Websites to Support the New Curriculum

Map of Beringia during last Ice Age, pdf version:
http://www.mapmatrix.com/tmhtm/htmtm/canmapsh/Yukonh/25109.html

Beringia Historical Glaciation Map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/national_parks/beri_past95.jpg

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre - virtual tour:
http://www.beringia.com/01/01maina.html

What is Beringia – Beringian Heritage International Park:
http://www.nps.gov/akso/beringia/whatisberingia2.htm

Canada's First Nations: Antiquity:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firstnations/theories.html

Storytelling – The Art of Knowledge Museum of Civilization:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/storytel/introeng.html
(Stories and photographs of artifacts from pre-contact cultures: Algonquin, Mi’kmaq, Abenaki, Métis-Cree, Nisga’a)

The Canadian Encyclopedia:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCETimelineBrowse&PeriodId=14&TCE_Version=A&MenuClosed=0

The Cryosphere: Where the World is Frozen - The National Snow and Ice Data Center:
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/index.html
(Information on glacier formation and effects, photographs)

Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre – follow the links to Education Corner - Teacher’s Forum:
http://www.beringia.com/01/01maina.html
(Information in student language about Ice Age, Beringia, prehistoric plants and animals)

Cracking the Ice Age Nova Online:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ice/

Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre, The Virtual Keeping House: A First Nations Gallery: http://www.sicc.sk.ca/keepinghouse/tofc.html

An Iroquoian Story of Creation:
http://www.tyendinaga.net/stories/creation.html

Iroquois Creation:
http://educ.queensu.ca/~egnatoff/digicurr/Iroquois_creation/Iroquois_creation.html

The Story of Turtle Island:
http://www.turtleisland.org/front/article3.htm

Lakes and Rivers of Canada:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlinecanada/canada05

Outline map of North America:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlineworld/northamerica01

Exploration maps:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/featureditems/exploration

Lakes and Rivers of Canada:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlinecanada/canada05

Outline map of North America:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlineworld/northamerica01

Exploration maps:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/featureditems/exploration

Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000:
http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/index_e.html

Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment:
http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/

WorldClimate:
http://www.worldclimate.com/

Outline map of Canada (lakes and rivers only):
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlinecanada/canada05

Outline map of North America:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/outlineworld/northamerica01

Exploration maps:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/featureditems/exploration

North American Pre-Contact Native Culture Areas - GIS Map:
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/cultmap.html
(The Aboriginal Mapping Network: map showing traditional culture areas of indigenous peoples of pre-contact North America)

All regions

Canadian Heritage Gallery: First Nations:
 http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/firstnations.htm
(Digital images of historical drawings, photographs, maps related to First Nations peoples)

Eastern Woodlands

Oneida Indian Nation (Iroquoian):
http://www.oneida-nation.net/

Nisga’a:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/nit_e.html

Western Plateau

Map and names of British Columbia First Peoples:
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/map.htm

Subarctic Woodlands

Mi’kmaq:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/mikmaq1.htm

Beothuk:
http://www.mun.ca/rels/native/beothuk/beo_religion.html
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beothuk.html

Plains

Blackfoot Confederacy:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/blackfoot.html

Treaty Seven Nations: (Siksika or Blackfoot, Peigan, Blood, Sarcee, Stoney):
http://www.treaty7.org/Article.asp?ArticleID=2

Canadian Museum of Civilization: Storytelling: The Art of Knowledge:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/storytel/introeng.html

Our Voices (Omushkego Oral History Project, The Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies):
http://www.ourvoices.ca/
(recorded and transcribed oral histories of the Swampy Cree people of the James Bay Hudson’s Bay Lowlands region)

PBS: Circle of Stories:
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/index.html
(Native American stories and legends)

Ethnology Collection, Canadian Museum of Civilization:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/engfrm.htm

Canadian Heritage Gallery: First Nations:
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/firstnations.htm

Canadian Museum of Civilization: Storytelling: The Art of Knowledge:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/storytel/introeng.html

Websites with examples of First Nations Art

EA Studios Native Canadian Art, Art of the Woodlands/Ojibway,First Nations Group of Seven:http://www.eastudiosjasper.com/by_artist/woodlands_ojibway.html
(This is a commercial site but it contains large and beautiful images of several of the most significant First Nations Woodlands/Ojibway artists – the so-called “First Nations Group of Seven” : Jackson Beardy, Benjamin Chee Chee, Eddie Cobiness, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjik, Clemence Wescoupe, and Roy Thomas; as well as some Inuit and West Coast examples.)

