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This fascinating book looks at many of the lodges, or dwellings, built and used by the aboriginal nations across the continent.
A map showing the lodges appears at the beginning of the book, and beautiful, detailed illustrations show the exteriors, interiors, and way of life in each lodge.
- ISBN: 9780778704638
- Author: Bobbie Kalman
- 32 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Many of the foods we eat, the tools we use, the games we play, and even the ideas in which we believe, originated with North American Native peoples.
Beautiful images and easy-to-follow text help young readers discover the Native traditions and practices that were adopted by European explorers, North American settlers, and other people around the world.
- ISBN: 9780778704768
- Author: Bobbie Kalman & Niki Walker
- 32 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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Based on the true story of Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and complemented by evocative illustrations, Not My Girl makes the original, award-winning memoir, A Stranger at Home, accessible to younger children. It is also a sequel to the picture book When I Was Eight.
- ISBN: 9781554516247
- Author: Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
- 36 pages
- Ages: 6-9
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Nutaraq and Simonie are eager to go on their first hunting trip with their father. As they load up their snow machine and sled for the trip, Nutaraq hopes that she will be able to catch her first caribou that weekend, with some help from her dad. But when the trip nears its end and Nutaraq still hasn’t caught her first caribou, she tries her very hardest to follow all of her father’s advice about how Inuit traditionally hunted on the land.
This book focuses not only on basic, practical hunting techniques, but also on traditional values around the treatment of animals and the sharing of food.
- ISBN: 9781772270228
- Author: Jennifer Noah & Chris Giroux
- 32 pages
- Ages: 5-7
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This living book will effectively engage children as they become fascinated with the life of the pioneering Robertson family. Factual information and highly detailed drawings of daily life accompany each story and expand on what children have just read.
- ISBN: 9780395883938
- Author: Barbara Greenwood
- 240 pages
- Ages: 8-12
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In this traditional Inuit folktale, an old woman solves her loneliness when she raises a polar bear as her own son. Since the bear is a good hunter, the jealous villagers threaten its life and force him to leave his ‘mother’ and return to the wilderness.
This inspiring tale with great illustrations offers a look into the Inuit culture from days gone by.
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It’s the 2020 edition of Professor Noggin with all new photos! From Agriculture to Yukon, this kids card game will help kids get educated on the wonderful country of Canada! Geography of Canada even includes a topic card called, ‘That’s a Funny Name’… how could this not be a fun card game and way to learn about the world’s second largest country by total area.
For 2-8 players or teams, ages 7 and up
- ISBN: 625012114196
- Author: Professor Noggin
- Ages: 8-12
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Watlkina slipped from his bed. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew.
This is a true childhood tale by aboriginal elder Alfred Scow of a delightful childhood memory and aboriginal tradition carried down through the years. Award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborates to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance.
- ISBN: 9781554691296
- Author: Andrea Spalding
- 32 pages
- Ages: 5-7
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Matt’s father leaves their wilderness cabin with the promise that he will return. Until then, the 12-year-old boy knows that he must bravely fend for himself. Time passes without a sign of his father and Matt nearly dies when he disturbs a bee hive.
Thankfully, Attean, a First Nations teen and his father, the chief, rescue him in the nick of time. A lot of time passes and eventually Matt teaches Attean how to speak English and Attean teaches Matt how to hunt.
Realizing that the boy’s father will probably never return, the chief asks him to join the tribe. Should Matt leave his old life as a white settler child behind and start fresh as a Penobscot?
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Learn the importance of having skills for wilderness survival. Offer students a variety of objective and subjective questions.
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This story is a powerful memoir of an Inuit girl searching for her true self when she returns from residential school.
Highlighted by archival photos and striking artwork, this first-person account of a young girl’s struggle to find her place will inspire young readers to ask what it means to belong.
A True Story. Sequel to Fatty Legs
Not My Girl is the same story in picture book form for younger children.