Subject Guides: Teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit Languages: Indigenous Language Learning Games

Learning Indigenous Languages

Anishinaabemo = speak Ojibwe : an Ojibwe language card game
Call Number: PM 851 A65 2015

Ages 5 and up.For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 30 minutes.
Blackfeet language : flashcards : a Blackfeet language card game
Call Number: PM 2341 B53 2015

For 2-5 players. Duration of play: 15 minutes.
Images and matching words challenge the player to move beyond the English language and immerse themselves in the Blackfeet language.
Ages 3 and up.
Ponoka Ipsstao'kíwa = Elk has moved in! : a Blackfeet language card game, Education edition
Call Number: PM 2341 P66 2015

For 2-6 players. Duration of play: 15 minutes.
As you build your house, the last thing you want is a Ponoka inside. Get Ponoka out of your house by trapping him and putting him in an opponent's house.
Ages 7 and up.
Ingodwewaan : Ojibwe language matching card game
Call Number: PM 851 I64 2017

For 2-6 players. Duration of play: 10 minutes.
Ages 3 and up.
A'pístíotakí = Make : a Blackfeet language card game, Education edition
Call Number: PM 2341 A75 2015

For 2-6 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Learn about the language and culture of the Blackfoot people through this game about making and selling items at market.
Ages 8 and up.
Iíníí sáíksísaat! = Buffalo stampede : a Blackfeet language card game
Call Number: PM 2341 I55 2015

For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 15 minutes.
Ages 8 and up.
Iínííwaahkaat = Picking berries : an Blackfeet language card game
Call Number: PM 2341 I56 2015

For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 30 minutes.
Learn about the language and culture of the Blackfeet People while playing this trading game about gathering food and feeding your people.
Ages 5 and up.
Asigibii'iganan : numbers
Call Number: PM 851 A85 2018

Play this classic game and learn your numbers in the Ojibwe language!
For ages 7 and above.
Ohkstoksin : numbers!
Call Number: PM 2341 O35 2018

Play this classic game and learn your numbers in the Blackfeet language!
For ages 7 and above, for 2 to 4 players.
Blackfeet language matching card game
Call Number: PM 2341 B53 2018

Enjoy the challenge of remembering where matching tiles are placed, while learning Blackfeet words and their associated images!
For children aged 5 and above, for 1 or 2 players.
Giigoonh! = Go fish! : an Ojibwe language card game
For 2-6 players. Duration of play: 15 minutes. A fresh take on a classic card game. Learn Ojibwe vocabulary while making the most pairs.
Ages 3 and up.

Indigenous Games

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First Nation Edukit - Traditional Games
Objects include: Arrows (25), Double ball sticks (25) & Double balls (2), Double ball kit (includes: Double ball, sinew, 2 small balloons filled with sand, deer hide, pattern, funnel, pattern on material and buffalo hair), Guessing stick sets (7)(each set includes 20 sticks and 3 counting sticks), Ring the sticks (21), Rock in fist sets (10)(each set includes 3 counting sticks and 1 small rock), Run & scream sticks (25), Sticks in the fist sets (7)(each set includes 3 counting rocks and 10 sticks (1 black tipped)), Tie-up ropes (26), Traditional games posters (3).

The Blackfeet Nation : an indigenous history card game
Call Number: E 99 S54 T75 2015

For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the Blackfeet People through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.
Cards for decolonization : the unsettling card game
Call Number: E 98 H77 C37 2017

Playing time: 40 minutes. Previously published as: Cards against colonialism.
A card game that uses mature humor to satirize North American Indian stereotypes. Game play is similar to Cards Against Humanity.
For 2 or more players, ages 18 and above.
Nipaitapisinann : our way of life
Call Number: E 99 S54 N57 2017

Discover the Blackfeet way of life, language, and culture. For children, 2 to 4 players.
The tribes of the Great Basin : an indigenous history card game
Call Number: E 78 G67 T75 2015

For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the First Peoples of the Great Basin through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.
Tribes of the Great Plains : an Indigenous history card game
For 2-8 players. 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the First Peoples of the Great Plains through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.
Tribes of the northeastern woodlands : an indigenous history card game
For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the First Peoples of the northeastern United States and Canada through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.
Tribes of the Pacific Northwest : an indigenous history card game
For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.
Tribes of the Plateau : an indigenous history card game
Call Number: E 78 C63 T75 2015

For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the First Peoples of the Columbia Plateau and western Montana through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.
Tribes of the Subarctic : an indigenous history card game
Call Number: E 78 C2 T75 2015

For 2-8 players. Duration of play: 40 minutes.
Discover the history of the First Peoples of the subarctic region of North America through this card game.
Ages 8 and up.