Aboriginal Resource Links
The majority of the items below were compiled by Ms. Stromquist, District Teacher, Langley Aboriginal Program and Ms.Gunning, Teacher, RE Mountain
Territorial Acknowledgement
- Acknowledging Traditional Territory
- What is the significance of acknowledging the Indigenous land we stand on?
Curriculum
- Teach BC
- Aboriginal Education Association Provincial Specialists Association
- Alaska Native Knowledge Network
- Alaska Native Knowledge Network Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum
- Queen’s University – Aboriginal Access to Engineering
- First Nations virtual exhibits at the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
- SFU Museum – A Journey into Time Immemorial (based on Xa:ytem)
- SFU Museum – A Journey into Time Immemorial (The Sto:lo People)
- Gabriel Dumont Institute Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture
- Career Ed FNESC Role Models Parents and Student Guide
- ERAC – Resources for Integrating Aboriginal Ways of Knowing and Learning
- Queen’s University – Aboriginal Access to Engineering
- National Film Board Educators Guide to NFB films on Inuit Culture
- Strong Nations Lesson Plans
- UBC Museum of Anthropology School Programs
- UBC Museum of Anthropology Teaching Kits
Resources by subject area
Language Department:
- DVD Language Matters
- What is language loss? Wade Davis
- Cree Names Reclamation – Chelsea Vowel
Social Studies
Science
- Braiding Sweetgrass (Amazon)
- What is traditional knowledge?
ADST (Foods Dept.)
- Untamed Gourmet
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
- First Peoples Principles of Learning Poster
- English First Peoples
- Residential School Curriculum – Grade 5,10, 11/12
- Math First Peoples – Grade 8/9
- Aboriginal Mathematics K-12 Network
Residential Schools
- Project of Heart e-Book
- Project of Heart
- BC Project of Heart
- 100 Years of Loss (timeline PDF)
- Legacy of Hope Foundation
- Where are the Children
- They Came for the Children
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Historical Context
Other
- iPortal – The Indigenous Studies Portal
- Native-Land – Learn more about where you live (please read the Teacher’s guide before using this website)
- Aboriginal Education Association Provincial Specialists Association
- Language – First Voices
- First Contact TV Series
Literature and Book Publishers
- Age appropriate books on residential schools
- Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC)
- Educational Resource Acquisition Consortium (ERAC)
- Métis – Bringing Métis Children’s Literature to Life (Teacher guide to selected Métis literature)
- nehiyawasinahikanisa (Little Cree Books)
- Cedar Moon Creations
- Strong Nations Publishing