Books

 

The Sacred Tree

Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development’s Teacher resource/student use (Gr 9-12) – to help understand the basis of First Nations’ World View.

Education is Our Buffalo: A Teachers’ Resource for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education in Alberta

Teacher resource to support inclusive classroom practices that support, value and honour the perspective of First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples (available via the Alberta Teachers’ Association).

Aboriginal Studies 10-Aboriginal Perspectives, Aboriginal Studies 20-Peoples and Cultural Change, Aboriginal Studies 30-Contemporary Issues

Teacher resources that look at culture, history, worldview, politics, legislation and contemporary issues from a First Nations, Metis and Inuit perspective. Can be used as a student resource in junior/senior high (cross-curricular)

Turtle Island Voices (Pearson Canada)

Levelled readers that honour Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and being

Websites

 Crown-Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

Find information about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, National Indigenous Peoples Day, stories and more. 

  

Walking Together: First Nations, Metis & Inuit

A comprehensive site for teachers to understand First Nations, Metis and Inuit ways of knowing, doing and being; can be utilized to support the inclusion of this perspective in teaching and learning for all students.

 

Four Directions Teachings

Indigenous Knowledge from diverse First Nations perspectives in Canada 

Kakwa

Artifact replicas can be purchased to create kits for use within the classroom.

 

Stories of Decolonization Film Project

Stories of Decolonization is a multi-film interview-based documentary project that shares personal stories to support learning about colonialism and its continued impact on those living on the lands now called Canada and stories and actions towards decolonization.