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Recommended Websites

For both students and teachers,
here are some recommended websites.

Teacher's Guide

The Teacher’s Guide, by Pat Adamson and Lauree Kopetsky, for In Search of April Raintree, 25th Anniversary Edition, and April Raintree, is distributed by Portage & Main Press.

Contents

A.Introduction1
B.Background Information1
C.Manitoba Curriculum Correlations1
D.Reading and Responding to the Text2
E.Introducing the Novel3
F.Class Activities6
G.Further Readings and Related Texts and Multimedia7
H.Websites8

Download a free copy of the Teacher’s Guide at www.pandmpress.com

Recommended Websites

As recommended from the Teacher’s Guide:

- Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/rrc-eng.asp
Or search: "royal commission of aboriginal peoples"

- A Lost Heritage: Canada’s Residential Schools
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/education/topics/692/

- Manitoba Metis Federation Inc.
http://www.mmf.mb.ca

- Aboriginal Healing Foundation
http://www.ahf.ca/publications/research-series

- Metis National Council
http://www.metisnation.ca

- Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women
http://www.amnesty.ca/campaigns/sisters_overview.php

- Alternatives to the Traditional Book Report
http://mohigh.com/Book-Report_Alternatives.htm

I have also found these websites useful.

- Aboriginals: Treaties & Relations
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/aboriginals_e.html

- Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI)
www.gdins.org

- Indian Residential School Truth & Reconciliation Commission
www.trc.cvr.ca

- Metis Culture & Heritage Resource Centre Inc.
www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca

- Report of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba
www.ajic.mb.ca/volume.html

- Nicole Stradiotto, “Today’s Aboriginal children the origin of tomorrow’s government apology.” From JHR (journalists for human rights)
http://www.jhr.ca


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