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Aboriginal Peoples



Aboriginal Art and Artists


Educational Resources

  • Aboriginal Canada Portal
    Your window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.


  • Canada's First Nations
    This multimedia tutorial focuses on the histories of Canada's First Nations peoples from ancient times to the nineteenth century. Created by the Applied History Research Group.


  • Coalition for the Advancement of Aboriginal Studies
    Links to Aboriginal Studies and cross cultural educational resources, bibliographies, and aboriginal news


  • First Nation Profiles
    The site allows quick and easy access to current national First Nation community profiles. - Census Statistics, Geography, Tribal Council Contact Information, Registered Population


  • Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogy in First Nations Education
    A paper that reviews the literature that discusses indigenous knowledge.


  • Inuit
    A fact sheet.


  • Kids' Stop
    A website of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs designed for kids - but adults will enjoy it too.


  • Out in the Cold: The Legacy of Canada's Inuit Relocation Experiment in the High Arctic.
    Out in the Cold is a comprehensive, controversial, yet concise study of the 1950s relocation of Inuit families from northern Quebec and North Baffin to Ellesmere and Cornwallis islands.


  • Spirits of the Sea
    The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development sponsored this virtual exhibition in support of the United Nations' International Decade of the World's Indigenous People.


  • The Inuit
    Inuit living along the northern coast of Labrador are the direct descendants of a prehistoric hunting society.


  • Treaty Information
    A comprehensive site which provides information on First Nations Claims and Agreements information and the background information and links to copies of earlier Treaties.



History and Culture

  • About Treaty 7
    A description of Treaty 7 which was signed by the tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy and the Stoney in 1877.


  • Dates In History
    A very interesting site that looks at the history of Canada from the point of view of aboriginal peoples.


  • Davis Inlet
    Background Information - Activities Underway or Completed.


  • Indian Treaties
    Thirteen documents representing various types of arrangements between Aboriginal Peoples and representatives of the government of Canada


  • Inuvialuit of the Western Artic
    An online exhibition of the Inuvialuit of the Western Artic from Ancient Times to 1902, by Dr.David Morrison,Archaeologist.


  • Native Soldiers Foreign Battlefields
    A section of Veteran Affairs dedicated to aboriginal Canadian participation in wars.


  • Quebec's Northern Crees
    Cree History and Culture, The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and comments on the James Bay Ecoregion largely from the point of view of the Cree nation.


  • The Innu of Newfoundland And Labrador
    An information sheet.



Literature, Magazines, Periodicals and Journals

  • Aboriginal Journals
    This list contains both Native-directed and non-Native directed journals that consistently include writing by Aboriginal authors and Aboriginal perspectives.


  • First Nations Periodical Index
    The First Nations Periodical Index contains journals of mainly Canadian Native content.


  • Highway, Tomson
    "Tomson Highway is aboriginal theatre in this country." A brief biography from the National Aboriginal Achievements Award site.


  • Highway, Tomson
    An article from Kids Stop, an aboriginal website.


  • Highway, Tomson
    Biography and bibliography of award winning native Canadian playwright.


  • Johnson, E. Pauline
    The Canadian Encyclopedia entry.


  • Johnson, E. Pauline
    The first Native Canadian poet to have her work published in Canada. A comprehensive site - life, poetry pictures - from the McMaster archives.


  • King, Thomas
    Biography of King from Kid's Stop a site of the Department of Northern Affairs Canada


  • Taylor, Drew Hayden
    Playwright, scriptwriter and journalist.



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