AchimoonaAll My Relations: Sharing Native Values Through the ArtsArt and EnvironmentArt and The ArtistArt Image: L'Image de l'ArtArt Image Mini Kits: L'Image de l'ArtArtist and MaterialsThe Big Tree and the Little TreeBuffalo WomanA Candle for ChristmasChildren of the YukonDances of the Northern PlainsDancing Feathers (Print-Fiction)Dancing Feathers (Video)How Turtle Set the Animals FreeImages in Northern SaskatchewanIndian Artists CalendarIndian Musical Instruments in North America: Drums, Strings, Flutes, RattlesKeepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for ChildrenLet's Dance: Indian Social and Cultural DancesMétis Dances Kit: Kindergarten to Grade 9North American Indian ChartsA Northern AlphabetThe Pacific Northwest Coast Indians: Music, Instuments, LegendsPlains Ojibway Singers: Long Plain Reserve ManitobaThe Pow WowThe Red Bull SingersRole Model Posters: National Native Role Model ProgramSaskatchewan Art WorksSongs From the Battleford Pow-WowSteps in Time: Métis DancesThe TipiTotem PoleTotem Poles: An Illustrated GuideTwo Forms of ArtThe WeaversWhat Do You Have in Your Canoe?Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?Whitefish Bay Singers Volume IIAchimoona (Print-Fiction). Campbell, Maria, ed. Fifth House (LRDC), 1985. 98 p. Order no. 2718 ($13.95 pbk.). Teacher’s Guide - Order no. 2748 ($5.75 pbk.).
(CAN) This collection of stories written by contemporary Aboriginal authors is interspersed with works of contemporary Aboriginal artists. Short biographies of all contributors are included. Maria Campbell wrote the introduction which deals with the history of the art of storytelling in Aboriginal culture, and the process which led to publication of this anthology.
Suggested Use: Drama; Visual Art
All My Relations: Sharing Native Values Through the Arts (Print-Non-Fiction). Verrall, Catherine. Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Native Peoples (CASNP), 1988. 106 p. ISBN 0-921425-02-3 ($15.00 pbk.).
(CAN) This book is geared to help non-Aboriginal teachers incorporate Aboriginal content into a variety of standard subject areas. It includes a collection of stories, poems, drama games, art activities, songs, and a final chapter that deals with symbols often found in Aboriginal literature. The importance of the circle symbol is explained in this book. This information is helpful in teaching the Grade 5 visual art unit on signs and symbols. Teachers should be aware that the art activities in this book are of an arts and crafts nature and are not necessarily conducive to the aesthetic approach to teaching arts.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Art and Environment (Video). (Canadian Inuit Sculpture Series). Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation (MGR), 1977. 14 min. Dup. order no. V1062.
(CAN) This video provides a brief historical overview of the Arctic in order to lay the foundation for a better understanding of the people who have lived in the barren lands for thousands of years. As the development of culture in the Arctic is traced, one realizes that art forms are usually closely related to the environment in which the artist lives. The advent of the Europeans on the Arctic scene affected both the environment and the art of the Inuit.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Art and the Artist (Video). (Canadian Inuit Sculpture Series). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (MGR), 1977. 14 min. Dup. order no. V1063.
(CAN) The production introduces seven Inuit sculptors and draws attention to similarities and differences in their works. Students are encouraged to associate certain sculpturing methods and/or styles with specific artists.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Art Image: L'Image de l'Art (Kit). Brière, Monique. Art Image Publications (LRDC), 1985. Order numbers follow.
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($143.50 kit) ($132.20 kit) ($143.50 kit) ($163.15 kit) ($163.15 kit) |
This series offers the classroom teacher as well as the art specialist a program that integrates "seeing art" activities with "making art" activities.
Each kit comprises:
Some of the written text and chosen pieces of art show a lack of understanding of the Indian and Métis cultures. The works should be viewed as historical, not contemporary depictions of Indian and Métis lifestyles.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Art Image Mini Kits: L'Image de l'Art Mini-ensembles (Kit). Brière, Monique. Art Image Publications (LRDC), 1985. Order numbers follow. ($27.65 kit).
These six packets contain the same prints as the original kits but in a reduced size (14 cm by 22 cm). They are intended to be used in individual and group activities. A small guide is included with each.
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Artist and Materials (Video). (Canadian Inuit Sculpture Series). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (MGR), 1980. 14 min. Dup. order no. V1064.
