National Indigenous History Month Resources

• We Were Not the Savages by Daniel Paul
• First Peoples in Canada by Alan D. McMillan and Eldon Yellowhorn
• 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act by Bob Joseph - Also check out Bob Joseph's blog.

Kindergarten/Primary Resources:

• Kids CBC Indigenous History Rap
• What does Indigenous mean?
• How to be an Ally during National Indigenous History Month - CBC Kids

• Primary

• Primary French

• A Book a Day 

Junior/Intermediate Resources:

• National Indigenous History Month - CBC Kids

Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• National Indigenous History Month - Why It’s Important

• Phil Fontaine: Canada’s Three Founding Nations video 

Junior/Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• How to refer to Indigenous Peoples

• National Indigenous History Month
• Stories of the Longest Days of the Year - Isaac Murdoch

• Série de vidéos pour célébrer ce mois - English with French subtitles

• I Hope by Monique Gray Smith *FR J'espère
• Encounter by Brittany Luby
• The Sharing Circle by Theresa Corky Larsen-Jonasson, Allison Parker *FR Le cercle de partage

• Spirit Bear & Friends – A Love We Know

Junior Resources:

• Spirit Bear & Friends – A Love We Know 

Junior/Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• Paul Seesequasis - Indigenous archive art exhibit + see his book Blanket Toss Under the Midnight Sun – Portraits of Everyday Life in Eight Indigenous Communities
• Cindy Blackstock - Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations child welfare

Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• Autumn Peltier
• Cindy Blackstock - Reconciliation: Mere co-existence, New Foundation, or Mutual Celebration? - Video 
• Interview with Beedahbin Peltier on empowering students to connect with Indigenous knowledges
• Jesse Thistle
• Wab Kinew  (plus his book: Walking in Two Worlds)
• Jody Wilson Raybold (Books: ‘Indian’ in the Cabinet and True Reconciliation

• First Nations and Family Caring Society 

• Governor General of Canada - Mary Simon *FR
• Science North video (Indigenous STEM: From Canoes to NASA with Dominic Beaudry)
• You Were Chosen To Be Here - Matt Epp & Isaac Murdoch ft. Shannon Paul 
• Aysanabee (Singer/Song writer)- We Were Here and live from the Junos featuring Northern Cree
• Alanis Obomsawin
• RoseAnne Archibald elected 1st female national chief of Assembly of First Nations
• Cherie Dimaline

• The Day I Became Number 54 by Lorrie Gallant
• Go Show the World by Wab Kinew *FR Héros Autochtones
• Beautiful You, Beautiful Me by Tasha Spillett-Sumner *FR Belle comme toi, belle comme moi
• When We are Kind by Monique Gray Smith *FR Nous sommes gentils
• With Our Orange Hearts by Phyllis Webstad *FR Avec nos coeurs oranges
• Meet Tom Longboat by Elizabeth MacLeod *FR Voici Tom Longboat
• What's My Superpower? - by Aviaq Johnston *FR Quel est mon superpouvoir?

Language: 

• Ojibwe Counting Song

Land:

• Indigenous History - Oshawa 
• Indigenous Voices for Earth Day Video
• Symbols We Recognize versus plants
• TVO Series Secrets of the Forest with Joe Pitawanakwat

Language - Junior/Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• Mapping Indigenous Languages in Canada

Land - Junior/Intermediate Resources:

• Indigenous History - Oshawa 
• Indigenous Voices for Earth Day Video
• Symbols We Recognize versus plants  

Land - Junior/Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• Land Acknowledgment – Conversation Starter; Baroness Von Sketch
• Jake Skeets: Daybreak (Poem and analysis from Poetry Unbound) 
• Bob Randall, Yankunytjatjara elder of Australia - Do We Own the Land video. 

Land - Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• Magnificent Peel Watershed protected for future generations
• Invasive plants affect our way of life — here’s how we can lessen the impacts
• Proposed national park in Peel River watershed enters feasibility stage

Language:

• Emma Stevens sings Blackbird in Mi’kmaq (Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk)
• International Decade of Indigenous Languages
• TRACKS - Indigenous Languages
• Margaret Noodin Gimaazinibii’amoon (A Message to You) (Poetry Unbound)
• Elisapie - Taimangalimaaq (Time After Time in Inuktitut) and Heart of Glass
• Ojibwe Resources
• NFB - Indigenous Languages Playlist
• Ontario First Nation legislator makes history at Queen's Park
• Vidéo: Le 21 juin, c'est la journée national des peuples autochtones! 

Land:

• Learn about the land on which you live. Explore territories/treaties/languages: https://native-land.ca/
• David Robertson speaking about his book - On The Trapline (in school libraries)

Language:

• You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith *FR Tu es là pour moi
• Way Back Then by Neil Christopher
• We All Play by Julie Flett *FR Tout le monde joue
• Nibi is water by Joanne Roberston translated by Shirley Williams and Isadore Toulouse
• It's a Mitig by Bridget George
• Meennunyakaa / Blueberry Patch by Jennifer Leason, translated by Norman Chartrand
• The Giving Tree by Leah Dorion, translated by Norman Fleury

Land:

• On the Trapline by David Roberston *FR Linge de Trappe
• Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince *FR Laisse un bel héritage
• Berry Song by Michaela Goade *FR La mélodie des petits fruits
• Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola I. Campbell *FR Debout comme une grand cèdre
• This is How I Know: A Book About Seasons by Brittany Luby *FR La terre me parle: un livre sur les saisons
• Lesson from Mother Earth by Elaine McLeod
• We Give Our Thanks by Sara General Odadrihonyanisoh

Junior/Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• 7 young people sued Ontario over its climate policy. This week, they made their case

Intermediate/Senior Resources:

• University of Waterloo to waive tuition fees for Indigenous students

Resources for All Grades:

• Gardening With A Purpose: How You Can Honour Residential School Survivors
• Check out The Indigenous Foundation (TIF)
• Take the free course Home on Native Land
• Take the free course Indigenous Canada from the University of Alberta
• Tracks Program
• Take the Facing History and Ourselves course Stolen Lives (Teaching the History and Legacies of Canada’s Residential Schools)
• Follow Indigenous people on social media and amplify voices: 

• When We Were Alone by David Robertson *FR Quand on était seuls

• Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas
• Birdsong by Julie Flett *FR Mon amie Agnès
• Dakota Talks about Treaties by Kelly Crawford, Isadore Toulouse Bebamikawe, Shirley Williams *FR Dakota parle des traités
• When I was Eight by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton *FR Quand j'avais huit ans

Government of Canada Websites - English and French content available:

• Indigenous History
• Government of Canada: National Indigenous History Month *FR/EN
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
• Indigenous People Who Inspire Us
• Reconciliation
• Commemorative Promotional Resources Available