A TEACHER'S RESOURCE GUIDE TO
DECOLONIZING THE CLASSROOM
Ayesha Akther • Lara Elian • Kim Lulashnyk • Dinh Nguyen
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DECOLONIZING THE CLASSROOM
Phase one: HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE
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A community-based action resource guide for Indigenization through relationships, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity
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RESPONDING TO THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF CANADA (TRC)
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Phase Four: TAKE ACTION AND RAISE AWARENESS
ADDITIONAL RESOUCES FOR THE CLASSROOM
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Sample Lesson one: JOURNAL OF UNCERTAINTIES
REFERENCES
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DECOLONIZING THE CLASSROOM A community-based action resource guide for Indigenization through relationships, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity This document is a curation of teaching resources embedded in an educational strategy and framework that is designed to decolonize the classroom and contribute to reconciliation by addressing the damages caused by how “Indigenous� has been traditionally taught in our curricula. While one aspect of reconciliation is about addressing and acknowledging the wrongs done to Indigenous people in the past, an equally important and interconnected aspect of it is repairing and strengthening the relationships between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people. A relationship that benefits all people, indigenous and non- Indigenous alike, can only happen by dismantling the culture of assimilation and dominant colonial views in our classrooms.
Susan Dion (2007) argued that the false conceptions we have of Indigenous people stem
from engagement with dominant discourses presented in school curricula. Similarly Bryan Smith et. al (2011) site history textbooks, movies, T.V. shows, books, and curriculum policies as sources that create and perpetuate myths about Aboriginal Peoples and their cultures. Teachers are encouraged to incorporate Indigenous content into the curriculum without having the tools to understand and reflect upon the material. Without support, resources or training, teachers are left to treat Indigenous studies like any other unit; they see it through the dominant privileged lens of the colonizer, tick it off a check list of topics to cover, and move on.
Decolonization must be synonymous with the disruption of the dominant discourse and social
norms that have far too long excluded genuine Indigenous narratives (Dion 2007). To deconstruct the curriculum of assimilation and decolonize the classroom, we as educators must understand, and must teach, the political and historical contexts of where and how myths about Indigenous Peoples and cultures emerged (Ng-A-Fook in Smith et. al). We must unlearn the narratives we were taught and challenge meritocracy and superiority myths to disrupt how colonial privileges and systematic racism are constructed and maintained (Battiste, 2010). We must be given on-going training, support, and opportunities to make real connections to Indigenous sources. 5
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To unlearn and unteach how “Indigenous” has been taught in
schools, our resource guide grounds itself in an action-based process of inquiry and community-building to connect us to the past, the reality of the present, and our (and our students) roles in the future. This process uses Indigenization, or what Albert Marshall calls TwoEyed Seeing (Marshall in Battiste, 2010) to equalize dominant colonial narratives in the classroom. By doing so, Indigenization engages in decolonizing the classroom.
An exemplar application of decolonizing the classroom through
an inquiry-based approach is Sylvia Smith’s Project for Heart, educating and commemorating victims and survivors of the residential school system (Smith 2020). Project for Heart employs six, inquiry-based steps to get students to understand and commit to reconciliation. Working with Indigenization in mind, we’ve taken Smith’s six steps that are listed in linear progression and condensed them into four phases that are infinitely repeating in a cycle.
We chose to represent our learning process in a cycle. The
wheel model best reflects aspects of Indigenous knowledge and culture; it signifies that decolonization and relationship-building is an ongoing process. That is to say that reconciliation must be continuous and not something that can be achieved through one-time actions. The goal of this resource is to unlearn and become agents of change ourselves. We have created four phases to engage in this process:
1) Knowledge and History, 2) Gestures of Reconciliation, 3) Community Outreach, 4) Action and Raising Awareness
Each of these phases are grounded in an education framework founded on Mary-Ellen Kelm and Keith D. Smith’s four-part model based on Indigious knowledge: relationships, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity (Stevenson, 2019, 54(3), p. 347) 6
Two Eyed Seeing
“to normalize Indigenous knowledge in the curriculum so that both Indigenous and conventional perspectives and knowledges will be available – not just for Aboriginal peoples, who would be enriched by that effort, but for all peoples” (Battiste 2010, p. 17)
Relationships, Responsibility, Respect, and Reciprocity: Educational frameworks based on Indigenous Knowledge
In the Accord on Indigenous Education in 2010, a context was
constructed in order to establish mechanisms for Indigenous education. The findings of the Accord recommended that priorities be put into place to encourage Indigenous educational engagement, to build partnerships with Indigenous organizations and communities, and to use educational frameworks based on Indigenous knowledge. One educational framework based on Indigenous knowledge reflects a four-part model of relationships, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity from the book,Talking Back to
the Indian Act, by Kelm and Smith. Kelm and Smith explore the Indian Act as a document based on ‘unequally structured’ sets of relationships between the Canadian government and Indigenous peoples (2018, p. ii). Their analysis of the Act offers something new: the authors bring forward Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous methodologies to ‘talk back’ to the Act. These methodologies “incorporate Indigenous conceptions of relationships, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity” (Stevenson, 2019, 54(3), p. 347). By foregrounding relationships, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity, students will have the tools to grapple with the learning presented in the classroom and be provided with the skills for critical reflection, understanding, and action-taking. Furthermore, as we conceive of it, a four-stage inquiry process as an educational framework could be used in the classroom in any subject area to make student-centered learning meaningful and addresses the criteria of Section 62 (i) of the TRC Education and Reconciliation upon which our Resource Guide is structured. 7
Definitions Indigenization Indigenization is a term first used by anthropologists to describe
and considers that Indigenous world-views, knowledge and
and perspectives in
perspectives are valid and need expression. Indigenization
primary grades to un
is a process that requires non-Indigenous peoples to be
in Western pedagog
cognizant of Indigenous world-views, knowledges, and
Training Blog, 2017
perspectives and that these views are equal to, not less
perpetuated throug
than, other views.
