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Introduction

Curriculum Units:

Treaties

Traditional Games

Fur Trade

Northwest Rebellion

First Nations Past and Present

Authors

About this site

    Industry Canada contracted the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College - Department of Indian Education to produce curriculum units that make use of SchoolNet's Digital Collections.  Each of the units focuses on the historic and contemporary contributions and achievements of Canadian First Nations and Metis people.  The content in each of these units portray positive images which enhance the rich philosophical beliefs and practices demonstrated by First Nations and Metis people of the this country.  For the purposes of this project, attention will be given to the specific cultural groups in Saskatchewan. 
    It is our goal to share this knowledge with educators by developing thematic teaching units which can be utilized in the classroom and supported by the use of technology.

The Authors

    The team of curriculum developers and writers consisted of two recent graduates from SIFC - Department of Indian Education: June Lewis and Tanya Welte.  The project was co-ordinated and managed by Ms. Janice R. Lerat along with Dr. Jack Tarasoff as our on-site advisor.  Web-site creation and design was assisted by SIFC - Computing Services Technician, Darrell Rudolph.
    Each of the team members have prepared a biography about themselves, which can be found at the end of the web site.

The Curriculum Units

    The curriculum units span a time frame of approximately two to six weeks in length and are presented in format suitable to a variety of settings and grade levels.  The focus of the work supports the Saskatchewan education curriculums, while at the same time retaining the unique and distinct features of First Nations and Metis cultures. Each of the curriculum units include: an introduction, a rationale, foundational objectives, an overview table, lesson plans, unit evaluation, and content resources.  The curriculum units are presented in full as Web documents for the use of the processor.