjunction with the exhibition, but can be used independently.
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.
Safe and Caring Schools for Two Spirit Youth: A Guide for Teachers and Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maddalena Genovese
Davina Rousell
The Two Spirit Circle of Edmonton Society
Alexandria Wilson
James Makokis
Leonard Saddleback
sâkîyıso: Understanding and Building Health Relationships: A First Nations Violence Prevention Teacher Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)
Description
Uses Cree/Nêhiyaw cultural teachings to support development of healthy relationships with peers, dating partners, family and community. Designed for Grade 9 students.
A Salmon for Simon: Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Boreham
Description
Recommended for Preschool-Grade 2.