Resources used to prepare for Mining Matters Session " How to Embrace First Nations content in minerals education " Grade 4 to 9 EECOM 2016 - Manitoba, International Peace Garden

1. How to embrace First Nations content in minerals education
Resources for Educators, Manitoba EECOM 2016
Must read:
Bridging Cultures, Indigenous and Scientific Ways of knowing Nature (2010). Herman
Michell and Glen Aikenhead, Pearson Canada Editions, 196 pages.
This book supports science teachers, teacher candidates, and science educators preparing to
implement science curricula that recognize Indigenous knowledge as a foundational way to
understand the physical world. Indigenous and scientific ways of knowing nature have
similarities and differences, as well as strengths and limitations. By exploring these in detail
based on academic scholarship, the book guides the reader in building their own cultural
bridges between their scientific world and the world of an Indigenous community; bridges that
lead to a culturally responsive science classroom. These cross-cultural capabilities can be
applied to multicultural classrooms in urban settings. (Book Summary by University of
Saskatchewan)
Background Information
- Statistics Canada: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: First Nations People, Métis and Inuit
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/as-sa/99-011-x/99-011-x2011001-eng.cfm
- AANDC Canada’s First Nation Profiles Interactive Map
http://fnpim-cippn.aandc-aadnc.gc.ca/index-eng.html
- Manitoba's Aboriginal Community
https://www.gov.mb.ca/ana/community/mb_community.html
- The First Peoples : Historic sites and attractions in Manitoba
https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/pdf/the_first_peoples.pdf
- Anishnaabeg Bimaadiziwin: An Ojibwe Peoples Resource
http://ojibweresources.weebly.com/
- The nature of Science and the Scientific Method (Talking Points about Science), The
Geological Society of America
http://www.geosociety.org/educate/NatureScience.pdf
Online Classroom Resources
- Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada publications catalogue
http://pse5-esd5.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/pubcbw/publication/catalog.aspx?l=E
o Clair and her Grandfather Story book (Earth resources and metals)
http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-HQ-ACH/STAGING/texte-
text/lr_ks_rr_claire_1341932502024_eng.pdf

2. - EARTHWise, Manitoba Rocks!
http://www.manitoba.ca/iem/min-ed/kidsrock/earthwise/index.html
- Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre
http://www.micec.com/online_catalogue
- FNER – First Nation Educational Resources (Science and Technology)
https://fner.wordpress.com/category/teacher-resources/by-topic/science-and-technology/
- Traditional Knowledge has Scientific Method: Nanabush and the Roses Story. Michelle
Hogan via Canadian Light Source:
o Lesson Plan :
http://www.lightsource.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Nanabush_Lesson_Plan_Ed.pdf
o Poster : http://www.lightsource.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taskforce.pdf
Curriculum documents in Manitoba
- First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education in Manitoba
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/istp/fnmi_en.pdf
- Grade 12 Current topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit studies (Best Practices)
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/abedu/foundation_gr12/full_doc.pdf
Books on Geology and Indigenous Knowledge:
- Talking Rocks: Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake
Superior Region (2003). Ron Morton and Carl Gawboy Illustrations by Carl Gawboy.
Talking Rocks is not only a story of geological history told from two perspectives, it is
also a chronicle of two people from very different cultural and scientific heritages
learning to understand and appreciate each other’s distinct yet complementary ways of
viewing the land we share.
- Ancient Earth and the First Ancestors: A Cultural and Geological Journey (2011).
Ron Morton and Carl Gawboy, Rockflower Press
As the geologist describes how these rocks formed and brings to life the ancient worlds
they created, the elder, through Native American stories, oral history, culture, and
science illustrates how his people had an intimate understanding of, and respect for,
these ancient rocks and the land they gave shape to. Traveling from northeastern to
southwestern Minnesota, some of the diverse topics they discuss are the nature of
science, holistic geology, mining, science and spirituality, and the legacy of the fur trade.
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