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- Handling Aboriginal Studies Curriculum Appropriately
by Ann Pohl, CAAS Coordinator (Canadian)
This article addresses the appropriate content and delivery of Aboriginal perspective history, culture and current issues curriculum in elementary and secondary 'mainstream' schools across Canada. Individual teacher's issues and questions are discussed below, and a collective initiative to pursue this work is also identified.
- A Voice From The Shore
~ Sharing the Story of First Nations People with Junion/Intermediate Teachers and Students ~
by Susan Dion Fletcher, M.Ed. (Lenape)
From the "Introduction" to this paper: "For well over 300 years, First Nations people in Canada have been resisting oppression by the dominant Euro-Canadian population. In particular, the past twenty-five years have seen a sustained co-ordinated effort... In spite of their efforts, the inequality that continues to plague Indigenous people in this country is overwhelming. Our resistance alone is insufficient to end the oppression. Transforming a relationship based on domination to one based on equality and justice can not be accomplished unilaterally... The non-First Nations people of Canada must accept responsibility for their role in accomplishing change. This must include recognizing the legacy of injustice and its implications for the present and the future. My teaching practice is an attempt to contribute to the establishment of an equitable relationship between First Nations and non-First Nations people in Canada. It involves sharing post-contact history from a First Nations perspective with non-First Nations elementary and secondary school students..."
>>> Here on the CAAS website, this paper is currently available only in Word document format, which can be read online or downloaded for reading purposes. Of course, copyright remains with the author - who is a member of the CAAS Advisory Group - so please follow all appropriate protocols. If you can't read the document in Word, please contact us with a request for another format: caas@edu.yorku.ca
- Excerpts from the final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
It's an excellent anti-bias reference source. Unfortunately it is out-of-print, a matter of great concern to CAAS members. However, it is available in most major reference libraries, and can be found (and searched) on-line at www.indigenous.bc.ca/search.asp. There is an excellent teacher's guide available in the CD-ROM version. For further questions about how to use the RCAP Report as a resource, please address you query to RCAP HELP at caas@edu.yorku.ca
- A Partial Bibliography on Residential Schools
The emotional, physical, mental, spiritual and sexual abuse that several generations of Aboriginal children experienced in Residential Schools must be addressed by Canadians in order to develop lasting, positive relationships with the First Peoples of this land. Teachers often find it difficult to broach this topic in their classrooms, and so we have separated out a beginning list of resources that you might find helpful. As you enter into this learning experience with your student, you may find or develop other resources - please share them with us so that others can also benefit from them.
- Aboriginal Peoples: Resources Pertaining to First Nations, Inuit and Metis
can be found at the website of the Manitoba Ministry of Education and Training (MET) at:
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/metks4/instruct/
iru/pubs/bibs/ae-index.html
It is an INCREDIBLE, excellent, comprehensive bibliography (in hard copy, it is 235 pages!) of resources, annotated as TR (teacher reference) and curricula for EY (early years), MY (middle years) and SY (senior years). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access it, but you can dopwnload this software for free from their site. You can also download Adobe Acrobat reader from this site. Scroll down to the very bottom of the CAAS Website's Splash Page.
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