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Bcaafc: Aboriginal Family Literacy Posters

For Students 9th - 10th
Four beautiful posters are available for download here. They feature First Nations people and promote aboriginal family literacy.
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Canada's National History Society : Fur Trade Stories: From 1867 to Present

For Students 9th - 10th
The main site is huge with interactive links to different time periods, archival documents, photos,and artifacts. This section focuses on the time period 1867 - to Present. The building and growing of Canada through immigration,railway,...
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Lil'wat Nation: Welcome to the Lil'wat Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a glimpse into the Lil'wat Nation, one of the four First Nations groups helping to host the Vancouver Olympics. Touching archival photographs blend with present day ones to reveal an excellent view of the people and their world.
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A Web of Understanding: Ktunaxa Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ktunaxa Nation were the first group to inhabit the Kootenay area. With the coming of Europeans, they suffered enormous prejudice, even more so that immigrants from other lands. See original documents, news articles and photographs...
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Calgary Board of Education: The Blackfoot Nation or Siksika People

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, developed for a grade two and three collaborative project, is an excellent research tool for elementary students studying the history and customs of the Blackfoot and Siksika people.
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International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This multinational group strives to provide support to indigenous peoples around the world as they struggle to assert their rights.
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Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)

Royal British Columbia Museum: Thunderbird Park

For Students 3rd - 8th
This online exhibit explores the transformation of British Columbia's Thunderbird Park, a park established to display totem poles and other carvings by the First Nations' people. Interactive "maps" documenting the park's history from...
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Aboriginal Digital Collections: From the Bush to the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
An aboriginal photographer T displays his work at this resource. The photos cover many of the issues facing First Nations people today.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an introduction to the Aboriginal Peoples who live in Canada, also called "First Peoples." Learn about their history before and after colonization, treaties and legislation, the diverse cultures and their demographics.
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Metis National Council: Who Are the Metis?

For Students 9th - 10th
It was not until 2002 that the Metis people adopted a national definition of Metis for citizenship within the Metis Nation. Learn all about the history of the Metis,their culture, and their road to becoming recognized.
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Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Mavericks: Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know Alberta's most notable players in politics. Find out who these politicians were and are and what made them mavericks in western and Canadian politics. Included in this line-up are: Frederick Haultain, Henrietta Muir Edwards,...
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Alaska Native Knowledge Network: Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowle [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In response to concerns that aboriginal peoples and beliefs were being misrepresented or denigrated in subtle ways in Alaskan classrooms, this document was developed through consultation with First Nations Elders. It aims to provide...
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Archives of Ontario

The James Bay Treaty Turns 100

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit explores the events leading up to the signing of the James Bay Treaty, also known as Treaty No.9. Through this series on archival documents, photographs, and accompanying text, explore the impact of the James Bay...
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Terres en Vues (Land InSights)

Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Sylvain Rivard

For Students 9th - 10th
View works by Sylvain Rivard and learn how his background and linguistic skills make him an invaluable resource within the First Nations culture.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Sports and Recreation Edukit: Teacher Student Zone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson outcomes and instructional plans for both elementary and senior aged learners regarding the Sports and Recreation of the Aboriginal or Metis people are provided by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Tus: Aboriginal Traditions and Knowledge

For Students 9th - 10th
The TUS website examines the history and methodologies of land use by Aboriginal peoples. The Multimedia link is an excellent source of oral histories through interviews with elders as well as other knowledgeable people.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Profiles of the Treaty Makers

For Students 9th - 10th
The individuals who played a significant role in the signing of Treaty 8 are highlighted on this site by the Virtual Museum of Canada.
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National Park Service: Fort Raleigh: The Roanoke Voyages: A Mystery Story for Young People

For Students 4th - 8th
The history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is told in story form. It tells of the conflict between England and Spain to establish a foothold in the New World, the voyages arranged by Sir Walter Raleigh, the establishment of a...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the National Endowment for the Arts, an independent agency of the federal government, find information about its grants-to-artists programs, its national initiatives in support of the arts, and its publications and...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Lesson Plan: Martha Hughes Cannon

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Lesson plan on Martha Hughes Cannon, the first female state senator in U.S. history.
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First People of Tennessee: The Chickasaw and Their Cessions

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the methodical removal of the Chickasaw Indians from "their historic homeland." Site also provides a link to further information on the Chickasaw Nation.
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National Institutes of Health

U.s. National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science: Adrian Kantrowitz Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
Adrian Kantrowitz's life and scientific accomplishments are chronicled and catalogued in this extensive exhibition. Kantrowitz was famous for performing the first heart transplant in the United States, and for the life-saving inventions...
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Statistics Canada: 2006 Census: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
According to Canada's 2006 census, the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba had the highest urban, aboriginal population in Canada. Statistics for other urban and regional areas are included on this government site.
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Athabasca University: Centre for Language and Literature: Drew Hayden Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Drew Hayden Taylor is First Nations Canadian playwright. In addition to biographical information, there are links to bibliographies here.

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