is the idea that Indi
the process where local populations take something from outside their community and make it their own. The term is
values into somethin
Indigenization in the Classroom
also understood in its opposite sense, where indigenization
relationships—the com
knowledge to transfo
suggests an increase in the local participation and adaptation
Indigenization is a dynamic, participatory process.
it means disputing th
of what is foreign to the local system. For our resource,
It is important to introduce this process into the classroom.
together the Indige
indigenization recognizes the more contemporary usage
The incorporation of “Indigenous worldviews, knowledge
approach to benefit
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RESPONDING TO THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF CANADA (TRC) Section 62 (i) of the TRC calls for educators to “make age-appropriate curriculum on residential schools, Treaties, and Aboriginal peoples’ historical and contemporary contributions to Canada a mandatory education requirement for Kindergarten to Grade Twelve students.” Our resource guide is a direct response to this call. While, as individual teachers, we do not have the power to enforce nationwide education expectations, as the interpreters of curricula in the classroom, we can contribute to this section of the TRC by creating content that might encourage educators to adapt Indigenous responsive pedagogy into their classrooms. It is our intention that this resource guide will also answer other sections of the TRC, even if those parts of it do not specifically call on educators to do so. Our document is also a direct response to section 63 of the TRC:
(i) Developing and implementing Kindergarten to Grade Twelve curriculum and learning resources on Aboriginal peoples in Canadian history, and the history and legacy of residential schools.
(ii) Sharing information and best practices on teaching curriculum related to residential schools and Aboriginal history.
(iii) Building student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect.
nto the educ ation system right from
niversities” is an important intervention
gical practices (Indigenous Corporate
7, March 29). A misconception that is h the colonizer’s system of dominance genization means to change Western
ng Indigenous. Indigenization is about
ming together of Western and Indigenous
orm a space. In the classroom context,
he narrative of colonization by bringing
enous and Western knowledge and all students. 9
Definitions
Decolonization
Decolonization is multifaceted and is a dynamic
(Sellars in McFarlane and Schabus, 2017, p. 7).
In the classrooms, decolonization is the deconstruction
process by which the colonial mechanisms of power are
of dominant colonial ideologies and privilege by educating
dismantled and the liberation of the colonized - economic,
teachers and students to question the status quo which has
cultural, physical, psychological - is achieved. According
allowed for systematic racism against Indigenous people to
to Linda Tuhiwai Smith, “decolonization once viewed as
be normalized. Through action-based learning, self-reflection,
the formal process of handing over the instruments of
and community building, our resource enables a process of
government, is now recognized as a long-term process
decolonization through valuing and revitalizing Indigenous
involving the bureaucratic, cultural, linguistic and psychological
knowledge and culture, ultimately dismantling misconceptions,
divesting of colonial power” (2012, ictinc.ca\blog). In brief,
prejudice, and assumptions about Indigenous Peoples and
decolonization can be described as a process to restore an
contributing to reconciliation. Our resource recognizes
Indigenous world view, culture, and traditions to Indigenous
that the process of decolonization and reconciliation in the
peoples and where Indigenous perspectives of history
classroom is a continuous cycle of learning and experiences;
are inserted into the broader socioeconomic and cultural
as such, we have created a four-phase cycle as our framework.
discourse. Decolonization reclaims the way Indigenous
The four cycles are continuously applied in the classroom,
people view, define, and present themselves. It resists the
mirroring the cyclical nature of Indigenous thought.
way non-Indigenous people have imagined Indigenous peoples. In the process of decolonization, the traditions and experiences that were forcibly dismantled by colonial regimes intent upon both assimilation and eradication and the considerations of the family, community, culture, language, education, and history are re-examined and restored.
Decolonization in the Classroom
“Imagine the superior education we could have
gained by learning from each other. Our education systems did not have to be in conflict, but Indigenous cultures were suppressed and forbidden. We should have tried to understand our differences instead of outlawing and branding the Indigenous peoples as inferior. Imagine the self-esteem of Indigenous youth who would know who they are and 10
the benefit to the newcomers of learning these new ways”
be proud of learning the ways of their ancestors. Imagine
Phase 1
HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE In the first phase, students examine the history of Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations through topics such as history, culture, communities, residential schools and treaties. This phase is broken up into two steps: first, students will expand their knowledge through the examination of provided materials such as texts, oral history, novels, news articles, videos, and various other first and secondary sources; and second, students will engage in student-centered, action-lead initiatives for study and implementation. We have compiled a number of text that may be useful to teachers in this phase.
