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)

Red Dress Day (Grade 1)

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!)	Our Moment colouring page	Michif animal matching game

Heritage Michif

Activity book	Bingo Set	Animal bingo	Summer bingo
Animals colouring pages	Matching Game – Kinship terms  (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided)	Greetings	Fall bingo
Metis Symbols colouring page	Matching Game – Weather terms  (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided)	Colours	Winter bingo
Louis Riel colouring page	Matching Game – Verbs  (meant to be printed on 11″x17″ paper in a 4×2 grid, double-sided)	Numbers	Spring bingo
Household labels	Scavenger Hunt	Winter scavenger hunt	Greeting songs
Colours Posters	Numbers Posters

Northern Michif

Animals colouring pages	Bingo Set	Animal bingo	Summer bingo
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	Fall bingo	Winter bingo
Spring bingo	Colours Posters	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

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 

Le Musee de Saint Boniface Museum 

Manitoba Museum 

Rupertsland Centre for Teaching and Learning

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.

Learn Michif YouTube Channel

Videos of conversational Michif

Louis Riel Institute’s YouTube channel

Michif videos including cultural teachings in a series called Red River Cart Adventures.