Lesson Links

School District 71 has 5 lesson plans at the elementary level (First Nations in the Media, First Nations Art, Aboriginal Storytelling, Critical Thinking about Government, and Life in Huronia) and 1 at the middle school level (School Justice through Literature).

 

 

Resources

Aboriginal Digital Collections contains links to over 30 websites created by First Nations youth with First Nations content.

Aboriginal Youth Network is a website for First Nations youth from First Nations youth about Health, Employment, and Education as well as offering News, Events information, and links to other resources.

Assembly of First Nations website contains information on the Assembly and its programs.

BC Archives Time Machine: First Nations Art is an online exhibit contains the works of Judith Morgan, Francis Batiste, and George Clutesi, as well there is a teacher's corner and links to other books and resources.

British Columbia First Nations Band Profiles contains information on many of the bands in BC.

BC Ministry of Attorney General: Treaty Negotiations Office contains information on the current treaty negotiations process in British Columbia.

BC Stats: Statistical Profiles of Aboriginal Peoples based on 1996 data on a range of subjects including Age Structure, Status & Language, Education, Work Patterns, Occupations, Earnings, and Factors Influencing Well-Being.

Canadian Directory of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Library Collections comes from the University of Saskatchewan in cooperation with others groups. The site contains Collections, Location, Languages, and Contacts.

Encounters: Early Images of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples contains 4 pages of photographs and text from members of the Geological Survey of Canada ranging from 1878 to 1964 from around the country.

First Nations Arts: An Introduction to Contemporary Native Artists in Canada contains biographies and resources on contemporary artists.

First Nations Drum: News from Canada's Native Communities is published 4 times a year and contains news as well as stories under the categories of Biography, Books, Community, Culture, Humour, Environment, History, and Politics. The site also has a Native Directory, and Archives.

First Nations House of Learning at UBC contains information on admission, programs, events, as well as links to resources including an extensive list of online resources on the Xwi7xwa Library page.

First Nations in BC is an online gallery from the BC Archives Time Machine. It presents images of "historical First Nations life including clothing, housing, food gathering and preparation." The gallery is divided into the following sections: Cultural Areas, People of the Northwest Coast, People of the Interior, European Contact, Confederation to Present, West Cast Moving Image Gallery, Interior Moving Image Gallery, Teacher's Corner, and Books and Sources.

Canadian Museum of Civilization: First Peoples contains sections on Native People, Emergence, The Haida, and Inuit 3D as well as many other pages such as Native Ranching, Tshimshian Prehistory, Storytelling, People of the Salmon, Threads of the Land, and many more. The site also has 4 page of resources on Indigenous Peoples - Canada offering links to many other websites.

Government of Nunavut contains a variety of information on the territory and its government.

Hamilton Public Library: The History of Louis Riel (And the Rebellion of 1885) is a nice site that contains primary documents related to Riel such as his trial speech, photographs, and newspaper accounts. The site is easy to navigate and easy to understand.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada contains a variety of information on Education, Treaties, and links to a variety of resources.

Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada is a government site containing information on residential schools as well as contact information. There is a historical overview and timeline from the 1880s to 1996 as well as map of residential schools in Canada.

National Museum of the American Indian is a part of the Smithsonian Instituion and recently opened in Washington, DC. The site doesn't have much in the way of online exhibitions yet but it probably will in the future.

Niitoy-yiss: The Blackfoot Tipi is a photo essay about traditional homes.

Northwest Resistance is a database of materials held by the University of Saskatchewan Libraries and the University archives contains a database, and a page on the 1885 resistance with short biographies and a chronology of events.

School District 52: First Nations Education Services page contains information on education programs in Prince Rupert as well as educational resources including Sm'algyax fonts and links to an online dictionary.

Smithsonian Institution's American Indian History and Culture page contains links to a variety of online exhibitions.

Statistics Canada: 2001 Census Aboriginal Population Profile contains information on various communities in Bc with a population of over 250. You can search these profiles as well as find additional information on other pages listed on the bottom of the page.

University of BC Library: Chronology of Federal Policy Towards Aboriginal People and Education in Canada from the 1600s to 1996.

 

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