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History and Knowledge
Teaching First Nations, Mètis, Inuit Studies in Canada: Pair and Share ‘Official Histories’ with Indigenous Histories First Nations in Canada is an educational resource designed for use by young Canadians, high school educators and students, Aboriginal communities, and anyone interested in First Nations history. Its aim is to help readers understand the significant developments affecting First Nations communities from the pre-Contact era up to the present day. This is an official history. Lessons can be constructed by taking portions of this text and pairing it with Ways of Knowing. This text is a historically grounded look at the wide variety of issues that inform the lives of Native peoples in Canada today. The book is divided into four sections: Philosophy and Worldview, History, Political Economy, and Contemporary Issues. In addition to those topics commonly considered in existing texts, such as health, politics, self-government, and urban reserves, Belanger includes unique chapters on Native philosophy, language, art and literature, and writing about Native history and Native issues
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A History of the Canadian Peoples presents a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to the history of Canada from pre-contact times to the present day. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to offer more balanced coverage of the preand post-Confederation periods, providing insightful perspectives on influential moments throughout C anadian history. Weaving together social, political, cultural, and economic histories in a seamless narrative, this compelling resource will help readers understand and appreciate the remarkable people and events that have shaped Canada across its history. This is an official text and it can be paired with Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization. This text was inspired by a 2016 speaking tour by Arthur Manuel. The book contains two essays from Manuel, described as the Nelson Mandela of Canada, and essays from renowned Indigenous writers Taiaiake Alfred, Glen Coulthard, Russell Diabo, Beverly Jacobs, Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Kanahus Manuel, Jeffrey McNeil-Seymour, Pamela Palmater, Shiri Pasternak, Nicole Schabus, Senator Murray Sinclair, and Sharon Venne. 13
History and Knowledge
Treaties. Various lessons, activities, and discussions would be created involving the history of Canadian treaties and Indigenous peoples. We are all Treaty People. The impact of treaty making in Canada has been wideranging and long standing. The treaties the Crown has signed with Aboriginal peoples since the 18th century have permitted the evolution of Canada as we know it. In fact, much of Canada's land mass is covered by treaties. This treaty-making process, which has evolved over more than 300 years between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada, has its origins in the early diplomatic relationship developed between the Crown and Aboriginal groups.
In 2018, Canada’s History published a special edition issue devoted entirely to Treaties in Canada. The Treaty Relationship is central to understanding Canada today. The magazine and its companion Kayak, written for young Canadians, produces ten regional stories that discuss various topics relating to the Treaty relationship in Canada. The magazine comes with an educator’s guide which links the history, concepts, and questions brought up in the various articles with fully adaptable lesson plans, in both French 14
and English, for grades 3-12 and are available for no charge at www.canadashistory.ca/treatiesedupack
Education and the history of Residential Schools and Day Schools
For over a century, beginning in the mid1800s and continuing into the mid-1990s, Aboriginal children in Canada were taken from their homes and communities and placed in institutions called residential schools. These schools were run by religious orders in collaboration with the federal government and were attended by children as young as four or five years of age. This fully immersive educational kit provides full lesson and unit plans for teaching about the Residential Schools to students in Canadian schools.
The Indian Act: Pair and Share The full document of the Indian Act is available on the Department of Justice page on the Government of Canada website. Students would be given the opportunity to consider the Indian Act and be directed to specific chapters based on particular topics in the lessons. It can be paired with Talking Back to the Indian Act. Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories is a comprehensive how-to guide for engaging with primary documents. The intent of this text is to encourage students to develop the skills necessary to converse with the primary sources in more refined and profound ways. Appendix A includes a thoughtful set of questions to stimulate students thinking about how historical sources come to be, how they are formed and what impact they have both at the time they are created and afterwards. Appendix B contains a historical context timeline for the Indian Act.
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History and Knowledge
First Nation Voices: Selection of work by writers, artists, performers, activists, film-makers, and musicians. Discovery of voices to lead students into their own student-centered, action-led initiatives for their study and implementation. Deer Women is a collection of real-life retelling of the experiences of more than a dozen Aboriginal women. Each story centres around a female lead who overcomes (and is still overcoming) the abuse and struggles she faces (and is still facing) as an Indigenous woman, to promote perseverance, compassion, and healing. Because of the nature of the lived experience in the anthology, teachers should use discretion when selecting appropriate stories for their classrooms. Some pieces in the collection may be suitable for children of all ages, while others might be more suitable for older students Lived experiences that highlight hardship and the importance of compassion, hope, and healing. Written by an Indigenous author, A Girl Called Echo is the first of a series of graphic novels about a young student struggling with loneliness while separated from her mother (some of our students may be able to relate to this). One day Echo finds herself transported back in time to the Saskatchewan prairies where an Indigenous bison hunt was taking place. Throughout the story, Echo goes back and forth from home to different places in history where she experiences the Indigenous culture and history of select groups (like visiting a MĂŠtis camp and traveling old fur-trade routes).
