Languages

Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe/Salteaux)

Ojibwe Bilingual K-4 Book Series (Free, but not openly licensed)

A collection of 15 books written to help children learn Anishinaabemowin. Each book is accompanied by a video where the teacher reads the book aloud. These books are available for free to anyone worldwide.

Cree

Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin (CC BY-NC-ND)

Cree: Language of the Plains is a comprehensive educational resource, offering a broad range of learning materials that is easily accessible to Cree language learners. This collection includes an updated and redesigned Cree language textbook, Cree language audio labs, and a Cree language workbook.

Little Cree Books (CC BY-NC-SA)

The Little Cree Books are the first in what the creators hope will become a large collection of online books designed for early Cree readers. These little books are designed to incorporate the vocabulary and grammatical elements introduced at each grade level in Alberta’s Cree curriculum framework and guides to implementation (K–3 and 4–6).

Indigenous Storybooks: Cree (CC BY-NC-SA)

Indigenous Storybooks is a Canadian website for children, families, community members, and educators. Inspired by the open-licensed stories from Little Cree Books, this project aims to make the text, images, and audio of stories available in Indigenous languages (Plains Cree and Swampy Cree) as well as English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada. A story that is read in English or French at school can be read in ancestral languages by parents and children at home. In this way, Indigenous Storybooks provides access to stories in ancestral languages as well as English and French. Similarly, the audio versions of the stories can help beginning readers and language learners make the important connection between speech and text.

Haida

Indigenous Storybooks: Haida (CC BY-NC-SA)

Indigenous Storybooks is a resource designed specifically for children, families, community members, and educators. Inspired by the open-licensed stories from Little Cree Books, this project aims to make the text, images, and audio of stories available in Indigenous languages (Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, and Haida) as well as English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada.

Hul’q’umi’num’

Hul’q’umi’num’ (Cowichan) Language Resources (Not openly licenced)

A collection of resources developed by the Cowichan Valley School District to support Hul’q’umi’num’ language revitalization at an elementary level.

Ruler of the Forest (CC BY-NC-ND)

A digital story from School District 79 Aboriginal Education (Cowichan Valley) told in Hul’q’umi’num’.