From Apology to Reconciliation: Residential School Survivors was developed in response to the Government of Canada’s formal apology to Indigenous people who attended residential schools. The project was created to help Manitoba students in Grades 9 and 11 understand the history of the residential school experience, its influence on contemporary Canada, and the responsibilities of Canadian citizens.

A collection of games, activities and other teaching resources that teach about a variety of topics including interesting facts about First Nations, Inuit and Métis culture, history, culture and present-day lives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada, traditional spiritual practices, Residential Schools, present-day concerns and achievements of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, and First Nations, Métis or Inuit technologies. Many of the games are available both online and as printable PDF versions, for example the Memory Game featuring items invented or discovered by First Nations and Inuit. The Turtle Island "tour" game comes with a printable quiz. The website also includes lesson plans to accompany some of the games. This is a federal government resource.

From the main page, under the "Resources" tab, teachers will find three other tabs ("FNMI Teaching and Learning Resources,""Indigenous Education: Pedagogy to Practice Videos," and "Treaty Education") containing a plethora of resourcse having to do with Indigenous cultures and histories as well as Residential Schools and Treaties, including Summaries of Pre-1975 Treaties and the Numbered Treaties as well as resourcse about the concept of treaties generally. This website provides lesson plans and discussion questions for grades K-8, videos, learning activities, maps, and further reading.

The 2014 Ontario Budget and the mandate letter to the then Minister of Aboriginal Affairs committed to moving forward with a Treaty Strategy that would, among other things, retivalize treaty relationships. In response, the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation engaged an independent Indigenous facilitator to lead forum discussions with Indigenous peoples across Ontario, inviting members from Indigenous communities and organizations to share their perspectiveson treaties. The facilitators took handwritten notes and produced a facilitator’s report, from which this report was written. This report summarizes what was expressed at the treaty forums and can be used as a discussion tool; it represents a master summary of community voices and includes additional resources and teaching tools created by Indigenous partners or through partnerships with the Government of Ontario.

« En juillet 1990, un litige autour d’un terrain de golf qui serait construit sur des terres kanien'kéhaka (mohawks) à Oka ouvrait la voie à une confrontation historique qui ferait les manchettes internationales et s’imprimerait dans la conscience collective du pays. La réalisatrice Alanis Obomsawin — tantôt avec une petit équipe, tantôt seule — a passé 78 jours derrière les barricades kanien'kéhaka pour filmer l’affrontement armé entre les manifestants, la Sûreté du Québec et l’armée canadienne. Sorti en 1993, ce documentaire phare a été vu dans le monde entier, remportant plus d’une douzaine de prix internationaux et entrant dans l’histoire du Festival international du film de Toronto, où il est devenu le premier documentaire à remporter le prix du meilleur long métrage canadien. Jesse Wente, directeur du Bureau des productions audiovisuelles autochtones, en parle comme d’un “moment charnière dans l’histoire du cinéma des Premiers Peuples” » (Description tirée de l’ONF).

The vast open plains of the prairies drew thousands of settlers to the Canadian West. But what of the people who already inhabited these lands? The federal government promised to care for the Indigenous people in perpetuity and in return, the nomadic peoplos would sign treaties, settle on reserves, and learn to be farmers. Many Indigenous people, including those led by Chief Cowessess, camped and hunted in the Cypress Hills where there was plenty of game, water, and wood. Forced out of the Hills by the government and driven by hunger to a reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Cowessess and his people were successful farmers, but they had little control over what was supposed to be their land. The story of life on reserves after treaty is a story of power: the power of Indian Affairs. Indian agents controlled every aspect of life on and off reserve - the dreaded pass system and permission slips needed to sell farm produce, or not as it suited the agents; the instructors whose job it was to transform hunters into farmers; the Residential school system, and the questionable surrender of reserve land. Yet, this book does not make a political statement. It does not judge the actions of the government, its agents, or anyone else. In an impartial voice, this book relates things as they were, and points to the many successes of Indigenous peoples despite the many challenges they faced. This book is a story of triumph over adversity and oppression. In this very personal account of life on an Indian reserve and in Residential schools, Harold LeRat, with the assistance of writer Linda Ungar, relates the history of the Cowessess people based on stories told by elders, research he did in connection with the land surrender, and his own recollections. In many ways, this book provides a look at the Indian reality of the lives of many First Nations peoples and the development of reserves on the Prairies. Anyone interested in the history of the west will treasure this book.

A great list of resources for teachers with descriptions. Topics covered include, among others: Treaties 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10, Saskatchewan Elders, spiritual principles of peace and sharing, the Seven Years War, Oka, and present day events, from First Nations, Inuit and Métis perspectives.

Comme plusieurs qui viennet de Kahnawake, Harold McComber est spécialiste en montage de l'acier et travaille à des hauteurs vertigineuses sur les grands chantiers. Ce court métrage documentaire nous emmène avec lui, en équilibre sur les poutres d’un gratte-ciel à New York. À travers l’activité du chantier de construction, on voit aussi des images de ses souvenirs et de ses désirs, c’est-à-dire la quiétude de la réserve de Kahnawake près de Montréal.