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Phase 2
GESTURES OF RECONCILIATION To create is to internalize. Through creation, we learn to reflect and value what we have, what we had, and what we want. In this phase, students create a symbol of their understanding and commitment to reconciliation. Students can create art tiles as directed through the Project for Heart, rock paintings from the Reconciliation Art Project, and poetry about what reconciliation means to the learner. These artifacts can later be shared with various local Indigenous community centres and Indigenous peoples as acts of kindness and hope; these artifacts can also be given to non-Indigenous officials affecting policy, as acts of recognition and support for Indigenous peoples. These gestures serve as a way to honour those who have suffered through our history of colonization. Further, these gestures serve as a reminder to students about what they have learned, experienced, and committed to doing to improve relationships in Canada. We provide a list of some activities educators can undertake with their students in phase two of our resource: gestures of reconciliation. 17
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Reconciliation Art Project
Project of Heart
This art-based project will teach children about Canadian history and help
An inquiry-based, intergenerational artistic
them to imagine a harmonious future. The project aims to help children think
learning activity that aims to examine the history
about what reconciliation means to them and share their thoughts on what a
and legacy of residential schools in Canada,
happy, inclusive future would look like in Canada. Going on a nature walk out
seek the truth about the past, commemorate
in their local school yard or in their communities, students can collect smooth
the stolen lives, and call Canadians to act in
rocks and complete a rock painting activity. Rocks symbolize permanence,
unity to better the futures of all people living
strength, and resilience; therefore, we believe that this activity can be used
on this land. Many activities can be adapted
as a gesture of reconciliation. Students draw or write messages onto the
to the classroom:
rocks and can then present them to a local Indigenous community centre or to Indigenous members who have survived through the hardships of settler
• Commemorative wooden tiles
colonialism. They can be ceremonially placed. They can be shared with the
• Feather Wreaths
local MP or MLA as a future action or to raise awareness in the community.
• Creating a song
There are many ways this inventive art-lesson could be part of Indigenization
• Totem Pole
in the classroom.
Witness Blanket The Witness Blanket is a national monument that recognizes the mistreatment of Indigenous children in residential schools and symbolizes the ongoing reconciliation process. It was created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. The installation is made up of hundreds of reclaimed items from residential schools, churches, government buildings, and other artifacts of colonialism. Since the blanket is a symbol of protection, we suggest a lesson that involves making a classroom blanket that would be done in partnership with your local Indigenous community members and elders. Students can bring in their old cherished blankets or pieces of fabric and together they can create one or many newer blankets as a gesture of reconciliation. Later, they can present their blanket to their local Indigenous community centres or give the blanket to people-in-need.
Links to project pages https://reconciliationcanada.ca/walk-for-reconciliation-2017/ reconciliation-art-project/ http://witnessblanket.ca/project/ http://projectofheart.ca/
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Phase 3
COMMUNITY OUTREACH Aside from connecting the classroom to the outside world, it is important for students to see, with their own eyes, that people are still being affected by our history. It is equally important for those affected to see that there are people who are committed to learning, understanding, and rebuilding a relationship with them. In this phase, students will go into a community, invite a survivor or Indigenous community member into the classroom, or meet each other outside the classroom. If possible, students should bring what they created during the gesture phase to share with their guest as a sign of respect. Community engagement is important for reconciliation to occur as it personalizes the topic more for the students. Interacting and being connected to Indigenous communities can help learners internalize and understand the past and present of Indigenous history and culture. Part of reconciliation is reaching out to Indigenous communities and making gestures toward understanding; an understanding that can begin to repair the damage that has been caused, and continues to be caused, by colonialism. Teachers can find initiatives offered by Indigenous communities by doing their own research, connecting with their Boards and other Governmental programs, or by contacting Indigenous organizations directly. Our resource offers several community outreach initiatives for teachers that can be incorporated into the classroom. 20
The Caring Society
The Caring Society has seven different campaigns that focus
Attend an event in an Indigenous community
on Indigenous children and their culture as well as their education. One campaign is Shannen’s Dream Foundation whose objective
is to make sure that First Nations children have equal education
became a member of the Ontario Federation of Indigenous
opportunities as others while also respecting their respective
Friendship Centers in 1975 invites non-Indigenous people to
languages, cultures, and backgrounds. Another campaign is Spirit
a variety of events, including Pow Wows. It offers different
Bear which is a symbol of Indigenous reconciliation. Cindy Blackstock
programs and services for all ages with their saying being
stated that the Spirit Bear represents the thousand of First Nations
“Everyone Is Welcome.” ONFC aims to ensure that the quality
children who were impacted by the First Nations child welfare case
of life for Aboriginal people is positive and prioritized. Other
at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. She brought the bear with
events they offer include traditional drumming and dancing,
her to the room with her in the court cases to remind her, and them,
and dinners for Native veterans. Their programs offer a variety
what the purpose of the case is for; the children. Groups must work
of cultural and social events such as the Community Justice
with an Elder to organize a naming ceremony for their bear and
Program which is on the traditional Aboriginal ideas of justice.
describe why the name was chosen. The bear will have clothes to
AAnother program is the Kizhaay Anishinaabe Niin - I Am a
reflect their name and the local culture and the objective is to teach
Kind M an. This program focuses on preventing violence
the bear about the culture and language of the local territory.
toward Indigenous women.
