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Each month we will be highlighting new authentic Indigenous resources. These are just suggested recommendations. Reviews of all the print resources have been completed using the FNESC review process. Descriptions are from the publisher websites.
Please find an archive of these resources at the bottom of the page.
Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story
Author: Kim Senklip Harvey
Publisher: Talon Books
Grades: 5+
This story follows two urban Indigenous sisters and a lawless trickster who face our world head-on as they come to terms with what it means to honour who they are and where they come from. But how to go about discovering yourself when Christopher Columbus allegedly already did that? Bear witness to the courage of these women as they turn to their ancestors for help in reclaiming their power in this ultimate transformation story.
MOA From Home: For Teachers
Author: Museaum of Anthropology
Publisher: Website - online resources and lessons
Grades: 3+, Professional
MOA’s Education department has been busy compiling lesson ideas that bring world cultures, new ideas and new experiences into the home classroom. Prepared lessons and online resources include topics:
*Musqueam Teaching Kit
*Voices of the Canoe
*Language
*Territories
Resources: LINK HERE
Borders
Author: Thomas King
Publisher: Harper Collins
Grades: 4+
A powerful graphic-novel adaptation of one of Thomas King’s most celebrated short stories, Borders explores themes of identity and belonging, and is a poignant depiction of the significance of a nation’s physical borders from an Indigenous perspective.
Aggie & Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children
Author: Wendy Proverbs
Publisher: Wandering Fox Box (Heritage House)
Grades: 6+
When Maddy discovers an old photograph of two little girls in her grandmother’s belongings, she wants to know who they are. Nan reluctantly agrees to tell her the story, though she is unsure if Maddy is ready to hear it. The girls in the photo, Aggie and Mudgy, are two Kaska Dena sisters who lived many years ago in a remote village on the BC–Yukon border. Like countless Indigenous children, they were taken from their families at a young age to attend residential school, where they endured years of isolation and abuse. Based on the true story of the author's biological mother and aunt.
Nibi's Water Song / Niba a soif, très soif
Author: Sunshine Tenasco
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Grades: 2+
World Water Day is March 22.
Nibi is the Anishinaabemowin word for water. In Nibi's Water Song , an Indigenous girl is on the search for clean water to drink.
Nibi is thirsty, so thirsty her mouth is clucking. Her joyful determination to find water carries an optimistic message about working together to bring change.
*available in French
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