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Spirits Of The Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies

Lake-Thom, Bobby

Date Published:1997

Life Stages and Native Women

Anderson, Kim

In Life Stages and Native Women, Kim Anderson shares the teachings of fourteen Elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe girls and women during the mid-twentieth century. These Elders relate stories about their own lives, the experiences of girls and women of their childhood communities, and customs related to pregnancy, birth, post-natal care, infant and child care, puberty ceremonies, gender and age-specific work roles, the distinct roles of post-menopausal women, and women's roles in managing death. Through these teachings, we learn how evolving responsibilities from infancy to adulthood shaped women's identities and place within Indigenous society, and were integral to the health and well-being of their communities. By understanding how healthy communities were created in the past, Anderson explains how this traditional knowledge can be applied toward rebuilding healthy Indigenous communities today. Kim Anderson is a Cree/Métis educator. She is an Associate Professor in Indigenous Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford. A foreword by Maria Campbell sets the overall tone for this valuable addition to the literature that incorporates the voices of Aboriginal women.

Date Published:2011

The Good Path : Ojibwe learning and activity book for kids.

Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri

Kids of all cultures journey through time with the Ojibwe people as their guide to the Good Path and its nine universal lessons of courage, cooperation, and honour. Through traditional native tales, hear about Grandmother Moon, the mysterious Megis shell and the souls of plants and animals. Through Ojibwe history, learn how trading posts, treaties, and warfare affected Native Americans. Through activities designed especially for kids, discover fun ways to follow the Good Path's timeless wisdom every day. Activities just for kids! Write Poetry and short stores Interview family and friends Create a trading company Collect food and money to help your community Make maps Draw and paint pictures Play memory games Use your computer to learn about other cultures.

Date Published:2002

Misaabe's Stories / A Story of Honesty

Vermette, Katherena

A Story of Honesty Misaabe tells great stories-about trolls, and x-ray glasses, and secret agents, and his super-exciting life. But is real so bad?

Date Published:2015

The Hollow Tree : Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing

Nabigon, Herb 2006

Before discovering native healing methods, Herb Nabigon could not imagine a life without alcohol. His powerful autobiography, "The Hollow Tree", tells the story of his struggle to overcome addiction with the help of the spiritual teachings and brotherly love of his elders. Nabigon had spent much of his life wrestling with self-destructive impulses, feelings of inferiority and resentment, and alcohol abuse when Eddie Bellerose, an Elder, introduced him to the ancient Cree teachings. With the help of healing methods drawn from the Four Sacred Directions, the refuge and revitalization offered by the sweat lodge, and native cultural practices such as the use of the pipe Nabigon was able to find sobriety

Date Published:2006

The Canadian Indian: A Brief Outline

INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS

Date Published:1973

After The Last River

McIntyre Media

After the Last River connects personal stories from the First Nation to industry agendas and government policies, painting a complex portrait of a territory that is an imperilled homeland to some and a profitable new frontier for others. In the shadow of a De Beers mine, the remote community of Attawapiskat lurches from crisis to crisis, while facing mounting environmental issues and an inability to directly benefit from resource revenues. Filmed over five years, After the Last River is a point of view documentary that follows Attawapiskat's journey from obscurity and into the international spotlight during the protests of Idle No More. After the Last River is a complex examination of a community under pressure. Poverty, neglect, and isolation combine to force the remote reserve of Atawapiskat into accepting a De Beers diamond mine on it’s traditional territory. As the mine removes billions of dollars worth of diamonds, the promised jobs barely materialize and the community is threatened by potentially devastating contamination.

Date Published:2016

Start Of My Day

Samatte, Sandra

Native Teaching Books Series Have children read about things that happen to them throughout a day in our new my day series.

Date Published:2016

The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories: Including the Negotiations on Which They were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto.

MORRIS, Alexander

Date Published:1971

Sacred Legends

Ray, Carl & Stevens, James R.

Date Published:1995

Some History Myths & Legends of the Swampy Cree.

Kataquapit, George E.

Reference One of the reasons for writing this book is to do justice to the old native culture; that is to present beliefs and views of these native people as related by themselves. Non-native aythors or religious writers tend to discriminate native culture: that is they say shamanism, known as metawin in Swampy cree is a witchcraft or divination and that is evil. But I present this native shamanism as a psychic power. The difference between witchcraft and psychic poweris how you use this power which is inherent to humans. If you abuse this power then it it becomes witchcraft.Such abuse was committed by by an evil shaman to harass or destroy people. A good shaman used his powers to help or to defend his people. .

Date Published:2003

Guide to Indian Herbs

STARK, Raymond

Date Published:1984

Off to the Movies

Samatte, Sandra

Native Teaching Books Series Have children read about things that happen to them throughout a day in our new my day series.

Date Published:2016

The History of Treaties in Canada

LeMay, Matt

From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the implementation on of the modern-day Algonquin land claim, The History of Treaties in Canada explores the history, application and legacy of these foundational legal documents and how they continue to shape and define the often strained relationships between First Nations and the Crown in Canada. Written and produced by award-winning Métis filmmaker Matt LeMay, this new video is a valuable resource for your History, Canadian Studies, Law, First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies and Civics classes.

Date Published:2016

CD#2 - Learning to Speak Moose Factory Cree

Turner, Daisy

An introduction to Cree syllabics which was prepared for use in Moose Factory schools. CD-ROM set - DISC #1

Date Published:2000

Learning About Treaties in Canada

McIntyre Media

Grades 4 - 8. Aboriginal people lived in Canada long before European settlers and explorers arrived here. They lived in harmony with their environment and cared for the land and water they depended on for survival. The concept of land ownership was foreign to them. The arrival of Europeans had a drastic impact on their lives. In Learning About Treaties in Canada, elementary students will come to understand the circumstances that led to the process of treaty making including the fur trade, western and northern expansion, and the 7 Year War. Treaties are compared to promises or solemn covenants. We begin to understand how their negotiation was flawed and how First Nation peoples lives were affected not only in the past, but also how the process still impacts the First Nations community today. From award-winning Métis filmmaker Matt LeMay.

Date Published:2016

Indian Acts and Amendments, 1868-1950. -- 2nd ed

CANADA. INDIAN AND NORTHERN AFFAIRS. CORPORATE POLICY. RESEARCH BRANCH

Date Published:1981

Because They Are Different

This short documentary explores issues surrounding the integration of Canadian Indigenous people into social institutions such as the non-Indigenous school systems and workforce. Questions arise about the viability and desirability of integration, and old prejudices are revealed in interviews and commentary from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.

Date Published:1964

Canadian Journal of Native Education

University of British Columbia

Date Published:1991

Spirit Bear and Children Make History: Based on a True Story

Strong, Amanda

Spirit Bear and Children Make History, based on a true story, is told by Cindy Blackstock and Eddy Robinson tells the true story of how First Nations and other children stood together for fairness. With soft colour illustrations from Amanda Strong, this book explains the story about a human rights case before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for an elementary audience. In January 2016, nine years after the case was filed, the Tribunal ruled that the government of Canada was racially discriminating against 165,000 First Nations children by underfunding child welfare and failing to provide equitable public services. This complex subject is told through the perspective of a small white teddy bear, Spirit Bear. In the account Spirit Bear travels by train ti Ottawa to attend the tribunal. His account and appearance makes the story accessible for children as the bear encourages all children to work for fairness. Spirit Bear is a member of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council and has an honourary law degree and was made a bearister by Osgoode Law School. This resource is a powerful account of a justice issue involving First Nations children by explaining Jordan’s Principle and demonstrating how all children can work for fairness and reconciliation. Highly recommended.

Date Published:2017