CBC’s Beyond 94 is an immersive, interactive and comprehensive website created by the CBC Indigenous Unit that monitors the progress of the Truth and Reconciliation’s 94 Calls to Action. This teacher guide will help teachers and students explore the Beyond 94 site and the TRC Calls to Action. Includes a glossary outlining key terms, organizations and concepts as well as a guide to appropriate terminology. Suitable for students grades K – 12, parents and teachers.

From the website: The Inuit people of Labrador won the right to self-government in 2004 after settling a land claim agreement with the Newfoundland and Labrador government. The Settlement Area consists of 72,520 square kilometers of land in northern Labrador, which includes the five major Inuit communities of Nain, Hopedale, Rigolet, Makkovik, and Postville. The Nunatsiavut Government came into power as a result of the agreement and is now able to pass laws concerning education, health, and cultural affairs.

Teacher resources for grades K-12 that focus on revitalizing language. French resources are also available on the site. Has a really powerful video of Kwak’wala language teacher Joye Walkus speaking about the significance of saving Indigenous languages and culture for future generations. Also provides links to all kinds of other resources, like language apps and interactive websites.

A free PDF Booklet for parents in English and 11 other languages with easy to read and straightforward tips for how to best support a child who will learn two or more languages.

Honouring the Buffalo is the story of how the Buffalo gifted themselves so freely through the Creator to the Plains Cree people to help them survive. Discover how every part of the buffalo was used to provide shelter, food, clothing, tools, hunting, spiritual ceremonies and many other necessities. The legend is shared by Raymond Lavallee, Wisdom Keeper and Medicine Man of the Piapot First Nation. The narrative is written by Judith Silverthorne. Artwork is created by Mike Keepness. Link includes access to Educational Resources, including study guides and audio recordings. *2017 Silver Medal Winner, Independent Publisher Book awards – Best Regional Non-Fiction; 2017 Silver Medal Winner, Independent Publisher Book awards – Best Regional Non-Fiction; 2016 Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards – Children’s Picture Book (6 years and up); 2015 Winner, Silver Medal, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards – Environmental Issues; 2016 Shortlisted, High Plains Award for Children’s Literature (Oct); 2016 Shortlisted, High Plains Award for Art & Photography (Oct); 2016 Shortlisted, Saskatchewan Book Award – Children’s Literature; 2016 Shortlisted, Saskatchewan Book Award – Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing (storyteller, Ray Lavallee); 2016 Shortlisted, Saskatchewan Book Award – Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing); 2015/16, Our Choice List, Canadian Children’s Book Centre

Very useful resource for the general reader. Teaches proper terminology and covers the territory and demography of Inuit homeland. Goes into detail about the languages and cultures of the eight main Inuit groups.

Extract from the article: "Indigenous worldviews are generally holistic in perspective and encompass interconnections amongst all aspects of life and place (Barnhardt & Kawagley, 2005). From this interconnected view of the universe, a sense of cultural identity, collective purpose and belonging is derived. Cultural wellbeing relies on the individual becoming situated within
a cultural worldview. For Inuit, being grounded in Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit supports personal wellness, but also contributes to a collective cultural sense of health and wellness which has sustained Inuit over generations.1 Inuit Elders in Nunavut are documenting Inuit worldview so that the strengths which have always sustained them will still be available to future generations."

From Adult books to chapter books to colouring books! Rupertsland Institute Metis Centre of Excellence is full of classroom resources. Rupertsland Centre for Teaching and Learning is dedicated to always finding new resources to help engage students of all ages with Metis education.

A guide to the growing movement of reclamation for Indigenous storytellers, through the technology and modern forms of online gaming, comic books, animation and transmedia. These resources are specifically sourced for kids, all are from Indigenous and FNMI (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) creators from across Turtle Island, and all aim to eliminate negative stereotypes of Indigenous peoples as seen throughout pop culture.

Kookum's Red Shoes is a children's picture book from well-known children's author Peter Eyvindson. In this story, an Elder, Kookum, tells about her experiences as a child attending a Catholic-run residential school. As a child growing up in a loving family, Kookum recalls seeing a movie called The Wizard of Oz. Like Dorothy, Kookum is taken up into a wild and scary tornado as she is whisked away from her home into a foreign residential school. She had to leave her lovely red shoes behind. The story follows Kookum's at residential school and she finds her beautiful red shoes are too small when she eventually returned to her home community. This story makes a fine introduction for elementary students into the experience of one Elder who endured the trauma of residential school. By introducing the reader to the magical story of Oz the author creates a new approach to this difficult subject.