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First Nations, Metis, Inuit Resources

Creating Projects with a First Nations, Métis or Inuit Focus - This learning guide is designed for teachers, learning coaches and school leaders. It explains how to design and engage students in projects that begin with inquiry and end with a product, performance or service that is shared with an authentic audience. This guide is intended to be used as a toolkit, rather than as a step-by-step prescription.

Alberta Treaty Road Trip - This video series captures the experiences of seven students going on a road trip to learn about treaties in Alberta.

We Are All Treaty People Map - This map shows the approximate area and locations of treaty land and the encompassing First Nation language groupings of Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Stoney, Nakoda, Sioux and Blackfoot tribes and nations. Métis settlements are included and indicated within their designated Métis Nation of Alberta.

We Were Children - the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. Warning: Must preview. This film contains disturbing content and is recommended for audiences 16 years of age and older.

Angry Inuk - In her award-winning documentary, director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins a new tech-savvy generation of Inuit as they campaign to challenge long-established perceptions of seal hunting.

Documentary - Wawahte: Stories of Residential School Survivors

Wawahte is an educational documentary based on the book of the same title by Robert P. Wells, first published in 2012. It tells the story of Indian Residential Schools from the perspective of three of its survivors.