These lesson plans relate to Indigenous ways of knowing and being through building relationships to the natural world and understanding the past in order to foster healing and resiliency. Some lessons demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge can support a deeper understanding of the land and the changes that are a result of climate change. Others are focused on remembering ancestors, understanding treaties and exploring culture through traditional land-based practices (such as hunting, gathering medicines, weaving, drumming, shelter building, tree tapping, etc.).
This lesson plan involves the process of cooking bison brains. In Part 6 of the Buffalo Hide Tanning and Teachings Video series, the Buffalo Peoples Art Institute share how to brain a hide. This le...
Biology, History, Indigenous Language, On-the-Land, Social Studies, ScienceThis is about learning the art of tanning hide from Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway and Lorne Kequahtooway of the Buffalo People Arts Institute. They will walk us through the process with each video cr...
History, On-the-Land, Nutrition, Social Studies, Biology, Art, Chemistry, Health, Indigenous LanguageThis lesson is about Bison Teachings and the origin of the Bison Rock that once sat in Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle Valley. It is about how the rock came to be through the story of Buffalo Child. Buff...
Archaeology, Art, History, Social Studies, Literacy and Literature, On-the-LandGrade: 10 [11, 12, Post-Secondary, Youth (up to age 30), Families / Parents]
2:15
Creation Stories is a community-based research project that focuses on personal interviews with Elders and Knowledge Keepers who share their life experience stories to help expectant and new parent...
Family and Parenting, Teacher TrainingGrade: Families / Parents [Early Childhood Education, Post-Secondary, Professional Development/Continuing Education]
20:00
This lesson includes two activites. The first is on how to harvest the spruce gum, and the second is on how to prepare the spruce gum to use as medicine tea. Within this teaching, students will lea...
Health, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, On-the-LandGrade: Youth (up to age 30) [Families / Parents, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Professional Development/Continuing Education, Post-Secondary, Early Childhood Education]
6:00
This lesson plan focuses on how the Dene practice consent with the land when harvesting spruce boughs for their wall tents. This lesson was taught to students at a Dechinta land-based semester on M...
History, Traditional Medicines, On-the-LandGrade: Youth (up to age 30) [Families / Parents, 3, 6, 9, 12, 1, 4, 7, 10, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, 2, 5, 8, 11, Post-Secondary, Professional Development/Continuing Education]
3:30
This lesson plan is part of a series of four Gatherings shared with NCCIE from the book 'Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin's People ~ Stories of Indigenou...
Health, Art, Family and Parenting, History, Performing Arts or Drama, Civics, Indigenous Language, Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & BeingGrade: 12 [Professional Development/Continuing Education, Youth (up to age 30), 10, 11, Post-Secondary]
0:50
This lesson plan is part of a series of four Gatherings shared with NCCIE from the book 'Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin's People ~...
History, Indigenous Language, Social Studies, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Careers, Literacy and LiteratureGrade: 12 [10, 11, Youth (up to age 30), Post-Secondary, Professional Development/Continuing Education]
0:50
This lesson plan is part of a series of four Gatherings shared with NCCIE from the book 'Spirit of the Island - Manitoulin's People ~ Stories of Indigenous-Settler Historical ...
Health, History, Civics, Indigenous Language, Social Studies, Nutrition, On-the-LandGrade: 12 [10, 11, Youth (up to age 30), Post-Secondary, Professional Development/Continuing Education]
0:50
This lesson plan is part of a series of four Gatherings shared with NCCIE from the book ‘Spirit of the Island: Manitoulin’s People ~ Stories of Indigenou...
History, Civics, Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Social Studies, Health, Indigenous LanguageGrade: 12 [10, 11, Youth (up to age 30), Post-Secondary, Professional Development/Continuing Education]
0:50