Turtle Island Native Network:
http://www.turtleisland.org/front/_front.htm
Click on Culture; click on Art for links to various artists (not all links are up to date on this site)

All regions

Canadian Heritage Gallery: First Nations:
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/firstnations.htm
Digital images of historical drawings, photographs, maps related to First Nations peoples

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Information Sheets on various cultural topics:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/7000_e.html

Operation Dialogue – Canadian History:
http://www.operation-dialogue.com/e/history/index.html

Eastern Woodlands

Ancestral Art, Life for the Algonquian:
http://www.ancestral.com/cultures/north_america/
algonquian.html#first_line_on_page

Oneida Indian Nation Culture and History (Iroquoian): 
http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/history

Northwest coastal

Northwest Coast Native Cultures Grand Hall of Museum of Civilization:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/grand/grandeng.html

Subarctic Woodlands

Mi’kmaq:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/mikmaq1.htm

Beothuk:
http://www.mun.ca/rels/native/beothuk/beo_religion.html
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beothuk.html

Plains

Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/luxton/

Arctic

Innu:
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/innu.html

Inuit and Thule: 
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/inuit.html
http://www.tapirisat.ca/
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cape_dorset/index1.html

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Inuit History:
http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/dmorrison/page01_e.html

Manitoba Museum web-site:
http://www.manitobamuseum.mb.ca/intro.html
 

Websites for traditional stories from diverse cultural regions

Storytelling – The Art of Knowledge Museum of Civilization:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/storytel/introeng.html

The Mik’maq Portal:
http://www.mikmaq.com/stories/index.html

Myths and Legends of the Sioux:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html

Websites to support research on First Peoples’ cultures

University of Calgary, Native Civilisations:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firstnations/civilisations.html

Canadian Encyclopedia, Interactive Maps, Canada’s Native Peoples:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=ExploreCanada&TCE_Version=A&mState=3

All regions

Canadian Heritage Gallery: First Nations:
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/firstnations.htm
(Digital images of historical drawings, photographs, maps related to First Nations peoples)

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Information Sheets on various cultural topics:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/7000_e.html

Eastern Woodlands

Ancestral Art, Life for the Algonquian:
http://www.ancestral.com/cultures/north_america/
algonquian.html#first_line_on_page

Oneida Indian Nation Culture and History (Iroquoian): 
http://www.oneida-nation.net/historical.html

Northwest coastal

Northwest Coast Native Cultures Grand Hall of Museum of Civilization:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/grand/grandeng.html

Subarctic Woodlands

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs: Manitoba First Nations Facts:
http://www.manitobachiefs.com/pr/public.html#sectfacts

Mi’kmaq:
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/arch/infos/mikmaq1.htm

Beothuk:
http://www.mun.ca/rels/native/beothuk/beo_religion.html
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beothuk.html

Plains

Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/luxton/

Arctic

Innu:
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/innu.html

Inuit and Thule: 
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/inuit.html
http://www.tapirisat.ca/
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cape_dorset/index1.html

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Inuit History:
http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/dmorrison/page01_e.html

Cradleboard Curriculum - Supplements – Ancient Trade Routes Map:
http://www.cradleboard.org/curriculum/index.html

The Indians of the St. Lawrence Lowlands:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume2/section2/12-16.htm

The Longhouse:
http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/longhouse.htm

Huron:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume3/chapter2/part4.htm

The Six Nations: Oldest Living Participatory Democracy on Earth:  http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/6Nations/

Blackfoot Confederacy:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/blackfoot.html