(CAN) This video deals with the types of materials used by Inuit artists and the tools used for working on these materials. Special techniques and the relationships between material and techniques are highlighted.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Big Tree and the Little Tree (Print-Fiction). Tappage, Mary Augusta. Pemmican (PEM), 1986. 32 p. ISBN 0-919143-21-0 ($6.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This Shuswap story instills respect for both elderly humans and all things in nature. This book is referred to in the dance curriculum.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Grade 3; English Language Arts: Elementary Level; Science: Elementary Level
Buffalo Woman (Print-Fiction). Goble, Paul. Bradbury (DIS), 1986. 32 p. ISBN 0-689-71109-3 ($6.95 pbk.)
A hunter who has married a woman from the Buffalo Nation learns to accept her in her true form, as a buffalo. The illustrations based on nature relate well to the Grade 4 visual art unit on a sense of order.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
A Candle for Christmas (Print-Fiction). Speare, Jean. Douglas and McIntyre/Groundwood (DGL), 1986. 32 p. ISBN 0-88899-1495 ($4.95 pbk.).
A young Aboriginal boy worries that his parents will not return home in time for Christmas. His candle in the window lights their way through the blizzard. This resource may be used in the Grade 3 visual art unit on the theme of memory.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Children of the Yukon (Print-Non-Fiction). Harrison, Ted. Tundra (GDS), 1977. unp. ISBN 0-88776-163-1 ($6.95 pbk.).
(CAN) Harrison draws and writes about the land and the people of the Yukon. This is a useful resource for an artist study on this Northern painter.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Dances of the Northern Plains (Video). Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC), 1987. 18 min. No order number is required. ($29.95). Video Guide - ISBN 0-920571-02-6 ($12.50 pbk.).
(SK) This video shows the diversity in the music, clothing, and dances of the Northern Plains Indian peoples. Information provided explains the traditional role of dance in their cultures. Dances shown include: grass dance, women's traditional dance, older men's traditional dance and fancy dancing.
Suggested Use: Dance
Dancing Feathers (Print-Fiction). Kleitsch, Christel. Annick (FIR), 1985. 64 p. ISBN 0-920303-25-0 ($5.95 pbk.).
(CAN) Based on a movie of the same name, this tells the story of Tafia, a young Ojibway girl from Northern Ontario. Tafia is excited and proud that her grandmother has sewn a jingle dress for her, but at the same time she is concerned about dancing in public. A trip to the city and then to a powwow help Tafia gain more understanding of herself and her people.
Suggested Use: Grade 4; Grade 5; Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; English Language Arts: Middle Level
Dancing Feathers (Video). Spirit Bay Productions (MAG), 1983. Order no. 371-31-100 ($99.00).
This video production is the source for Christel Kleitsch’s book of the same name (annotated above).
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Arts Education: Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; English Language Arts: Middle Level
How Turtle Set the Animals Free (Print-Fiction). Theytus (UTP), 1984. 27 p. ISBN 0-919441-14-9 ($9.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This Okanagan legend in some ways parallels Aesop's "Tortoise and the Hare." In order to free the Animal People, Turtle challenges Eagle, the Chief, to a race and wins.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Images in Northern Saskatchewan (Video). Saskatchewan Education (MGR), 1986. 13 min. Dup. order no. V2618.
(SK) Images portrays the geography of Northern Saskatchewan, seasonal changes, and Indian philosophy of life regarding change and appreciation of the environment. It shows historic petroglyphs and contemporary art by artists Myles Charles, John Halkett, Sonny MacDonald, Lloyd Pinay, and James Ratt.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Indian Artists Calendar (Print-Non-Fiction). Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC). No order number is required. ($6.00).
(SK) These calendars are illustrated with the works of contemporary Canadian Aboriginal artists. High quality reproductions provide materials suitable for viewing exercises. Each year a different theme is selected.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Indian Musical Instruments in North America: Drums, Strings, Flutes, Rattles (Poster). Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC), 1982. No order number is required. ($6.00/set).
(CAN) Indian Musical Instruments includes four posters (63 cm by 43 cm) which illustrate and describe a variety of traditional instruments. The poster is printed in two colours.
Suggested Use: Music
Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children (Print-Non-Fiction). Caduto, Michael J., and Joseph Bruchac. Fifth House Publishers (LRDC), 1988. 209 p. Order no. 5841 ($20.05 hdc.).
(CAN) This resource has an extensive amount of material valuable in teaching the visual art strand. An excellent example of integration, the themes are fully developed on the topics of fire, earth, wind and sky. Keepers encourages understanding and learning from North American Aboriginal cultures. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Let's Dance: Indian Social and Cultural Dances (Kit). Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (LRDC), 1991. Order no. 703 ($11.90 kit).
