Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kay Marie Porterfield]
Description
Provides information regarding the history of boarding schools, and includes links to online resources and lesson plans.
Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life: Teacher Guidebook for GDI Publications
Alternate Title
Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life: Teacher Guidebook for Gabriel Dumont Institute Publications
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wilfred Burton
Leah Marie Dorion
Donna Lee Dumont
Jennifer Altenberg
Tasha Altman … [et al.]
Description
2nd edition.
Bringing Them Home
Alternate Title
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
British Columbia Métis History
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Brodie Douglas]
Description
Discuses Métis ethnogenesis, the two waves of migration to British Columbia, recognition of their ties to the historic homeland, and reasons why historical identification can be difficult.
The Buffalo Hunt
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Joanne Pelletier]
Buffalo Past and Present
Alternate Title
Montana State Parks Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Education for All, Montana Office of Public Instruction
Description
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Building a Tipi: Video Series
Alternate Title
Gr K-12: The Tipi
Tipi Camp: Virtual Tour
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Miriam Thomas
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Description
Six videos explain the steps in the construction of the traditional buffalo hide tipi which was created for the First Nations Gallery of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. They are: preparing the hides, tanning the hides, sewing the hides, setting up the tipi, blessing the tipi, and tipi living.
Accompanied by a virtual tour of the tipi camp in the First Nations Gallery.
The Building of a Canoe
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest Native American Curriculum Project
Description
Brief text accompanied by archival photographs. Suitable for use with elementary school students.
Button Blanket Math: A Primary Unit, Grade 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Walker
Pam Holloway
Joanne Windsor
Description
Resource for teaching number, pattern and space/shapes by incorporating images and forms used in First Nations art. Includes black line masters.
Bwaanzhiiwi'onan = Regalia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nagaajiwanaang Genawendangig Anishinaabemowin
Description
Colouring book with Ojibwe and English text.
Called to Learn, Act, and Reflect through Indigenous Teachings and Experiential Mathematics for Catholic Educators
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hélène Coulombe
Amy Agostini
Ruth McNulty
Patricia McRae
Carrie Seguin
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Campfire Stories with George Catlin: an Encounter of Two Cultures
E-Books
Author/Creator
Smithsonian Institution American Art Museum
Canada's Aboriginal Education Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Laboucane
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, pp. 18-19
Description
Looks at the need for quality education for First Nations children equitable to that of all other Canadian children.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.
Canada's Disgrace: Our Missing Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Teacher Resource Guide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
News in Review, October 2014, pp. 14-21
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: October 2014.
Canada's First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Applied History Research Group
Description
Multimedia tutorial covering period from antiquity to the nineteenth century; includes creation stories, cultures and languages, impact of European contact and Treaties.
Canada's Residential School Apology
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, September 2008, pp. 35-46
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2009-2010 Catalogue
E-Books
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Description
Catalogue of useful school library resources organized first by grade level, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2010-2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Description
Catalogue of useful school library resources, organized first by appropriate grade level, then alphabetically by title, with subject areas and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2013-2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Description
Annotated list organized first by grade level, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2014-2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Description
Annotated list organized first by grade level, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2015-2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
Description
Annotated list organized first by grade level, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians, 2016-2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of BC
[Canadian History and the Indian Residential School System]
Alternate Title
Canadian Timeline
[Canadian History and the Indian Residential School System]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Dell
Description
For use with grades 5-12.
Duration: 22:16.
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2017-2018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
Description
Annotated list organized into elementary, secondary, and cross-grades, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2019/20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
Description
Lists recently released works which have been evaluated for representing an "authentic voice" and annotations are written by Indigenous educators. Organized by elementary (K-7), cross-grade (suitable for all levels) and secondary (8-12) levels, then alphabetically by title.
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators: 2020-2021
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
Description
Lists recently released works which have been evaluated for representing an "authentic voice" and annotations are written by Indigenous educators. Organized by elementary (K-7), multi-grade (suitable for all levels) and secondary (8-12) levels, then alphabetically by title.
