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Books

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Achimoona

Achimoona, which means "stories" in Cree, is a collection of tales by Native writers for children ages eight and up. These stories are full of magic and music, ranging from realism to fantasy, adventure to allegory, set in the present but replete with echoes of the past (Publisher).
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Campbell, M. (1985). Achimoona. Saskatoon, SK: Fifth House Publishiing. ​
Achimoona. Teacher's Guide
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Alfred's Summer

The Alfred Reading Series is an illustrated five book series for children in Michif, Plains Cree and French with English Subtitles.  Through this set of storybooks focuses on alfred and his sister, Lisa, the reader will gain an appreciation of contemporary Aboriginal Culture (Publisher).
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Pelletier, D. (1992). Alfred's summer. Regina, SK: Gabriel Dumont Institute. ​
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Allen Sapp's Art:  Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond

​The kit includes a book, DVD, CD and Teacher’s guide to explore the First Nations Cree Culture through the eyes of artist Allen Sapp.
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​Office of the Treaty Commissioner. (2005). Allen Sapp's art: Through the eyes of the Cree and beyond. Saskatoon, SK: Office of
​the Treaty Commissioner.
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Bear Listens

Turtle Island Voices, grades 1-6, consist of ten titles per grade.  The series offers aboriginal children a unique opportunity to see themselves in their learning materials.  It is rooted in the concepts of inter-connectedness, respect for life, and the quest for a better future.  It offers all children the opportunity to recognize the role and contributions of Aboriginal peoples in the life, culture, and heritage of Canada (Publisher).
Cutting, R. (2011). Turtle Island Voices: Bear listens. Oakville, ON: Rubicon Publishing Inc.
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​The Big Storm (out of print)

Alfred shares his experience of a big storm. The Alfred Reading Series is an illustrated five book series for children in Michif, Plains Cree and French with English Subtitles.  Through this set of storybooks focuses on alfred and his sister, Lisa, the reader will gain an appreciation of contemporary Aboriginal Culture (Publisher).
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Pelletier, D. (1992). The big storm. Regina, SK: Gabriel Dumont Institute. ​
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​Buffalo Learns Respect

Turtle Island Voices, grades 1-6, consist of ten titles per grade.  The series offers aboriginal children a unique opportunity to see themselves in their learning materials.  It is rooted in the concepts of inter-connectedness, respect for life, and the quest for a better future.  It offers all children the opportunity to recognize the role and contributions of Aboriginal peoples in the life, culture, and heritage of Canada (Publisher).
Bouchard, D. (2011). Turtle Island Voices: Buffalo learns respect. Oakville, ON: Rubicon Publishing Inc.
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The Bulrush Helps the Pond (Out of Print)
​This dual language book (English and Swampy Cree) provides young readers with an appreciation of the fragility and interdependence of the Prairie wetland system.  It is especially rich in the links between traditional and western knowledge
Carriere, Ken (2002).  The Bulrush Helps the Pond.  Saskatoon, SK:  Gabriel Dumont Institute.
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The Circle of Life:  Grade One Teacher Resource for Science

Saskatoon Tribal Council. (1993). The circle of life: Grade one teacher resource for science. Saskatoon, SK: Saskatoon Tribal Council.
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​Did You Hear the Wind Sing Your Name?

Literacy program that provides experiences that emulate the real world of reading and writing. Activities are based on children's literature (Publisher).
Orie, S. (2002). Did you hear the wind sing your name? New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
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​Fawn Gets Her Spots

Turtle Island Voices, grades 1-6, consist of ten titles per grade.  The series offers aboriginal children a unique opportunity to see themselves in their learning materials.  It is rooted in the concepts of inter-connectedness, respect for life, and the quest for a better future.  It offers all children the opportunity to recognize the role and contributions of Aboriginal peoples in the life, culture, and heritage of Canada (Publisher).
Bouchard, D. (2011). Turtle Island Voices: Fawn gets her spots. Oakville, ON: Rubicon Publishing Inc.
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​How the Summer Came to Canada

This retelling of a Micmac Indian legend is freely based on the version in Canadian wonder tales, by Cyrus Macmillan (Publisher).
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​Toye, W., & Cleaver, E. (1969). How the summer came to Canada. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press.
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The Little Hummingbird
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My Family (Out of print)

Join a Métis family gathering for a feast as told through the eyes of a young child named Kona. My Family tells about the roles of different family members while they prepare to have the feast (Publisher).
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Condon, P. (2001). My family. Regina, SK: Gabriel Dumont Institute. ​
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​Night and Day