(SK) This teacher handbook and audiocassette provide information about and instructions for 22 Aboriginal dances. One copy has been sent to each school having students from Kindergarten to Grade 9. Additional copies will be available at LRDC.
Suggested Use: Dance
Métis Dances Kit: Kindergarten to Grade 9 (Kit). Saskatchewan Education (LRDC), 1987. Order no. 6097 ($25.00 kit).
(SK) This spiral-bound manual is accompanied by two audiocassettes. Clear directions are given for traditional Métis dances. A copy of this kit was sent to every Saskatchewan school having students from Kindergarten to Grade 9 in December 1990. Additional copies may be purchased from LRDC.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: English Language Arts: Elementary Level; Kindergarten
North American Indian Charts (Poster). Rodgers, E. S. Royal Ontario Museum (UTP/LRDC), n.d. Order numbers follow. ($5.95 each).
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Assiniboine Indians Naskapi Indians Toys and Games Woodland Cree Indians |
LRDC Order no. 799 LRDC Order no. 801 ISBN 0-88854-378-6 ISBN 0-88854-379-4. |
(CAN) Each of these posters has vivid colour photographs of Aboriginal artifacts and is accompanied by a bilingual fact sheet containing descriptions of the content. Posters included are described below:
Suggested Use: Visual Art
A Northern Alphabet (Print-Non-Fiction). Harrison, Ted. Tundra Books (GDS), 1982. unp. ISBN 0-88776-233-6 ($8.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This ABC book is illustrated with scenes and words from the Arctic. This is a useful resource for an artist study on this Northern painter.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Pacific Northwest Coast Indians: Music, Instruments, Legends (Kit). Davies, Sandra. (Music in Our Lives Series). WEDGE (PEP), 1980. ISBN 0-88865-012-4 ($40.00 kit).
(CAN) This multi-resource kit focuses on the music of the Pacific Northwest Coast Indian Peoples. The words and music to five Northwest Coast Indian songs are recorded on the cassette and printed in the booklet. High-quality slides show a colourful collection of beautiful traditional instruments. The book includes a script which describes each picture. The final part of the booklet contains Aboriginal legends and poetry. Included are a table of contents and a bibliography.
Suggested Use: Music; Visual Art
Plains Ojibway Singers: Long Plain Reserve Manitoba (Audiocassette). Sunshine Records (SSH), n.d. Order no. SSCT 4076 ($12.98 cassette).
(CAN) This audiocassette includes a variety of songs for different occasions. Singers and drummers perform a drum song, grand entry, old grass dance club song, grass dance exhibition song, ladies' traditional song, two veterans' songs, two north eagle songs, and three intertribal songs. It is useful for listening and movement activities.
Suggested Use: Dance; Music
The Pow Wow (Print-Fiction). Pelletier, Darrell W. (Alfred Reading Series). Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI/EPT), 1992. unp. No order number is required. ($5.95 pbk.). (EPT) Puppets - ($54.95/puppet).
(SK) Alfred goes to a Saskatchewan powwow with his cousin Leroy and joins in a round dance. The simple crayon illustrations by Pelletier are delightful. This book is available in English, French, Cree, or Michif. Puppets to accompany the Alfred Reading Series are also available.
Suggested Use: Dance
Other Use: Kindergarten
The Red Bull Singers (Audiocassette). Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC), 1988. Order no. RBS 230889 ($13.00 cassette).
(SK) This is recording of traditional music by Cree singers and musicians of Saskatchewan, this cassette offers dance selections accompanied by drums and vocals.
Suggested Use: Music
Role Model Posters: National Native Role Model Program (Poster). Kahnawake Social Services Resource Centre (NRM), n.d. No order number is required. ($Free).
The posters (50 cm by 75 cm) in this set portray Aboriginal peoples who have had great success in the areas of arts and sports. The four artists featured are: John Kim Bell, conductor; Dale Campbell, visual artist; Margo Kane, actor; and Evan Adams, actor, dancer, weaver. Full colour photographs of the performers are accompanied by a short summary of their career. (These free posters are available only to official Native educational programs.)
Suggested Use: Dance; Drama; Music; Visual Art
Saskatchewan Art Works: A Visual Art Resource for Kindergarten to Grade 8/Les oeuvres des artistes de la Saskatchewan (Kit). Saskatchewan Education (LRDC), 1991. Order no. 6240 ($54.55 kit).
(SK) The 88 colour slides in this kit come packaged in a carousel. They show Saskatchewan art work in a wide variety of media. The works are organized into four sections. The first three sections are divided according to grade level and the final section features Francophone artists. The bilingual guidebook includes a small black-and-white photograph of the work, a full physical description, and an artist's statement about the work. One complimentary copy has been sent to each school with students from Kindergarten to Grade 8.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Other Use: Arts Education: Middle Level
Songs From the Battleford Pow-Wow (Audiocassette). Canyon Records (SSH), 1975. Order no. 6142 ($12.98 cassette).