The Odawa Native Friendship Centre (ONFC) which
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Community Outreach
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Indigenous nature walks Jaime Morse, an Indigenous artist residing in Ottawa, teaches social, political and cultural matters through Indigenous arts. She is also the founder of “Indigenous Walks� which is a walk-and-talk tour through downtown Ottawa from the perspective of someone who is Indigenous. There are three different tour options:
1 The first walk focuses on downtown Ottawa as a whole. It is a two hour walk that looks at different monuments, artifacts, and the physical landscape through an Indigenous perspective. Morse states that she started the walk to highlight these important structures in order for others to connect with their own culture as well as the Indigenous culture. Different structures that are looked at include the Human Rights Monument (which has panels written in a variety of Indigenous languages), the Totem Pole, the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument, and Parliament Hill among other stops. The stop at Parliament Hill is where Koebal talks about Aboriginal voting rights from both the past and present alongside discussions regarding various Prime Ministers of the past and the leadership they displayed when it came to Aboriginal issues.
2 The second walk is to the National Gallery of Canada which has a collection of Indigenous art from Canada as well as from all over the globe. Prior to doing these walks, Morse used to work there as a guide at the museum where she would explain the social, political, and cultural issues through the artworks done by First Nations peoples. This walk teaches students about the different arts from the perspective of Indigenous people.
3 The last walk focuses on nature and the environment. Morse takes the group around downtown to look at different trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants. She illustrates traditional Indigenous knowledge regarding the powers of plants on this walk. Students are drawn to a time prior to contact and begin to appreciate Indigenous knowledge and see themselves as agents of environmental change in their own communities. 23
Community Outreach
Going out to communities
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While it is important to bring Indigenous culture to
population. There are several different sites to visit there such
the classroom, it is just as important to allow the students to
as the Cultural Centre, Wanaki Centre, and a maple syrup
experience Indigenization outside of the classroom. There
business called Awazibi Pure Maple Syrup. FA Kitigan Zibi
are various field trips that would take students to places such
Traditional PowWow is held every year; many First Nation
as the Museum of History which has a fulsome program of
communities come together through dancing, singing and
Indigenous learning. Students could embark on non-traditional,
language exchange. Alongside Kitigan Zibi, another way for
collaborative field trips such as visiting locations with high
students to interact with Indigenous communities is through
populations of Indigenous peoples, such as a reserve, or a
the The Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival (SSIF) which takes
community centre, or a friendship centre. Students will witness
place every June. The festival showcases that contributions
Indigenous culture with their own two eyes, and see culture
that Inuit, First Nations and Metis peoples have made to
unfolding in a new and dynamic way. This resource, with its
Canada. Additionally it illustrates the cultural diversity of urban
purpose set toward the decolonization of the classroom,
Indigenous communities. The festival holds different events
recommends that students have opportunities to interact with
such as “Education Day� in which they teach students about
the community as a necessary learning phase after reading
the historical and social significance of National Indigenous
about it in the classroom. One area named Kitigan Zibi is
Peoples Day (NIPD), the cultural and historical aspects of a
the largest Algonquin Nation in Canada, in both area and
PowWow and about all the Indigenous people that live around
Ottawa. Students will partake in fun Indigenous games that include,
them to become more appreciative of the Indigenous culture and grow
storytelling, music, and puppet theatre. The festival also allows people
to understand the meaning behind their practices.
to partake in Indigenous craft and eat traditional Indigenous food. The main objective of getting students to partake in the communities is for
Inviting Indigenous members and Elders into the Jaime Morse, Nehiyaw/Michif (Cree/Métis)
Barry Ace, Anishinaabe
Morse is an Indigenous artist residing in Ottawa, who teaches social,
Ace is an artist that lives in the Ottawa region. He looks at the politics
political and cultural matters through Indigenous arts. She also comes
of map making through memory and continuity. He fdeconstructs
into classrooms to teach a Superhero Plant Trading Cards lesson
maps and recreating them using symbols to showcase his cultural
about the traditional and herbal use of plants.In the lesso, learners
heritage and experiences. Such activities encourage students to
identify with their environment as they develop understandings of
question and challenge the established authority of what they
“superhero strengths” that plants have by identifying with them.
have been taught regarding the history of Canada.
