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Designed to help teachers in early years classrooms use The Seven Teachings Stories series, by Katherena Vermette, this guide provides the framework and key ideas educators need to become participants in a culturally responsive classroom community and to

When a young girl from the Gitxsan Nation argues with her brother, she remembers the teachings of her grandmother and goes in search of a stone to share her feelings with.

The retelling of the famous turtle island legend tells the tale of the brave muskrat helping Mother Earth reach the soil at the bottom of the ocean. With the help of muskrat, Mother Earth creates a new place for all her new land children to live.

Amik tells Moshoom about his wonderful school. Then his grandfather tells him about the residential school he went to, much different from Amik’s school. So Amik has an idea….

“Medicine Wheel: Stories of a Hoop Dancer” is a published children’s book written by Teddy Anderson, a professional hoop dancer of the First Nation’s style who has performed in 20 countries across the world. His performances, as well as the book, teach th

When two red foxes have an argument which breaks apart their community, a gentle buffalo decides to take a braid of sweetgrass to a local elder and asks her to help with a sharing circle for all the animals.

LA SÉRIE 7 GÉNÉRATIONS est une bande dessinée épique en deux volumes et quatre histoires : Pierre, Cicatrices, Rupture et Pacte. Elle raconte la saga d’une famille autochtone sur trois siècles et sept générations.



VOLUME 2 :

Rupture : En 1967,

On her way to school one day, Sarah is relieved to find the book she’d dropped the day before – shortly after an encounter with a bear. But when she opens it, the story within, about the Cree chief Mistahimaskwa, comes alive. It takes Sarah back to the Sa

Ce livre de la collection « À la découverte du Canada » redonne vie à une époque mémorable, celle d’un Canada habité par les autochtones avant l’arrivée des Européens. Qui sont ces peuples? Où habitaient-ils? Quels étaient leurs légendes, leurs mythes, le

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Dans son village nordique, Etuk s’ennuie. Il aimerait aller à la chasse, mais seul il pourrait se perdre. Il essaie de construire un inuksuk et ce dernier prend vie. Grâce à Piqati, Etuk comprendra les mystères anc

For Tyrese, history class is the lowest point of his school day. That is, until his friend Levi reveals a secret – a secret that brings history alive, in the form of one Gabriel Dumont. Through Dumont, a great Métis leader of the Northwest Resistance, th

When Cole’s teacher catches him drawing rather than listening in class, he gives Cole a special assignment: an oral presentation on an important Aboriginal figure. Cole will do almost anything to avoid speaking in public – even feigning illness. But when

Echo Desjardins, a 13-year-old Métis girl, is struggling with her feelings of loneliness while separated from her mom and adjusting to a new school. Then an ordinary day in Mr. Bee’s history class turns extraordinary, and Echo’s life will never be the

To the Gitxsan people of Northwestern British Columbia, the sockeye salmon is more than just a source of food. Over its life cycle, it nourishes the very land and forests that the Skeena River runs through and where the Gitxsan make their home. The Sockey

Une légende inuite raconte que des Qallupilluits se cachent sous la glace de mer. Ces créatures capturent les enfants qui s’aventurent sans leurs parents près des crevasses de la glace. Mais la jeune Allashua doute de leur existence et décide, malgré la p

La loi l’exige : dans quatre jours à peine, la jeune Shi-shi-etko devra quitter sa famille et tout ce qui lui est cher pour aller à « l’école résidentielle », au pensionnat indien. Ces journées précédant son départ, elle observe et savoure chaque détail d

Une jeune femme — une Autochtone parmi tant d’autres portées disparues au Canada — veille sur son enfant qui doit grandir sans sa nimâmâ. La mère observe de loin les étapes importantes de la vie de sa fille — sa première journée d’école, sa première soiré

Shi-shi-etko s’apprête à retourner au pensionnat indien pour une deuxième année, cette fois-ci accompagnée de son frère de six ans, Shin-chi. Cependant, comme ils y auront interdiction de se parler, sur le chemin, à l’arrière de la camionnette à bestiaux,

LA SÉRIE 7 GÉNÉRATIONS est une bande dessinée épique en deux volumes et quatre histoires : Pierre, Cicatrices, Rupture et Pacte. Elle raconte la saga d’une famille autochtone sur trois siècles et sept générations.

VOLUME 1 :

Pierre : Edwin fait face

Helen Betty Osborne, known as Betty to her closest friends and family, dreamed of becoming a teacher. She left her home to attend residential school and high school in a small town in Manitoba. On November 13, 1971, Betty was abducted and brutally mur

A search down a wooded path for a well-hit baseball turns into an encounter between Pamela and a veteran soldier standing in front of a monument. The statue commemorates the heroism of Sgt. Tommy Prince, the most decorated Aboriginal soldier in Canada. Pa

When Richard’s class from Big Spirit School takes a canoe trip, he and his classmates chance upon an elderly woman. She tells them the story of her grandfather, John Ramsay, of the Sandy Bar community on Lake Winnipeg. Ramsay’s land was taken by the gover

Makwa has to go to a new school … and he doesn’t want to. How will he face his first day?

Long ago, when a great flood cleansed the land of unhappiness, the Grandfather sent Wanjblí the eagle to save one virtuous member of the human race and teach her how to live a good life. The eagle is a powerful symbol of courage, wisdom, and strength. In