Classroom Resources
Community Resources
This section of the Métis Gathering site provides educators with instructional materials to incorporate Métis cultural and informational content into their teaching practices.
Here you will find videos, lesson plans, and other instructional support material. We highly recommend that these resources are not used as a substitute for connecting with Métis people and community-based organizations. Our hope is that this section provides teachers and educators a place to share content, stories, and experiences to support the incorporation of quality Métis content in their teaching strategies. If you would like to post your resources and share them on our website, please contact [email protected].
Lesson Plans
Red Dress Day (Pre-K)
Indigenous Veterans Day Lesson Plan (Grade 5)
Indigenous Veterans Day Lesson Plan (Grade 8)
Community Resources
Woodworking – Musical Spoons PowerPoint (created & shared by Callam Olver)
Woodworking – Musical Spoons PDF (created & shared by Callam Olver)
Fingerweaving tutorial video
colourable puzzle (created by Jolene Arcand – click here to learn more!)
Heritage Michif
 Bingo Set |
 Animal bingo |
 Summer bingo |
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 Animals colouring pages |
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 Greetings |
 Fall bingo |
 Metis Symbols colouring page |
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 Colours |
 Winter bingo |
 Louis Riel colouring page |
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 Numbers |
 Spring bingo |
 Household labels |
 Scavenger Hunt |
 Winter scavenger hunt |
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 Colours Posters |
 Numbers Posters |
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Northern Michif
 Bingo Set |
Animal bingo |
Summer bingo |
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Metis Symbols colouring page |
 Matching Game – Kinship terms (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided) |
 Greetings |
Fall bingo |
Louis Riel colouring page |
Matching Game – Weather terms (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided) |
 Colours |
Winter bingo |
 Household Labels |
Matching Game – Verbs (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided) |
 Numbers |
Spring bingo |
 Colours Posters |
 Numbers Posters |
Michif French
 Greetings |
Colours |
 Numbers |
Summer bingo |
Winter bingo |
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Spring bingo |
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 Numbers Posters |
 Matching game – Weather terms (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided) |
Matching game – Kinship terms (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided) |
Matching game – Verbs (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided) |
 Animal Bingo |
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Other Métis Cultural Resources
Learning Bird Louis Riel Day resources
Batoche National Historic Site
Duck Lake Regional Interpretive Centre
Louis Riel – The Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture
Video Resources
Rita Ducharme reads Ishpow daan li Syel (High in the Sky)
Follow along as Heritage Michif speaker Rita Ducharme reads Ishpow daan li Syel (High in the sky) from the Taanishi Book series published by Gabriel Dumont Institute.
Métis Identity and Voice in Canada’s National Parks and Historic Sites
This series explores growing Métis pride, recognition and place in Canada and in Canadian National Parks.
the link to the right takes you to the full playlist, and following the links take you directly to each video.
Videos of conversational Michif
Louis Riel Institute’s YouTube channel
Michif videos including cultural teachings in a series called Red River Cart Adventures.
Elder Norman Fleury“We become who we are by listening and watching. We make la gaalet by the feel of our grandma’s fingers. There are no written recipes for food or life but there are moments and memories that form the basis for Métis identity.”
