Here are a number of online Indigenous Resources to support your curriculum:
- Indigenous Storybooks. This site has a number of free Indigenous eBooks that are aimed at early primary level readers. Most of them are available in French and English, have audio and the ability to download the PDF.
- Canoe Kids. This is part of our district online learning resources and is also accessible through our school site. You will need our school login to access these resources (email me please if you don’t remember it).
- FNESC. This is the First Nations Education Steering Committee and it has a number of resources available including some recommendations for online learning.
- Know BC. This is the online edition of the Encyclopedia of British Columbia. There are a number of articles and loads of information about BC and Indigenous Peoples.
- First Voices. This site provides information about first languages and teaches words and phrases in a variety of BC languages.
- Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. There is an online version available of this atlas and it has a tonne of information. The reading level is for older students (grades 6+), but the information could be modified for younger learners.
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB). There are a variety of educational videos on this site and the videos should be previewed for age appropriate viewing. The “Education” section have a series of videos in an Indigenous Voices playlist found here.
- Martin Family Initiative. This organization was created to Indigenous education and support learning of Indigenous experiences. Their are a number of lessons available in both French and English.