Weaving Indigenous values into schools enriches learning for all students, fostering understanding and respect for Indigenous history and perspectives.

Saturday, 19 August 2023

Indigenous Learning Videos & Recordings

Paths to Reconciliation

  • Canadian Geographic's Paths to Reconciliation site includes an interactive map of  62 of the Indian Residential Schools not recognized by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement as well as educational resources

Infusing Indigenous Knowledge  

  • A group of teachers from the Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council Educational Authority, identified Alberta Curriculum ELOs by viewing curriculum through the lens of land based learning (LBL), Cree ways of knowing and being (Nehiyaw Ways of Knowing).
Empowering the Spirit 
  • An educational resource to support Reconciliation
Elder Voices - Métis Crossing  
  • A digital collection of oral histories shared by Bertha Clarke Jones, Hank Cunningham, and Homer Poitras
  • With no books and no written language the children learned about nature, history and values through jokes and humorous stories.
Elders acting as "Universities" (video)
  • The Elders were power and out education, as attested to by Chief Wayne Roan.
The Importance of Identity and Place in the World (video)
  • Recognition of ones self ensures success in this world.
Teaching Children (video)
  • The older family members have the responsibility of passing on the laws to the children.
The winter camp storytelling (video)
  • Evenings were for passing on history, values and rituals.
The Sweat (video)
  • Making an effort to preserve the Elders teachings and knowledge of the powerful healing Sweat Lodge Ceremony.
The Strength of Tradition (video)
  • The expression of strength is displayed in many ways by the Aboriginal Peoples.