Students will be asked to research different plants and the medical use behind them and find one in which they identify with in regards
Andrea Menard, Métis Nation
to superhero powers that they would want. Upon choosing a plant
Menard is a singer, actor, public speaker, and the founder of Sacred
and doing research about it, the students will answer questions about
Feminine Learning Lodge, which helps people to “name, reclaim,
why they chose the plant and the superhero power they attributed
and embody the qualities of the Sacred Feminine.” She starred in
to it. Once the research aspect is done, students will be asked to
Netflix’s Blackstone, which follows the lives of Indiegnous people
draw and colour their plant and provide it with a superhero name
living on a fictional First Nations’ reserve called, Blackstone. Menard
alongside the medical “powers” of the plant. An important aspect
also gives talks about the violence experienced by Indigenous
of Métis culture is to share one's knowledge and traditions and so,
women in Canada and their own communities and advocates for
students will be asked to share their work with the rest of the class.
the ending of all violence against Indigenous women.
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Phase 4
TAKE ACTION AND RAISE AWARENESS This phase teaches students that they can be changemakers in
anything that invites members of the community outside of their
their communities and answers the question: “we have learned
classroom to interact with their learning. “Taking action” and
so much, now what do we do with it?” Students put their work
“raising awareness” were originally divided into two phases, but
with reconciliation into action by creating or participating in a
since some projects and community events require learners to
public event or project. As a core component of this action plan
raise awareness (if the students partake in a protest and decide
is community, students will then share their knowledge of what
to do live tweets or blogs for example) we’ve combined them
they have learned by raising awareness in their communities. This
into one. Here, we provide some other suggestions for teachers
could be through a blog, a YouTube video, a magazine project -
to encourage their learners to take action and raise awareness.
A free 12-lesson course by the University of Alberta
and a non-Indigenous ally. The movement was partly inspired by the liquid diet hunger strike of Attawapiskat Chief, Theresa Spence, as a response to Treaty-rights abuses by former Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Teachers can encourage students to learn more about the
As teachers, in order to become an ally and move toward reconciliation,
protest and become an ally. Students can also find out how to help
we must challenge and change the dominant colonial narratives
without protesting, if these actions are not condoned by the school.
and privilege (often invisible to us) in our classrooms. To do this, we need to understand and change ourselves. The University of Alberta offers an important, online course called Indigenous Canada that can help learners understand how to locate, define, and resist privilege and dominant narratives of colonization. The course can be taken for free on Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada
Idle No More
Letters to the Government Amnesty International has a page devoted to letter prompts for various Indigenous issues. They update it regularly. This is an excellent source for research and it makes taking action through letter-writing to the government easy. Teachers may choose other means of writing letters or take actions; however, this is a valuable resource for teachers looking for ways to incorporate Indigenization in their classrooms.
Idle No More is an on-going, grassroot, protest movement for First
https://www.amnesty.ca/category/action-types/amnesty-
Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples created by three Indigenous women
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Sample Lesson Plan 1
JOURNAL OF UNCERTAINTIES
Grades: 7 & 8 | Language, Arts, History & Geography | Cross-curricular Project | Time: 60 mins.
Curriculum Connections
Lesson Description
Overall Expectations
This first lesson of a year-long, journal-writing project is adapted from Dr. Susan Dion’s
Arts D1. Creating and Presenting D2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing D3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts
Language 1. Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience
and relationships - teachers and indigenous subject material” this lesson prepares students to construct a “File of (Un)certainties.” The assignment requires students to collect and write about a series of “cultural artifacts'' that reflect their relationship with Indigenous peoples and their learning of and from “Indigenous knowledge.” This lesson will describe the process of creating a Journal of Uncertainties (JOU). The JOU should be a year-long exploration. The JOU is an articulated autobiography of students’ own relationships with their learning about Indigenous peoples of
4. reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Canada. This first lesson introduces the JOU assignment; it discusses the journal
History and Geography
is a sustained conversation that will allow students to process ideas, formulate
History: Creating Canada, 1850–1890 Canada, 1890–1914: A Changing Society; Geography: Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life
Specific Expectations
concepts, strategies, what makes up an appropriate journal reflection, journal assessment strategies, and provides time to create the first journal entry . The JOU
questions, retain information, and work toward building a document of thoughts, feelings, and uncertainties. The JOU’s will reflect and enact the four phases of learning for this course: understanding relationships, identifying responsibilities (including one’s own), learning respectfulness, and using what one learns with reciprocity in mind (how can one take action and raise awareness?).
Fundamental Concepts/Skills
From First Nations, Mètis, and Innuit Connections: Scope and Sequence of Expectations
Relationships Knowledge and History Learning about the past, present;
Arts
reconfiguring the future.
D2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing D2.3 demonstrate an understanding of how to read and interpret signs, symbols, and style in art works D3. Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts D3.1 identify and explain some of the ways in which artistic traditions in a variety of times and places have been maintained, adapted, or appropriated 28
(York University) article, “Disrupting Molded Images: Identities, responsibilities
Responsibility Gestures of Reconciliation Learning from Indigenous stories, visual art, film, video, music about issues on art, culture, identity and representations. Absorbing those texts, and refreshing your own story.
Respec t Community Outreach Stepping inside: Inviting Indigenous stories into your autobiography. What can you learn?
Reciprocity Action and Raising Awareness Stepping outside: Where can you take what you learn? What might you do?
Big Ideas/Essential Question In our classroom, can we begin to disrupt the narrative of colonization by bringing together Indigenous and Western knowledge and approaches to transform our space to benefit all students? Can our teaching methodology reflect decolonizing practices, create a space for Indigenization, and develop ethical learning models?
