Aboriginal Knowledge Resources

PYP Aboriginal Embedded Curriculum

Cedar, Salmon, Spindle Whorl webpage

www.strongnations.com 

www.fnesc.com

West Bay Elementary Resources- PYP Extravaganza Workshop February 2106
wbinquiryabed.weebly.com

Embedding Aboriginal Education Part 1 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByS2xR1s9tFOdVFvamRaY0ZmRFE/view?usp=sharing

Embedding Aboriginal Education Part 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByS2xR1s9tFOUkwxZXdybXF0cFU/view?usp=sharing

Embedding Aboriginal Education Part 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByS2xR1s9tFOS2RhX1pkSWNNUkE/view?usp=sharing

Aboriginal Resources: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByS2xR1s9tFOMF83OG1xbDVxVVU/view?usp=sharing

UBC Teacher Candidate Resources- PYP Extravaganza Workshop May 2015

Carkener, Kayla & Kobitzsh, Caitlin. UBC Teacher Candidate Students. (May 2015). Aboriginal Perspectives Workshop. PYP Extravaganza, Queen Mary’s School. North Vancouver, BC: https://drive.google.com/folderview?
id=0B67rFP4G73Dlfk8ycWxCLVl0MVY3R3YybnQ3NGFHcXVtb0d4WHpPczlNMEU4cGluRlE3Q0k&usp=sharing

Delta School District- 180 Days of Learning- https://deltalearns.ca/180daysoflearning/

Day 114: Top 5 sources for Aboriginal Education Resources- https://deltalearns.ca/180daysoflearning/2016/03/11/day-114-top-5-sources-for-aboriginal-education-resources-deltas-ab-ed-department/

Day116: Dancing with the Dakhka-Khwaan: https://deltalearns.ca/180daysoflearning/2016/03/30/day-116-dancing-with-the-dakhka-khwaan-heather-johnson-kristi-schofield-laura-ramsbottom-cliff-drive/

​Day 104: The Blanket Exercise: https://deltalearns.ca/180daysoflearning/2016/02/25/day-104-the-blanket-exercise-learning-a-history-we-were-rarely-taught-brooke-moore-principal-of-inquiry-and-innovation/#comment-64281


​More Curriculum Resources

Aboriginal Services Branch and Learning and Teaching Resources Branch. Our Words, Our Way:Teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Learning. 2005. Retrieved from https://education.alberta.ca/media/307199/words.pdf

Aboriginal Education Enhancements Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Education. Shared Learning- Integrating BC Aboriginal Content K-10. 2006 : https://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/shared.pdf

Alaska Native Knowledge Network: http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/course/view.php?id=2

B.C. Teacher’s Education. Aboriginal Education: Beyond Words- Creating Racism Free Schools For Aboriginal Learners: .https://www.bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/AboriginalEducation/BeyondWords(1).pdf

British Columbia Ministry of Education. MOE Aboriginal Prescribed Learning Outcomes K to Grade 5. 2010: http://www3.sd73.bc.ca/sites/default/files/users/npankewich/Aboriginal%20Learning%20Outcomes%20K-51.pdf

British Columbia Ministry of Education. 2010. MOE Aboriginal Prescribed Learning Outcomes Grades 6-9. 2010 : http://www3.sd73.bc.ca/sites/default/files/users/npankewich/Aboriginal%20Learning%20Outcomes%206-91.pdf

British Columbia Ministry of Education. 2015. Transforming Curriculum and Assessment: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/

British Columbia Ministry of Education. Aboriginal Education. 2015: https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/sites/curriculum.gov.bc.ca/files/pdf/aboriginal_education_bc.pdf

Canadian Museum of Human Rights. Human Rights Activities: https://humanrights.ca/human-rights-activities-classroom

Delta School District. 2007. The Aboriginal Kids in My Class. : http://schools.sd42.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/teachers/Section%205-CLASSROOM%20REFERENCES/5.1%20Kids%20in%20My%20Class%20Series/5.11%20Aboriginal%20Kids%20in%20My%20Class.pdf

First Nations Seeker (Links to all the First Nations Websites in Canada) http://www.firstnationsseeker.ca/

First Nations Education Steering Committee. (2012). In our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom: http://www.fnesc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PUB-LFP-K-3-In-our-Own-Words-for-Web.pdf

First Nations Education Steering Committee.(2012). Authentic First Peoples Resources- K-7.: http://www.fnesc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PUB-LFP-K-7-Authentic-Resources-for-Web.pdf

First Nations Education Steering Committee.(2012).Teaching Mathematics in a First Peoples Context- Grades 8&9. Retrieved from: http://www.fnesc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PUB-LFP-Math-First-Peoples-8-9-for-Web.pdf

Further FNESC Curriculum Resources: http://www.fnesc.ca/resources/publications/

First Nations Education Steering Committee.(2012). Poster: First Peoples Principles of Learning: http://www.fnesc.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PUB-LFP-POSTER-Principles-of-Learning-First-Peoples-poster-11x17.pdf

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada. United Nations and Human Rights: http://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/united-nations-and-human-rights.html

Inuit Tapirit Kanatami: https://www.itk.ca/about-inuit/community-life

Musqueam, A Living Culture. Musqueam Place Name Map: http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-our-history-web-map

PBS Media. Alaska Native Knowledge on Earth and Climate:  http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/ean/

Speak Truth to Power Canada: http://sttpcanada.ctf-fce.ca/
Links to activities from different defenders for Human Rights.

