Indigenous Curriculum Collection (ICC): A sampling of Items in the ICC

An indigenous female pioneer. One woman's journey deep into the alpha male world of professional wrestling.

Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, Medaille de bronze 2007 Prix du meilleur livre jeunesse -- Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival, Laureat 2007 Nokum, ma voix et mon coeur est le recit poetique d'un jeune autochtone qui livre a sa grand-mere son questionnement sur le monde au-dela du contexte rassurant des siens et de sa communaute. Nokum accompagne son petit-fils dans sa quete par des questions l'invitant a reconnaitre l'importance pour lui de decouvrir le monde au-dela de la reserve et d'y participer.Comprend le livre en français et en cri accompagne de son enregistrement sur CD lu par le talentueux auteur/raconteur sur une trame sonore de chants et tambours du groupe albertain Northern Cree. Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival Winner Children's Book of the Year 2007 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, 2007 Bronze Medalist - Multicultural Picture Book Category Alberta Children's Book of the Year nominee 2007 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2009 CD included with book!

My goal for "Teeias Learns About Medicines" is to educate you about traditions that are historical to my son's Blackfoot culture. It is also to provide sustainable means to renew access to these important plants. Many Indigenous families have lost their traditional knowledge or even their traditional resources. I believe learning about gardening and tapping into resources available may revitalize this connection as well as help with biodiversity.

Shota is a young Lakota girl who lives in a contemporary American city. When the block that her family and friends live on is threatened by development, they use long-standing Lakota traditions to find a solution that saves their homes. In working together, they create a beautiful quilt that resolves more than just their problem. This story weaves together traditional folktale values with modern concerns for the urban environment and green issues. In addition to the beautiful folk-style native art illustrations, the complete text of the story is presented in Lakota as well as English.

Tasha Spillett's graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape - they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can't bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez's community find her before it's too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don't?

After overcoming years of trouble with his alcoholic father and surviving a near-death car accident, Bobby Byington--for the first time in his life--has a strong family. His parents are reunited, his father has turned away from the bottle, and Bobby is a starter on the high school basketball team. But the door to trouble never stays closed. Bobby's girlfriend, Faye, is suffering attacks from a school bully, and some of Bobby's basketball teammates are dealing with all-too-familiar problems at home. Hoping to help his friends, Bobby shares the legend of No Name, a story about a young man's heated relationship with his father. Coach Robison told it to him back when Bobby needed to hide from his own dad. As the playoffs near and the team plays to win, Coach delivers another message that extends well beyond the basketball court: "Your life is carved by the choices you make. You earn your name by your actions."