Indigenous Education K-12

Language Resources

The Common Curriculum Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Culture Programs: K - 12 (Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education)
Offers frameworks reflecting values and beliefs inherent in Aboriginal cultures for teachers developing language and culture resources.
Yinka Déné Language Institute (YDLI)
Language and training resources for the Yinka Déné language and culture.
Dene Kede Teacher's Resource Manual (NWT Ministry of Education)
Outlines teaching of Dene curriculum focusing on language and culture from a Dene worldview.
Katiqsugat: Inuit Early Learning Resources (ITK)
Policy manuals, teaching tools, activity kits and research on Inuit early childhood development. Available in English, Inuttitut, Inuktitut and ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ.

Language Apps

File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council Education Department
Indigenous language apps from Treaty 4 territory in Saskatchewan.
First Peoples' Heritage Language and Culture Council Apps (BC Focus)
First Peoples' Heritage Language and Culture Council produces a great variety of language apps.
Honour Water
"Honour Water is a singing game for healing water available for free on iPads that passes on songs in Anishinaabemowin, the Anishinaabe language."
Maskwacis Cree Language App
This Maskwacis Cree language app is from the Samson Cree Nation.
Ogoki Learning Systems Apps
Ogoki Learning Systems produces a wide variety of Indigenous language and gaming apps; includes BC First Nations languages.
Thornton Media Apps
Produces Indigenous Language Apps for a variety of First Nations groups across Canada.
Nadleh Stella Dakleh Language App
Learn about the language, cultural practices, ceremony, and traditional lands of Nadleh and Stellat'en First Nation.

Subject Headings

Subject headings are a tool designed to help researchers find similar materials. These are only some examples of the many subject headings that X̱wi7x̱wa Library uses. Spend a few minutes exploring them when you find a book in the catalogue that supports your research.

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