Lesson Goals 1. Introduce the Fundamental concepts of learning for this unit 2. Introduce the importance of keeping a journal. A journal can provide students an outlet for developing learning skills: • Critically examine materialt and what they already know (or think they know) • Formulate ideas, questions, and help remember content • Share thoughts, articulate feelings, ask important questions • Learn where sources of struggles may lie • Track evolutions, revolutions risks in thinking • Develop fluency in expressing ideas - writing, drawing, charting, creating • Highlight different learning styles. Experimentation and exploration. • Interact more significantly with material — especially the emotional and discomforting • material of FNMI relations with non-FNMI communities. • Begin the process, in a safe space, to decolonize settled knowledges and to become uncertain. 3. Introduce the topic of Decolonization and Uncertainty from an Indigenous perspective by Indigenous thinkers 4. Begin the first entry of the JOU by drawing a self-portrait
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Sample Lesson Plan 1
Key concepts
Materials
Visual Arts In Grades 7 and 8, students’ own art making becomes
• Art Sketchbook • Pencil • Pencil Crayons • Tape or glue
infused with a variety of images and approaches. They are very
• Ruler • Paper clips • Photographs • Old magazines, books
aware of elements from popular culture and eager to incorporate them into their art. It is important to encourage students to view and respond to works from both the past and present and to support their
Instructional Strategies
growing understanding that artists are concerned with issues that
Video
are relevant to their own lives and societies. Students in both grades
Teaching Strategy: Journals in a Facing History Classroom | Facing
should have opportunities to investigate artworks that represent a
History
variety of historical periods, cultures, and styles. As they consider a variety of art works in historical perspective, students ask more
Various Journal writing strategies
refined and probing questions and gain a clearer understanding
Responding to teacher-selected prompts
of what they themselves value. Recognizing artistic practices that
• Dual-entry format - comparisons/contrasts • “Lifted line” responses
resonate with their own personal and creative concerns can motivate
• Brainstorming • Freewriting • Drawing • Creative writing
students to think more deeply about their own art-making process.
• Note-taking • Vocabulary • K-W-L charting • Interviewing • Sharing
Student Groupings Individual The Journal of Uncertainties is the staging ground for thinking and writing, drawing and collecting information that is involved in a process of transforming the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. In some instances, the JOU materials or entries may be shared, or used to reference other learning in the classroom. It is an individualized resource.
Considerations What is the teacher’s relationship with students’ journals? What is appropriate content for our journals? How will journals be evaluated? What forms of expressions can be included in a journal? How can journals be used to help students build vocabulary around decolonization? 30
How should journal content be shared?
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LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND INSTRUCTION Motivation
Closing
7 minutes (video 5 minutes) Jane Ash Poitras - Preservation Reservation 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35hDvA_HEM Introduce the fundamental concepts for this unit - Decolonization
Body 10 minutes discussion | 5 minute transition | 20 minutes student work 1. How does the artist go about the work of decolonization? 2. What is unique about this artist’s approach? 3. What might your story be? 4. Talk about Journals and what they mean 5. Talk about our Journal of Uncertainty project 6. Hand out sketchbooks 7. Time to create
Project image. Reinforce journey. Read title of the book Cultural Memories and Imagined Futures. Say that “we are going to be a part of creating those new futures. Our JOU will be a site for our reflection points but it is also our staging ground for future action.”
Begin the first entry of the JOU by drawing a self-portrait Create an “I am . . . “ declaration Create an “I know . . . about my people” Create an “I know . . . about FNMI peoples”
Assessment Assessment for Learning
Assessment as Learning
• Monitor students for data to inform feedback and assistance • Learners will review and reflect on the content presented in class •Take notes of students progress and highlight areas they can improve on for •" Iam..." declaration and statements will allow students to reflect on who feedback
they are in the context of their Canadian identities.
• If student chooses to share journals, their writing and reflection can be used as •Class
discussion encourages metacognition as students reflect on
formative data to inform teacher's assessment
themselves, their knowledge, and their work by observing their classmates
• Observation of presentation, and journal sharing to identify progress and
and teacher.
knowledge gaps on the subject at hand.
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Sample Lesson Plan 2
A WALK TO REMEMBER
Grade 7 | Science, Language and Geography | Time: One or two school days (includes a field trip)
Curriculum Connections
Big Ideas/Essential
Overall Expectations
Land is something in which Indigenous people
Science • Assess the impacts of human activities and technologies on the environment • Investigate interactions within the environment, and identify factors that affect the balance between different components of an ecosystem • Demonstrate an understanding of interactions between and among biotic and abiotic elements in the environment.