Turtle Island Voices, grades 1-6, consist of ten titles per grade.  The series offers aboriginal children a unique opportunity to see themselves in their learning materials.  It is rooted in the concepts of inter-connectedness, respect for life, and the quest for a better future.  It offers all children the opportunity to recognize the role and contributions of Aboriginal peoples in the life, culture, and heritage of Canada (Publisher).
Bouchard, D. (2011). Turtle Island Voices: Night and day. Oakville, ON: Rubicon Publishing Inc.
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​Powwow Summer:  A Family Celebrates the Circle of Life

In Powwow Summer, author Marcie R. Rendon and award-winning photographer Cheryl Walsh Bellville join the Anishinabe family of Sharyl and Windy Downwind as they travel to several North American powwows. Readers will learn how the Downwinds celebrate the circle of life and the tradition of their people through the ceremonies and dances of the powwow.
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Rendon, M. R., & Bellville, C. W. (2013). Powwow summer: A family celebrates the circle of life. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota
Historical Society Press.
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​Seasons of the Circle

Seasons of the Circle is a beautifully illustrated celebration of a Native American year. From Maliseet hunters following moose tracks to Cherokee people gathering berries in May, this is a hauntingly lyrical tribute by the team behind the award-winning Many Nations (Publisher).
Bruchac, J., & Goetzl, R. (2002). Seasons of the circle. Mahwah, NJ: Andrews McMeel.
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Seven Sacred Teachings

The Seven Sacred Teachings is a message of traditional values and hope for the future. The Teachings are universal to most First Nation peoples. These Teachings are seen in school communities from coast to coast across North America. They are a link that ties all Native, Inuit and Métis communities together (Publisher).
Bouchard, D., Martin, J., & Cameron, K. (2016). Seven sacred teachings. Victoria, BC: Crow Cottage.
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Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons

Lilly is a spunky little girl who delights in the pleasures of each season, peering inside shells in the summer and tasting different kinds of apples in the fall. A charming, subtle book by one of France’s premier children’s book authors, Lilly learns about the outdoors and introduces the youngest readers to the colors, words, shapes that arise in nature (Publisher).

Rosenstiehl, A. (2013). Silly Lilly and the four seasons. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
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The Song Within My Heart

Renowned Cree painter Allen Sapp's inspired and stunning artwork beautifully complements this sweet story of a young First Nations boy preparing for his first pow wow. The young boy's Nokum-his beloved grandmother-guides him through the exciting day and watches over him as events unfold. David Bouchard's rhythmic and informative text is based on remembrances from Allen Sapp's childhood (Publisher).
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Bouchard, D., & Sapp, A. (2002). A song within my heart. Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books.
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​The Story of the Rabbit Dance

In this story for young children, Métis trapper Jacques witnesses the creation of the “Rabbit Dance.ˮ Written by Jeanne Pelletier, illustrated by J.D. Panas, and translated in Michif-Cree by Rita Flamand, this book also contains an accompanying narration CD in English and Michif-Cree (Publisher).
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Pelletier, J. (2007). The story of the rabbit dance. Regina, SK: Gabriel Dumont Institute.
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Taking Care of Mother Earth
​While doing chores around the house, Grandma shares stories with Charlie about how to take care of Mother Earth.
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​Flett-Kruger, L., & Hamelin, M.-M. (2010). Taking care of Mother Earth. Penticton, BC: Theytus Books.
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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back

In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. These lyrical poems and striking paintings celebrate the wonder of the seasons, from the Northern Cheyenne's Moon of the Popping Trees to the Big Moon of the Abenaki (Publisher).
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Bruchac, J., & London, J. (1997). Thirteen moons on turtle's back: A Native American year of moons. New York, NY: Paperstar.
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We all count:  A Book of Cree Numbers
We All Count: A Book of Cree Numbers is a board book from Native Northwest featuring the artwork of Cree/Métis artist Julie Flett. In this basic counting book from 1 to 10, this bilingual board book introduces Plains Cree (y-dialect) and Swampy Cree (n-dialect) written in Roman orthography.
Flett, Julie (2014).  We All Count:  A Book of Cree Numbers. Vancouver, BC:  Native Northwest.
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​When the Shadbush Blooms

Today when a Lenape Indian girl ventures to the stream to fish for shad, she knows that another girl did the same generations before. Through the cycle of the seasons, what is important has remained: being with family, knowing when berries are ripe for picking, listening to stories in a warm home. 

Told by Traditional Sister and Contemporary Sister, each from her own time, this is a book about tradition and about change. Then and now are not so very different when the shadbush blooms (Publisher).
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Messinger, C., & Katz, S. (2007). When the shadbush blooms. New York, NY: Random House Childrens Books.
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Videos

Alfred's Summer

ROVER | Alfred's Summer

Alfred enjoys a summer visit with Moshom and Kokom at their house near the woods. He goes for long bike rides, sleeps in a tent and sits around a campfire roasting marshmallows and listens to Moshom's interesting stories about his youth. This video is an adaptation of the picture book written and illustrated by Darrell W.

