Indigenous Perspectives - Breakout #4 LKDSB April 2019 PA Day

Video of breakout session:

Here are the resources discussed in the presentation, plus a few more that teachers will find helpful for use in their classrooms.

Program Department Blog: Indigenous Content

• http://lkelempro.blogspot.com/search/label/indigenous

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Links

• Calls to Action
• Summary of the Final Report
• Survivours Speak: Stories of Surviviours of Residential Schools
• Principals of Truth and Reconciliation

Art Resources
Indigenous Arts and Stories

• http://www.our-story.ca/docs/EN_IAS_Learning_Tool_FINAL_for_website.pdf?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=mar2019

Contemporary Indigenous Musicians

• A Tribe Called Red
• Frank Waln
• Tanya Tagaq
• Dj Waln
• The Jerry Cans
• Jeremy Dutcher

Google will help you find more
CBC Radio
Indigenous Music

Art Resources:
Contemporary Indigenous Arts In the Classroom

• https://oaggao.ca/contemporary-indigenous-arts-classroom
• https://oaggao.ca/sites/default/files/webmaster/CIAC-English-Online-Compressed.pdf

Great resource!
The last lesson talks about appropriating symbols used in works of art.

Ophea

• https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tuo204cHMGjN06dER2vMuNafI4qLfrMz

This resource no longer found online.
We have downloaded all the PDFs and saved them in this Google Folder.

Kindergarten (And Primary)

• https://wordpress.oise.utoronto.ca/naturalcuriosity/

This is a really great resource on play-based/inquiry learning based on Indigenous Perspectives.

Isaac Murdoch and Christie Belcourt: Onaman Collective

• http://onamancollective.com/

Art posters: Water Is Life 

Indigenous Perspectives Educators Guide

• http://fb.historicacanada.ca/education/english/indigenous-perspectives/

A digital textbook - Indigenous Perspective Educators Guide - a phenomenal resource

Pow Wow Sweat

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZBx5cz0TA

This is the example of the Men’s Grass dance, but there are many other videos 

(Very) Short list of my current favourite books to share with classes

• Go Show the World by Wab Kinew
• http://goodminds.com/go-show-world-celebration-indigenous-heroes-hardcover-ed
• There are blog posts and teacher resources on this book on the Program Department Blog 
• The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson (again, Blog post, curriculum connections)
• There are blog posts and teacher resources on this book on the Program Department Blog 
• As Long as the Rivers Flow by Larry Loyie
• http://goodminds.com/long-rivers-flow-last-summer-residential-school-paper-ed
• Resource: http://firstnationswriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Rivers-Study.pdf 
• When We Were Alone by David A Robertson
• http://goodminds.com/when-we-were-alone-hardcover-ed-2018-fncr
• Program Department blog posts about residential school 
• Speaking Our Truth by Tasha Henry
• http://goodminds.com/speaking-our-truth-journey-reconciliation-hardcover-ed-2018-fncr
• Order the teacher guide here: https://www.orcabook.com/Speaking-Our-Truth-Teacher-Guide-P4026.aspx

Resources for your own learning on Indigenous Histories and contemporary perspectives

• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
• (LKDSB book club: https://21thingsbookclublkdsb.blogspot.com/)
• 7 Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
• My Conversations With Canadian by Lee Maracle

When teaching about the histories of First Nation, Metis and Inuit people please remember to use resources created by Indigenous People. It is important to share the perspectives, voices, and stories of Indigenous people and ensure we are sharing true, accurate history.