(SK) These 12 songs were recorded at a powwow in Battleford, Saskatchewan in July, 1975. Three skilled singers participated: Alex Scalplock, Francis Greene, and Pat Kennedy. The war and owl dances are original works. This resource is useful in studying Aboriginal music or dance.
Suggested Use: Dance; Music
Steps in Time: Métis Dances (Video). Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI), 1990. 21 min. No order number is required. ($35.00).
This videotape teaches three Métis dances: Duck Dance, Fancy Jig, and Rabbit Dance. These dances are combinations of several steps which are demonstrated clearly. This resource can be used in conjunction with the Métis Dances Kit: Kindergarten to Grade 9 or independently.
Suggested Use: Dance
The Tipi (Poster). Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC), n.d. No order number is required. ($2.00). Available in Cree and English or Saulteaux and English.
(SK) The clear diagram on this 43 cm by 56 cm poster displays the structure of a tipi. It includes a list showing what each pole represents (obedience, respect, and humility). The poster is available in two versions. In one version the meanings are written in Cree and English. In the other the explanations are in Saulteaux and English.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Totem Pole (Print-Non-Fiction). Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Holiday House (ALL), 1990. 32 p. ISBN 0-8234-0809-4 ($25.95 hdc.).
David, the young narrator tells how his father, a Tsimshian artist carves totem poles, masks, and other art works. The beautiful illustrations show the process for carving and raising a pole. The importance of the animals on the pole is explained. Part of the pole-raising ceremony includes traditional dances and special clothing. The book offers a thorough explanation from a child's point of view. Included are a glossary and an index.
Suggested Use: Dance; Visual Art
Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide (Print-Non-Fiction). Halpin, Marjorie M. University of British Columbia (UBCP), 1983. 58 p. ISBN 0-7748-0141-7 ($15.95 pbk.).
(CAN) This book begins with a concise review of the culture of the Northwest Coast Aboriginal nations, focusing on family, mythology, ceremony, and carving. The second section of the book describes totemism, symbols, contemporary sculpture related to totem poles and differences in cultural styles of totem poles. Included are a table of contents and a reading list.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Two Forms of Art (Print-Non-Fiction). Stump, Sarain. Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC), 1981. 32 p. ISBN 0-920-571-41-7 ($2.00 pbk.).
(CAN) This book explains that traditional Aboriginal art tries to reproduce feelings and ideas, rather than copy nature as faithfully as possible. Many examples of ideograms (picture writing) are shown. This writing was often enriched in an art form. Symbolism in art is covered in the final section. The content relates to the Grade 4 unit on learning to see. A table of contents is included.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
The Weavers (Print-Non-Fiction). Nelson, Jenny. (Queen Charlotte Islands Reader Series). Western Education Development Group (PEP), 1983. unp. ISBN 0-88865-022-1 ($8.95 hdc.).
(CAN) Using simple vocabulary, this book outlines the steps required to produce woven goods. Words and illustrations explain the gathering and preparation of cedar bark and spruce roots. Products include baskets and hats. The strongest message is that weaving is a traditional art form passed from generation to generation by West Coast peoples.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
What Do You Have in Your Canoe? (Kit). Ojibway Cree Cultural Centre - (OCCC), 1985. No order number is required. ($12.00 kit.).
(CAN) Winston Wuttunee leads a group of Aboriginal musicians who perform 11 songs for young children. Some have a traditional sound and others are written in a lively pop style. Many of the lyrics help to build strong self concepts in all students. One selection is sung in Cree. A manual is also available for $15.00. The kit contains an audiocassette, poster, and colouring book.
Suggested Use: Music
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? (Print-Fiction). Wheeler, Bernelda. Peguis Publishers (PEM), 1986. 26 p. ISBN 1-895411-28-9 ($6.00 pbk.).
(SK) A series of questions builds a cumulative story about the work involved in making moccasins. This relates to the Grade 3 unit about designs on clothing.
Suggested Use: Visual Art
Whitefish Bay Singers Volume II (Audiocassette). Sunshine Records (SSH). Order no. SSCT 4102 ($16.48 cassette).
(CAN) Traditional music of many kinds are included in this tape. Singers and drummers perform five intertribal songs, two grass dances, a snake dance, an Ojibwa round dance, and a jingle dress dance. This is useful for listening and movement activities.
Suggested Use: Dance