Indigenous Resources
in the FMSS Library
We would like to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
Two Row Wampum Belt
The Two Row Wampum is one of the oldest treaty relationships between the Onkwehonweh (original people) of Turtle Island (North America) and European immigrants...[Initially, the Europeans] proposed a patriarchal relationship with themselves as fathers and the Haudenosaunee people as children. According to Kanien’kehá:ka historian Ray Fadden, the Haudenosaunee rejected this notion and instead proposed:
“We will not be like Father and Son, but like Brothers. [Our treaties] symbolize two paths or two vessels, travelling down the same river together. One, a birchbark canoe, will be for the Indian People, their laws, their customs, and their ways. The other, a ship, will be for the white people and their laws, their customs, and their ways. We shall each travel the river together, side by side, but in our own boat. Neither of us will make compulsory laws nor interfere in the internal affairs of the other. Neither of us will try to steer the other’s vessel.”
For more information see Tom Keefer's article, "A short introduction to the Two Row Wampum". A print copy is also available for your use.
Digital Resources & Databases
Learn 360 contains the eight-part docu-drama series, 1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus. The series creates a scientific and cultural narrative of Indigenous origins and reveals a world that represents the authentic pre-contact history of the Americas.
Presented from an Indigenous perspective, the series is a journey along a timeline that dates from 20,000 years ago to 1491. The origins and history of ancient Indigenous societies in North, Central and South America are interpreted by leading Indigenous scholars and cultural leaders in the fields of archaeology, art history, ethnology, genetics, geology, and linguistics.
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Databases have access to periodicals that are not available online. Here's a recent article sharing the voices of residential school survivors:
"The Survivor's Circle" from Canadian Geographic.
Permalink: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN=126010680
Explora Database: Mitchell, Alanna. "The SURVIVORS Circle. (Cover Story)." Canadian Geographic, vol. 137, no. 6, Nov/Dec2017, pp. 65-72. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN=126010680.
Medicine Wheel Carpet
"In many Indigenous cultures, the Medicine Wheel...metaphor contains all of the traditional teachings and can therefore be used as a guide on any journey, including the educational process. While there is some variation in its teachings and representations, the underlying web of meaning to Medicine Wheels remains the same: the importance of appreciating and respecting the ongoing interconnectedness and interrelatedness of all things."
from Nicole Bell's article, "Teaching by the Medicine Wheel"
More here:
https://www.edcan.ca/articles/teaching-by-the-medicine-wheel/
Maps & Giant Floor Maps
We are in the process of acquiring maps for circulation. They include/will include:
- First Nations and Treaties
- Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada
- They Would Not Take Me There - Champlain map
See the Social Studies/Canadian and World Studies curriculum page for more information.
FMSS Indigenous Collection
Indigenous Education (CISS)
On the Peel Indigenous Education page, you will find a variety of resources and links to support you in your ongoing efforts to practise a culturally responsive approach to First Nation, Métis and Inuit education in your classroom.
Online Resources
Here are a few links that have been shared with me.
Indian Horse the movie:
http://www.indianhorse.ca/en/education
94 Calls to Action:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truth-and-reconciliation-94-recommendations-1.3362258
Ehtical Standards & Anishnaabe Art:
https://www.oct.ca/resources/categories/ethical-standards-anishnaabe-art
A link from the artist and his explanations of his work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D4m-7p05Ws
Tobacco Offering Protocol:
https://carleton.ca/indigenous/resources/tobacco-offering-protocol/
Anglican Residential Schools:
https://www.anglican.ca/tr/histories/mohawk-institute/
Was there a residential school near you?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/residential-school-interactive-map-beyond-94-1.4693413
Finding Cleo podcast:
Thank yous
Image Credits
Cartier claiming Canada for France. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1358941/1/132_1358941/cite. Accessed 25 Sep 2018.
Four directions medicine wheel made of painted rocks located on the Fort Berthold Indian reservation of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara all known as the Three Affiliated Tribes.. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/110_1319835/1/110_1319835/cite. Accessed 17 Sep 2018.
North America, 3D artwork. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 2 Mar 2017.
quest.eb.com/search/132_1438016/1/132_1438016/cite. Accessed 25 Sep 2018.
STONE CARVING. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016.
quest.eb.com/search/149_2025733/1/149_2025733/cite. Accessed 17 Sep 2018.
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