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected & Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians and Educators, 2018/19
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
Description
Annotated list divided into elementary (K-7), cross-grade (suitable for all levels) and secondary (8-12) then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Studies: A Bibliography for History 30, Native Studies 30, and Social Studies 30
E-Books
Author/Creator
Instructional Resources Unit
Curriculum and Instruction Branch
Saskatchewan Education
Description
Resources for use with high school level classes.
Canoe, Canoe, What Can You Do?
Alternate Title
Look at What I Found!
Ocean-Going "Fishing" Canoe
Building of a Canoe
Carving of a Canoe
Herbie & Slim Nellie's First Journey
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jerome M. Jainga
[Keith Egawa]
[Maria Parker Pascua]
[David Neel]
Description
Six stories connected to the Northwest coast canoe in one volume: Look at What I Found!; Ocean-Going "Fishing" Canoe; Building of a Canoe; Carving of a Canoe; and Herbie & Slim Nellie's First Journey.
The Canoe Is the People: Indigenous Navigation in the Pacific
Alternate Title
LiNKS (Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems)
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Canoe Is the People Project Team]
Description
Accompanying Materials: Teacher's Guide; Learner's Text; Pacific Map; Navigation
Canoes and Canoe Journeys
Alternate Title
NILI Canoe Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Northwest Indian Language Institute
Description
Primarily designed for Kindergarten to Grade 5 students enrolled in Chinuk Wawa immersion programs.
What Do I Bail? student booklet in English. What Do I Bail? student booklet in Chinuk Wawa.
The Caribou Feed Our Soul
Alternate Title
The Land Is Our Storybook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Boreham
Description
Book recommended for Grades 3-7.
Caring Is the Universal Language
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jody Nyasha Warner
Description
Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Assimilation with Education after the Indian Wars
Alternate Title
Teaching with Historic Places
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Maria Lee
Katie Orr]
Description
Lesson plan for use with Grades 5-12.
Celebrate Diversity, Strengthen Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Learning Longhouse, Iroquois Indian Museum]
Description
Introduction to biases and stereotypes about Indigenous and other groups.
Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior
Alternate Title
2010 Year of the Métis Junior
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation Of Ontario
Description
Assignment to explore the qualities of a hero, leader, & role model, and then research & create a short biography on one to three of those Métis individuals. Designed for primary, junior and intermediate students.
Ceremony Earth: Digitizing Silko’s Novel for Students of the Twenty-first Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Mott
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. [25]-47
Description
Provides background to the author's multimedia project which was designed to contextualize the novel for students.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 25.
Change Can Happen: A Proactive Approach to Post-Secondary Preparation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jodie Lane
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 34-35
Description
Reports that using an educational counsellor to provide career education and stay-in-school initiatives from K-12 has had a positive effect on students.
Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Illuminative
Description
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
Changes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Penny Condon
Changes Come to the Canadian Prairies
Alternate Title
Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Michael Cranny]
Description
Focuses on the numbered treaties and their effect on First Nations and the Métis, and the causes and impacts of the North-West Resistance. Intended for Grade 10 Social Studies students.
Chapter from Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition, by Michael Cranny.
Changing Times
Alternate Title
Métis Development and the Canadian West ; 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Calvin Racette
Description
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Chapter 4 - Competition for the Fur Trade
Alternate Title
Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tavis Newman]
Description
For use with chapter from Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Chapter 4: Competition for Trade
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steven Krahn
Description
For use with chapter from Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada, a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook.
Chapter 4 - Competition for Trade Notes (Pt. 2) [Answer Key]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Greg Oppedisano]
Description
Student handout for use with Grade 7 Social Studies textbook chapter in Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Related Material: "Competition for Trade" Workbook.
Chapter 4 “Competition for Trade” Workbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Greg Oppedisano]
Description
For use with chapter in the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Related Material: Competition for Trade Notes (Pt. 2) [Answer Key]
Chapter 8: The Métis
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights development of Métis identity and culture and the conflict between colonists and residents of the Red River which culminated in the Red River Resistances of 1869 and 1885. Student handout for use with Chapter from Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada by Daniel Francis; contributing authors Angus Scully and Jill Germain.
Chapter 8: The Métis: Conflict at Red River [Student Quiz]
Documents & Presentations
Description
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.
Chapter 8: The Métis [Student Quiz]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tavis Newman]
Description
For use with chapter from the Grade 7 Social Studies textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada