In June 2020, I put together a blog post filled with a variety of French-language resources for Black Lives Matter. This blog post contains educational resources for French teachers with Indigenous perspectives, lived experiences and stories.
Additionally, I created this list of resources not to speak over or on behalf of Indigenous voices. On the contrary, my goal is to create a list of resources with Indigenous perspectives and voices.
Furthermore, please do your due diligence by thoroughly watching and reading the resources before showing them to your own students.
This is not a complete and final list of resources. As I stumble upon and/or am made aware of other documents, I will be adding them to this blog post. If you know of resources, please share them with me in the comments!
Documentaries, Films & Videos
1. National Film Board of Canada
A. Documentaries For Parents and Teachers
B. Documentaries for students 15+
C. Documentaries for ages 12-14
D. Documentaries for ages 6-11
2. Québec Cinéma
3. Wapikoni
A. Où sont tes plumes ?
4. YouTube : Radio-Canada – Espaces Autochtones
5. Kuessipan – le film
Readings & Other Resources
1. Les enfants devenus (a chronological timeline starting at 1615)
2. Atlas des peuples autochtones
3. Guide pédagogique Historica Canada – perspectives autochtones
4. Musée virtuel – Anutshish
5. Relations-autochtones.ca
Podcasts
1. Voix Autochtones
2. Atalukan
Where to find books written by Indigenous authors
1. Kwahiatonhk
2. Free digital books using Québec’s Samuel website (Canadian teachers have free access by making an account)
3. Librairie Hannenorak
4. Indigo Chapters – Voix autochtones
Children’s Books
| Nom du livre | Nom de l’auteur | Recommandé pour |
|---|---|---|
| La pirogue de Shin-chi | Nicola Campbell | Immersion 5e FSL 11e+ |
| Le capuchon d’Aisaki | Sala Padlayat | Immersion : maternelle + FSL : tous les niveaux |
| L’écho du nord | Emily Novalinga | Immersion : 3e+ FSL : 10e+ |
| Pineshish La pie bleue | Michel Noël | Immersion : 3e+ FSL : 10e+ |
| Une visite chez Lune et Soleil | Libby Brereton | Immersion : M+ FSL : tous les niveaux |
| L’exploit de Nika | Michel Noël | Immersion : 2e+ FSL : 9e+ |
| Quand j’avais huit ans | Christy Jordan-Fenton et Margaret Pokiak-Fenton | Immersion: 3e+ FSL : 9e+ |
| L’histoire du chandail orange | Phyllis Webstad | Immersion: 4e FSL: 10e+ |
Novels
1. Kuessipan (Naomi Fontaine)
2. Les bas du pensionnat (Christy Jordan-Fenton et Margaret Pokiak-Fenton)
Art & Posters & Maps
Instagram Accounts
I hope that this list was useful to you and your students.
Finally, if you are familiar with any resources with Indigenous perspectives and voices in the French language, please share them with me below!