Wilton LittleChild, Ph.D, Cree Chief, Residential School Survivor and Lawyer.Truth and Reconciliation Resources. Retrieved from: http://sttpcanada.ctf-fce.ca/lessons/wilton-littlechild/activities/

Simon, Mary, Advocate for Inuit Rights and Culture. Cultural Identity and Education resources. Retrieved from: http://sttpcanada.ctf-fce.ca/lessons/mary-simon/

Karihwakè:ron Tim Thompson, of the Mohawk Nation bear clan at Wahta Mohawk Territory, advocate for Indigenous and Education Issues.Equitable Education resources. Retrieved from: http://sttpcanada.ctf-fce.ca/lessons/tim-thompson/

Stewards of the Future. 2014/2015. Retrieved from: http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/lg/priority-programs/stewards/PDF1_Stewards_of_the_Future_Complete_Toolkit.pdf

School District 37- Kamloops/Thompson. Implementing Aboriginal Content Across the Elementary Curriculum. Retrieved from: http://www3.sd73.bc.ca/education/content/fn-cross-curricular-elem-resources

The University of British Columbia. Indigenous Foundations. Retrieved from http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Truth and Reconciliation. 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=890

United Nations. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 2006. Retrieved from: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf

Books and Storytelling

The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia. (2014). Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. Retrieved from:http://books.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/AbCat2013_Web1.pdf

Hare, Jan. Aboriginal Children’s Books Resources. Retrieved from: http://www.ahsabc.com/images/other_resources/aboriginal-childrens-books_janhare.pdf

Oyate. Find Books and Evaluate Resources. Retrieved from:http://www.oyate.org/

Media Resources

Aboriginal CBC News. Retrieved from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal

​Hare, Jan. Introduction to Topic 3-Indigenous Education Framework. 2015. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnmStwhWKk

The National. (June 1st, 2015). Interview with Justice Murray Sinclair (Head of Truth and Reconciliation Commission). CBC News. Retrieved from: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/TV+Shows/ID/2668649981/

Simon, Mary. 2012. Use it or Lose It: Language and Education. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTqDBjc3qDU

Simon, Mary, 2011. The World We Want. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IU6yAkpwc

Tait, Laura. Changing Results for Young Readers: Laura Tait, First Principles of Learning. 2013. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY168904pcE

Tait, Laura, First Peoples Principles of Learning Video. 2013. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY168904pcE

Social Justice Organizations

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada- http://www.fncaringsociety.com/main
A national non-profit organization was required to provide research, policy, professional development and networking support to support FNCFSA in caring for First Nations children, youth and families.

Lesson plans created by FNCFCS to teach about social justice issues retrieved from: http://projectofheart.ca/teacher-guideslesson-plans/.

Legacy of Hope- http://www.legacyofhope.ca/about-us
This is a national Aboriginal charitable organization whose purposes are to educate, raise awareness and understanding of the legacy of residential schools, including the effects and intergenerational impacts on First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and to support the ongoing healing process of Residential School Survivors.

Legacy of Hope Exhibition: Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools: http://wherearethechildren.ca/en

Project of Heart-  http://projectofheart.ca/
This organization was created by Sylvia Smith to commemorate the Indigenous children who died in residential schools and to find ways to take action and form relationships between Indigenous and non Indigenous people.

KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives. Retrieved August 2015 from: http://www.kairoscanada.org/
The organization unites eleven churches and religious organizations and is an organization in the pursuit of ecological justice and equal rights.  The Blanket Exercise developed by KAIROS is a simulation exploring relationships between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

Professional Development Reading

Hare, J. (2011). Learning from Indigenous knowledge in education. In D. Long and O. P. Dickenson(Eds.), Visions of the heart, 3rd Edition (pp. 91-112). Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press.

Hare, John. 2010.Holistic Education: An Interpretation for Teachers in the IB Programmes. International Baccalaureate. Retrieved from http://www.godolphinandlatymer.com/_files/IB/5814BF78BFFF6064F25D143FBB622152.pdf

Knowledge Network. Retrieved from http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/Articles/BarnhardtKawagley/EIP.html

Marker, Michael, "After the Makah Whale Hunt: Indigenous Knowledge and Limits to Multicultural Discourse", Urban Education, Vol. 41(5), 2006, 482-505.

McGregor, H. E. (2012b). Curriculum change in Nunavut: towards Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. McGill Journal of Education, 47(3), 285-302 .

Nicol, C., Archibald, J., Baker, J. (2013), Designing a Model of Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education: Place, Relationships and Storywork. Mathematics Education Research Journal. 25(1), 73-89.

Scollon, R. (1986). The Axe Handle Academy: A Proposal for a Bioregional, Thematic Humanities Education. Retrieved from http://ankn.uaf.edu/Curriculum/Axe_Handle

Local Resources; Tsawwassen

Tsawwassen First Nation. Retrieved August 2015 from: http://tsawwassenfirstnation.com/

Erwin, Ryan & Pietropaolo, Paolo. (April 16th, 2015). Tsawwassen First Nation's new legislative seat eyed by elders. CBC News. Retrieved from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tsawwassen-first-nation-s-new-legislative-seat-eyed-by-elders-1.3022421

Gagnon, Sherie. Landmark Land Settlement. Canadian Geographic . Retrieved August 2015 from: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/apr08/indepth/history.asp
Tsawwassen First Nation Implementation Report: 2011/2012. (2013). Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada,

B.C. Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and Tsawwassen First Nation. Retrieved from: http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/reports/down/Tsawwassen_First_Nations_Implementation_Report_2011-12_Nov42013.pdf