Some Great Resources to Help Teachers and Students Learn about Aboriginal People

July 13, 2017
Last month (June) marked the commemoration of the aboriginal people of Canada (First Nations of the West, the Inuit of the North, and the Metis of the East).To this end,  iTunes App Store dedicated an entire section featuring resources and educational materials  to  help teachers and students learn about Native Canadians and explore their history and traditions. We have gone through these resources and piked for you some of the materials we think are useful for using with students. The resources are arranged into the following categories: Fiction and literature, Movies, Aboriginal Language Apps, Non-fiction, and Music.

We invite you to check them out and share with us your feedback.

Categories	Links
Fiction and Literature	Runaway Dreams, by Richard Wagamese Green Grass, Running Water, by Thomas King Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada's Past, by Thomas King Pilgrimage, by Diana Davidson A Short History Of Indians In Canada: Stories, by Thomas King Song Over Quiet Lake, by Sarah Felix Burns The Moon of Letting Go: and Other Stories, by Richard Van Camp The Lesser Blessed: 20th Anniversary Special Edition, by Richard Van Camp Son of a Trickster, by Eden Robinson The Whisper of Legends: An Inspector Green Mystery, by Barbara Fradkin Black Apple, by Joan Crate The Break, by Katherena Vermette
Movies	We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice, Alanis Obomsawin Black Robe, Bruce Beresford Angry Inuk, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Trick or Treaty? Alanis Obomsawin Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Jeff Barnaby The Lesser Blessed, Anita Doron Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Zacharias Kunuk Empire of Dirt, Peter Stebbings Hi-Ho Mistahey! Alanis Obomsawin Vanishing Point, Unknown
Explore an Aboriginal Language	Innu Conversation FirstVoices Keyboards Speak Cayuga Nakota Ojibway Inuktut Naqittautit Denesųłįné Atikamekw Conversation Maskwacis Cree Manitoba Cree Yati Tal-Tluen? L'nui'suti Michif Lessons Innu Dictionary Saulteaux Language App
Non-fiction	Hudson's Bay Company Adventures: Tales of Canada's Fur Traders, by  Elle Andra-Warner The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, by Thomas King 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, by Gord Hill Native Chiefs and Famous Métis: Leadership and Bravery in the Canadian West, by Holly Quan One Story, One Song, by Richard Wagamese Victims of Benevolence: The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School, by Elizabeth Furniss Voices of the Elders, by Kathryn Bridge and Kevin Neary Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, by Jack Weatherford Aboriginality: The Literary Origins of British Columbia, Volume 3: 1, by Alan Twigg
Music	Retribution, Tanya Tagaq ’Til the Cowboys Come Home, Kimberley Dawn The Silent War, Vol. 5, N’we Jinan Artists Inuusiq, The Jerry Cans Renditions of the Soul, Kelly Jackson Northern Man, Midnight Shine Here & Now, Indian City PowWowStep - EP, DJ Shub The Extraordinaries Anthology, Vol. 1, Awaken Aries