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Indigenous Resources

Walking Curriculum

The purpose of this document is to support the Walking Curriculum 30-day challenge and to introduce an Indigenous perspective to the learning activities. 

Culture
Indigenous Food Systems Network
https://www.indigenousfoodsystems.org/
The Indigenous Food Systems Network Website was developed by the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) and is designed to allow individuals and groups involved with Indigenous food related action, research, and policy reform to network and share relevant resources and information.

Residential Schools
Canadian Encyclopedia:  Residential Schools
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools
This entry provides a concise overview of the history of residential schools in Canada, highlighting their function as institutions of assimilation, the unfit living conditions that students endured, and the lasting damages that this form of schooling has caused.

First Nations Educational Steering Committee (FNESC):  Grade 10
http://www.fnesc.ca/grade-10irsr/
These learning resources are designed to help Grade 10 students attain an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people of Canada's history.  They are for the instruction of youth from all cultural backgrounds, not just Aboriginal students.

FNESC:  Grade 11/12
http://www.fnesc.ca/grade-11-12-indian-residential-schools-and-reconciliation/
These learning resources are designed to use as an inquiry approach to provide students in a number of Grade 11 and 12 courses with an understanding of the history of the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

Project of Heart
http://projectofheart.ca/what-is-project-of-heart/resources/
This website provides resources to use when looking at the history of the Residential School system in Canada.

Speaking My Truth
http://speakingmytruth.ca/?page_id=17#
This website provides selected reflections, in reader format, on the lived and living experiences and legacies of Residential Schools, and more broadly, reconciliation in Canada.

Reconcilliation
Reconcilliation Canada:  Impact Stories
https://reconciliationcanada.ca/resources/impact-stories/
This web page includes 12 short videos of various Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples (from school kids, artists, community leaders, etc.) as they talk about their connection to reconciliation.

Statement of Apology
https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-HQ/staging/texte-text/sig_1100100015645_eng.pdf
This speech delivered by the Prime Minister of Canada formally acknowledges and apologizes for the residential school history of Canada and the aggressive assimilation strategies that the government employed.

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
http://www.osstf.on.ca/full-circle-first-nations-metis-inuit-ways-of-knowing
This project is the culmination of work done over the past two and a half years by thirteen members of OSSTF/FEEESO, most of whom are First Nations or Metis, or work extensively with Aboriginal students.  The lessons are designed to be implemented in a range of courses, such as civics, history, social sciences, English, geography, business, careers, physical education, and science.

Other Resources
songs, Indigenous speakers, books, movies, artists, quotes, war, veterans
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XjxViMffAAKXeG-NDP9iSRzn7zPe8oSjKuqIff4CFdA/edit?usp=sharing

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    • Inquiry Questions
    • Note-Taking
    • Writing Tips
  • Class Projects
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