Bibliography - Treaties
Reed, Kevin. Aboriginal Peoples: Building for the Future. Oxford University Press Canada, 1999.
Office of the Treaty Commissioner
The Just Society and Aboriginal Peoples ( a discussion of the 1969 White Paper)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau: An Aboriginal Retrospective
The Office of the Treaty Commissioner
Bob, Geraldine, Gary Marcuse, Deanna Nyce and Lorna Williams. First Nations: The Circle Unbroken- (Video and Teacher’s Guide). National Film Board of Canada, 1993.
Bob, Geraldine, Gary Marcuse, Deanna Nyce and Lorna Williams. First Nations: The Circle Unbroken- (Video and Teacher’s Guide). National Film Board of Canada, 1993.
Reed, Kevin. Aboriginal Peoples: Building for the Future. Oxford University Press Canada, 1999.
Social Studies: A Curriculum Guide for the Middle Level (Gr. 7). Saskatchewan Education, 1999.
Office of the Treaty Commissioner
Aboriginal Self-Government (a document) published by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa, Ontario, November 1997).
Archibald, J. et. al. (1993). Courageous Spirits: Aboriginal Heroes of Our Children, Teacher’s Guide. Mokakit Education Research Association, Theytus Books Ltd., Penticton, B.C.
The Circle of Life: First Nations Content & Perspective for Middle Years Students, an inservice, February 23, 1996, Maureen Johns Simpson, Indian and Métis Consultant, Regina Public Schools.
The First Peoples: Constitutional Review Commission (no date).
Indian and Métis Resource List for K - 12, Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment, March 1994
The Sacred Tree (1982). Four Worlds Development Project, distributed by Four Directions International, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Williams, Lorna (1991). Sima7: Come Join Me A Teachers’ Guide.
Office of the Treaty Commissioner
12 Principles of Indian Philosophy
Audio-Visual Resources
The following materials may be beneficial when teaching about treaties:
Treaty Indian Gr 4 - 9 color 20 mins
Shows how Canada acquired land from the Indians by treaty. There are eleven treaties in Western Canada, six of them in Saskatchewan.
Our Sacred Land Gr 7 - 12 colour 30 mins
Tells the story of native people's struggle to protect places sacred to their religion and way of life. Told from a native point of view.
Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Co Gr 9 - 12 colour 42 min
The tricentennial of the Hudson's Bay Company was no cause for celebration in the eyes of Canada's Native people. In this video they tell their side of the story. The documentary looks at the exploitative practices of the Company and the consequences which are still being felt today.
National: Residential Schools Gr 7 - 12 colour 20 mins
A complete examination of Indian Residential Schools in Canada including historical footage, interviews and a contemporary comment.
Native Religious Traditions: The Sacred Circle Gr 9 - 12 Colour 30 mins
The circle is an important concept in Plains Indians' religious traditions. Here, it is shown that a sense of cycles underlies the attitudes regarding the creation of the earth and the role of mankind in creation,.
Native Religious Traditions: The Sacred Circle Recovery Gr 9 - 12 colour 30 mins
Describes how Indian religious practice and thought were suppressed with the movement of Christian society into the west. However, Indian people have continued to make a variety of efforts to recover and preserve their religious traditions.
Justice Autochtone Gr 6 - 12 Colour 25 mins
The First Nations' sentencing circle is a natural and just way of dealing with offenders.