Learning Resources

History 

• Indigenous Peoples: North America: Collections from Canadian and American institutions, providing insight into the cultural, political and social history of Indigenous Peoples from the seventeenth into the twentieth century.

Reconciliation Information

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
• CBC Beyond 94 Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
• Canadian Federation of Library Associations, Indigenous Matters

Web Resources

• CBC Docs: Canadians have been breaking their promises to Indigenous People
  • Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard narrates a history of Indigenous peoples in the prairies and their relationship with the government, focusing on the events of the late nineteenth century.  
• KAIROS Blanket Exercise: An educational workshop to help people understand the shared history of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.   
  • Welcome to the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
  • The Blanket Exercise: Indigenous Perspectives
• Indigenous Canada: A free 12-lesson Massive Open Online course from the University of Alberta. It explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. 

Classrooms

• The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities on First Nations in Canada, Ages 4-7   
• Shattering the Silence: The Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan 
• Think Indigenous – Online Indigenous Education K-8. These educators are taking their Indigenous teachings online via Facebook, with science, math and storytelling classes for students who are out of school.

Download the NIHM colouring page, colour it, and display your finished art on your front window to show your support for National Indigenous History Month!