Appendices

Sounds of Blackfoot - Sound Chart 

The Genius of the Blackfoot Grammar

Beautiful Words - Important Concepts for Teaching and Learning

Blackfoot Online Dictionary

Alberta Education Blackfoot Language & Culture Program of Study (K-12)

• interactive version

• pdf version

Other curricula, lessons, and materials:

• SFU Blackfoot Revitalization Project

• NCCIE Kainai Land Learning

• Galt Museum Blackfoot Language Workbook and Flashcards 

• Building Brains Together - Blackfoot Songs

• Calgary Public Library - Siksika Blackfoot language lesson video

• Two-Eyed Seeing - Learning Blackfoot from an Elder

• Blackfoot Word of the Week - by Chinook High School, featuring Canadian celebrities

Blackfoot Oral Stories Archive

Glenbow Museum Niitsitapiisini Virtual Exhibit

Blackfoot Graphic Novels (published by the Urban Society for Aboriginal Youth)

• Online video playlist

• Free hardcopies - with Augmented Reality interface - can be ordered by contacting USAY

Kainai Education Stories from Our Elders 

Napi and the Bull Berries 

A’pistotooki kii Ihkitsik Kaawa’pomaahkaa ("Creator and the Seven Animals, Why are we here?") -  written and read by Crystal Many Fingers

Conversation about Blackfoot Storytelling (video)

In Flanders Fields (Blackfoot translation, recited by Dr. Lena Russell)

• See also Naato'ipiksi Kendrick Fox sharing his story of his military service

Learning through Play

Blackfoot Language Games for the Classroom:

• Napi Awaaniiwa

• Ohkotoki, Panokáínattsi, Sisóya'tsiiksi

More Traditional Games:

• Blackfoot Traditional Games - Overview (created by Naato'ipiksi Ken Fox)

• Building Brains Together - Indigenous Games

• Native American Traditional Games (video produced by Montana Office of Public Instruction)

• Montana Traditional Games Unit (curriculum document)

Other Links:

• Where Are Your Keys

• Wellness for Culture

• Native Teaching Aids 

• Guidance on Physical Activity in Schools

Learning from the Land

Algonquian Linguistic Atlas

• Locate Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani on the map and listen to recordings of conversational phrases in the 3 dialects

Map of Blackfoot Confederacy Territory (Red Crow Community College)

Map of Blackfoot traditional territory (Glenbow Museum)

Káhsinnóoniksi: Learning from Place

Naapi's Garden: A Guide to Culturally Important Blackfoot Plants

Traditional Land Based Teachings by William Singer III

Traditional Indigenous Games Lesson Plan (Grades 4/5)

NCCIE lesson plan on introductions in the Blackfoot language

Blackfoot Online Dictionary

Beautiful Words - Important concepts for teaching and learning 

Numbers and counting:

• Small Number Counts to 100

• Kainai Board of Education - Blackfoot counting 1 to 20

• Blackfoot Numbers (Galt Museum)

Animals:

• Animals - vocabulary introduction and practice exercises (Galt Museum)

• Animals - Blackfoot language lessons (Blackfeet Indian Language Preservation Committee)

• Alphabet Animoves video

Directions

Seasons

Words associated with games and playing

Holy Spirit Catholic School Division - First Nations, Métis & Inuit Education

Walking Together - First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum

Indigenous Education for All (Padlet)

Four Directions Teachings

Brain Story Certification

Alberta Teachers Association - Resources for Indigenous Education

Alberta Teachers Supporting Each Other in the Spirit of Reconciliation (Facebook Group)

Elders' Room Documentary Film

Iitaapiskoo - Our Sacred Reminders (trailer) (full-length film)

Land as teacher: understanding Indigenous land-based education 

Two-Eyed Seeing Place-Based Learning Project