Social Studies 7: Turtle Island

A history of Indigenous communities in the land that became Alberta in the time before contact with Europeans.

This virtual exhibition looks at some facets of the history of Canada's Aboriginal peoples, underlining their fight for cultural survival and sharing many of their modern-day contributions.

A site that examines pre-contact Indigenous life in the landmass that would become Canada.

An article from the archived Alberta Online Encyclopedia.

In Canada close to 30,000 official place names are, or may be, of Indigenous origin. Learn about a small sample of those names here!

This map provides information on lands that are collectively held and used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

A digital map of treaty areas and traditional lands of Indigenous peoples around the world.

In Canada close to 30,000 official place names are, or may be, of Indigenous origin. Learn about a small sample of those names here!

The Hiawatha wampum belt tells the story of the Haudenosaunee’s legendary founding and wampum’s power to heal.

The Mi'kmaq Creation Story describes how life began for all things. This process occurred in seven stages or levels of creation.

The second part of the Mi'kmaq Creation Story describes how life began for all things.

The Ojinway story of what happened after original people were created.

Joel tells the Ojibwe story of Turtle Island and why it is called Turtle Island.

This is the Haudenosaunee creation story of Sky Woman, who fell from the unseen world and landed on Turtle Island.

Listen to traditional stories and creation stories told by six Indigenous storytellers from communities across Canada.

This teaching resource from Minecraft explores Indigenous treaty rights from pre to post contact.

3 Minecraft Education lessons developed for classrooms about Anishinaabe history, worldview and culture, in consultation with Knowledge Keepers.

A teaching resource from Minecraft. Students will be part of an indigenous clan living prior to the 1700s. Their clan is tasked with building a traditional house.