Educational Media and Comics

PEACE PARTY, a multicultural comic book featuring Native Americans.
"Two young heroes fight everything from prejudice and pollution to supervillains and the supernatural."

Resources Offered for American Indian Heritage Month
Blue Corn Comics Provides Quiz, Articles, Contest
It's that time of the year again: American Indian Heritage Month, when Americans celebrate Native people in all their diversity and complexity. To that end, Blue Corn Comics has gathered several of its resources for the media, schools, and the Web in one handy spot. Editors, teachers, and bloggers can come here for content they can use to acknowledge the country's first inhabitants.

For the full story, go to http://www.bluecorncomics.com/namonth.htm

Rob Schmidt
Publisher
PEACE PARTY
http://www.bluecorncomics.com

The Healthy Aboriginal Network
Non-profit promotion of health, literacy & wellness
CLICK HERE to see the Diabetes Comic Book.

Suicide prevention comic book
Darkness Calls, our suicide prevention comic book, is about to go into its third print run ... once again on high quality coated paper (which turned out much sharper and brighter than the first printing) ... so please send an email if you're interested in purchasing copies. And please let us know how many you'd like. All of our comics cost the same.

Pricing can be found at www.thehealthyaboriginal.net

Additional benefit of language retention
We also turned Darkness Calls into a moving short, in color, in a First Nations language (Gitxsan, from the Hazelton, BC area) for the additional benefit of language retention. If you're interested in having your youth dialogue in their language, please let us know.

Pricing can be found at www.thehealthyaboriginal.net

Gambling addiction comic book
We just released On the Turn, our gambling addiction comic book. The story is about a young woman that quite un-expectantly gets hooked on poker at school. But through counseling at her local friendship centre and the support of her parents, she is able to make amends to the people she hurt the most ... her family. When we were focus group testing the story with youth, one young woman volunteered that she was learning poker from father. She questioned whether she even wanted to continue to learn the game; she was so moved by the story. Talk about making it all worth while. I've attached a low res copy for you to preview.Please send an email if you're interested in purchasing copies. And please let us know how many you'd like. All of our comics cost the same.

Sean Muir
Executive Director
328 East Thirty Second Avenue Vancouver, BC V5V 2Y4
P 604-876-0243 F 604-876-0248 sean@thehealthyaboriginal.net
BC incorporated non-profit Society No. S-48530

Dreams of Looking Up
Dreams of Looking Up is an original 24-page color comic book about sovereignty and the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians. It is illustrated by Mille Lacs Band member Steve Premo and by Paul Fricke, and written by Cindy Goff. Produced in 1998 by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians.

Synopsis
Dreams of Looking Up shows how one American Indian family learns the true meaning and importance of sovereignty as a young girl recounts lessons taught by her grandmother.

Suggested Applications
Classroom reading either individually, in small groups, or as a class to supplement lessons/discussions in history, geography, government, social/cultural studies, and current events. Recommended for use in primary/intermediate schools, especially grade 5.

Classroom Objectives
After reading the comic book, students should have gained awareness about the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians, including the Band's history and its place within the history of Minnesota and the United States. Students also should have gained an interest in American Indian traditional culture and beliefs. In addition, students should have gained an increased understanding of the concept of sovereignty, treaties and tribal government.

A Hero's Voice
Original 24-page color comic book about the heroes of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians. Illustrated by Mille Lacs Band member Steve Premo and by Paul Fricke. Written by Steve Premo and Cindy Goff. Produced in 1996 for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians.

Synopsis
A Hero's Voice shows how one young American Indian boy learns the true meaning of heroism from his grandfather with the help of heroic leaders from their People's past.

Suggested Applications
Classroom reading either individually, in small groups, or as a class to supplement lessons/discussions in history, cultural studies, and current events curricula. Recommended for use in primary/intermediate schools, especially grade 5.

Classroom Objectives
After reading the comic book, students should have gained awareness about the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians, including the Band's own particular history and its place within the history of Minnesota and the United States. Students should also have gained an interest in American Indian traditional culture and beliefs. In addition, students should have gained an increased understanding of the concept of heroism and what it means to be a hero.

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We have assembled a collection of books that will give you many resources for wonderful projects and lesson plans. Click here to see them.