ROVER | Alfred's Summer (Cree Version)

Alfred enjoys a summer visit with Moshom and Kokom at their house near the woods. He goes for long bike rides, sleeps in a tent and sits around a campfire roasting marshmallows and listens to Moshom's interesting stories about his youth. This video is an adaptation of the picture book written and illustrated by Darrell W.

ROVER | Alfred's Summer (Dakota Version)

Alfred enjoys a summer visit with Moshom and Kokom at their house near the woods. He goes for long bike rides, sleeps in a tent and sits around a campfire roasting marshmallows and listens to Moshom's interesting stories about his youth. This video is an adaptation of the picture book written and illustrated by Darrell W.

ROVER | Alfred's Summer (Dene Version)

Alfred enjoys a summer visit with Moshom and Kokom at their house near the woods. He goes for long bike rides, sleeps in a tent and sits around a campfire roasting marshmallows and listens to Moshom's interesting stories about his youth. This video is an adaptation of the picture book written and illustrated by Darrell W.

ROVER | Alfred's Summer (Saulteaux Version)

Alfred enjoys a summer visit with Moshom and Kokom at their house near the woods. He goes for long bike rides, sleeps in a tent and sits around a campfire roasting marshmallows and listens to Moshom's interesting stories about his youth. This video is an adaptation of the picture book written and illustrated by Darrell W.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. (n.d.). Alfred's summer [Video file]. Retrieved from
​https://rover.edonline.sk.ca/en/rover/videos/1563

Byron Through the Seasons

ROVER | Byron Through the Seasons

Produced by the students and teachers of Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche, this story highlights aspects of Dene culture that were vital in the past and are still important today. On a visit to school, Grandfather Jones describes activities such as fishing and hunting, moccasin sewing and cooking bannock over an open fire.

ROVER | Byron Through the Seasons (Cree Version)

Produced by the students and teachers of Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche, this story highlights aspects of Dene culture that were vital in the past and are still important today. On a visit to school, Grandfather Jones describes activities such as fishing and hunting, moccasin sewing, and cooking bannock over an open fire.

ROVER | Byron Through the Seasons (Dakota Version)

Produced by the students and teachers of Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche, this story highlights aspects of Dene culture that were vital in the past and are still important today. On a visit to school, Grandfather Jones describes activities such as fishing and hunting, moccasin sewing, and cooking bannock over an open fire.

ROVER | Byron Through the Seasons (Dene Version)

Produced by the students and teachers of Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche, this story highlights aspects of Dene culture that were vital in the past and are still important today. On a visit to school, Grandfather Jones describes activities such as fishing and hunting, moccasin sewing, and cooking bannock over an open fire.

ROVER | Byron Through the Seasons (Saulteaux Version)

Produced by the students and teachers of Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche, this story highlights aspects of Dene culture that were vital in the past and are still important today. On a visit to school, Grandfather Jones describes activities such as fishing and hunting, moccasin sewing, and cooking bannock over an open fire.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, & Children of LaLoche and Friends (Producers). (n.d.). Byron through the seasons [Video
​file].

Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms

ROVER | Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms

Fletcher loves everything about springtime. As Fletcher celebrates spring in the orchard, he sees "snow" on the ground. He tells the birds to fly back south and the rest of the animals that spring has not yet arrived. In the orchard, the bunnies see the "snow" and let all the animals in on the secret of the snow.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. (n.d.). Fletcher and the springtime blossoms [Video file]. Retrieved from
​https://rover.edonline.sk.ca/en/rover/videos/
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The Four Seasons:  Daily and Seasonal Changes

ROVER | The Four Seasons. Daily and Seasonal Changes

This video introduces the seasons to children. Mother Earth presents each season using live-action and animated sequences. In addition to the seasons, children will observe daily changes and how the changes affect plants, animals and human life. The seasons played a role in First Nations societies.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. (n.d.). The four seasons: Daily and seasonal changes [Video file]. Retrieved from
​https://rover.edonline.sk.ca/en/
rover/videos/828

Ojibwe Stories

ROVER | Ojibwe Stories

This video introduces Ojibwe stories. Each story relates the history and culture of the Ojibwe people. The stories are told by First Nation narrators. The stories are illustrated through re-enactment footage, wildlife, and still drawings. The stories can be used as stand-alones or combined to provide a more comprehensive view of the Ojibwe people.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education. (n.d.). Ojibwe stories [Video file]. Retrieved from
​https://rover.edonline.sk.ca/en/rover/videos/922

​Seven Sacred Teachings

Bouchard, D. (2010, October 15). Seven sacred teachings [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R53-9GxEZ4
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