Geography B1. Analyse aspects of the extraction/harvesting and use of natural resources in different regions of the world, and assess ways of preserving these resources
Language • Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience; • Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes;
Specific Expectations Science
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1.1 Assess the impact of selected technologies on the environment 2.4 use appropriate science and technology vocabulary, including sustainability, biotic, ecosystem, community, population, and producer, in oral and written communication 2.5 use a variety of forms (e.g.,
oral, written, graphic, multimedia) to communicate with different audiences and for a variety of purposes 3.1 demonstrate an understanding of an ecosystem (e.g., a log, a pond, a forest) as a system of interactions between living organisms and their environment 3.2 identify biotic and abiotic elements in an ecosystem, and describe the interactions between them 3.5 describe how matter is cycled within the environment and explain how it promotes sustainability 3.8 describe ways in which human activities and technologies alter balances and interactions in the environment 3.9 describe Aboriginal perspectives on sustainability and describe ways in which they can be used in habitat and wildlife management
Geography B1.1 Analyse interrelationships between the location/accessibility, mode of extraction/harvesting, B2.2 gather and organize data and information from a variety of sources on the impact of resource extraction/harvesting B3.2 describe ways in which people use the natural environment, including specific elements within it, to meet their needs and wants
and non-Indigenous people share in common when it comes to discussing shared territory and usage of resources. Are we, as a class, able to take the proper steps in the reconciliation process by gathering the knowledge that Indigenous people have regarding the environment, and combining it with “our” modern scientific outlook, in order to connect with each other and our Earth.
Lesson Goals • Students will identify different plants and animals and the cultural and historical connection it has with Indigenous people • Students will discover the medicinal uses of different plants and herbs • Students will appreciate and illustrate the importance of the connection to the environment that • Indigenous people have and compare it with the scientific background knowledge learnt in class.
Language
• Students will demonstrate a deeper understanding
1.3 gather information to support ideas for writing, using a variety of strategies and a wide range of print and electronic resources 2.4 use appropriate words, phrases, and terminology from the full range of their vocabulary, including inclusive and nondiscriminatory language, and a range of stylistic devices, to communicate their meaning accurately and engage the interest of their intended audience
and respect with the environment
Fundamental Concepts • Environmental awareness • Sustainability and stewardship • Systems and interactions • History and cultural elements
Lesson Description We are all a part of and connected through nature. Therefore, it makes
of their society and have vast knowledge to share with the younger
sense to go out and explore what nature has to offer and how it unites
generations - similar to a gate-keeper).
all of life – the living and non-living – instead of just learning about it
through textbooks in class. This is an integrated lesson where students
a plant, herb, or tree that caught their attention during the walk. The
will first go on a nature walk in their local community (or elsewhere in
scrapbook will consist of information regarding the historical and cultural
their city) and then an Indigenous community. They will then identify
use of the animal/plant within the Indigenous community. Students will
and explore various living things (especially plants and animals) that
also be required to have illustrations of the animal/plant, information about
are present or absent in both communities, compare the differences
the regions in which they can be found,, and why they feel a connection
in usage of those living things and how various technologies impact
to that animal/plant (i.e. why they chose this particular animal or plant to
the environment. They will also learn and appreciate the relationship
research).
Indigenous people have with some of nature’s greatest healers — plants.
(It would be ideal for an Indigenous elder or knowledge-keeper to
to a different perspective on nature and its usage, and teach them to
lead the second walk, as they are respected, experienced members
appreciate and care for the environment and Indigenous communities.
Student’s will then create a scrapbook based on an animal,
This lesson aims to raise awareness and expose students
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Sample Lesson Plan 2
Key concepts • Identifying different uses for plants and animals • In depth analysis on the animal/plant of their choice • Drawing connections between Indigenous knowledge and their scientific knowledge on animals/plants
Background Knowledge Since this is a pre-culminating lesson, students will have already learned about plants and animals, ecosystems and their interactions within a community, and some of the ways they are used. They would have also learnt about some of the ways indigenos people use the land and its resources and some of the issues they
Student Groupings Large groups Students are free to choose their own partner during this trip but if a need arises then the teacher can strategically pair students as required.
Materials • Art Sketchbook • Pencil Crayons • Markers • Pencils and erasers • Extra water bottles and snacks for students • Camera/ Phone/ Anything to take pictures with
face with the non-indigenus communities.
Considerations • Field trip forms to be sent home as parents/guardians need to give permission.
• Inform the students to dress up accordingly to the weather, bring proper footwear, water-bottle, lunch and snacks, and sunscreen (if needed) - as we will be outside for the most part.
• Consider transportation - either using the public transport or school bus
• Consider recruiting volunteers to chaperone for the trip (this could be their family members or other community members from their school)
Instructional Strategies
• Remind students to bring a gadget (if possible) that they can take pictures with as some people will rather use that for the
• Invite Indigenous Knowledge-keeper • Group discussions • Discovery and Guided inquiry • Field trips
Accommodations
scrapbook rather than drawing it from scratch.
Assessment Self-assessment by the student and or peers (assessment as learning) Ongoing assessments (such as check-ins and observational
•
Visual Learners, Auditory Learners, and Kinesthetic Learners
will be accommodated throughout the various experiences
done throughout the trip (assessment for learning)
available in the trip.
Analytical rubric created by the students and teachers to assess
• ESL Students, At-risk Students, and Advanced Learners will be
the final product/presentation (assessment of learning)
provided with modified instructions as per student’s need.
Teacher will observe presentations, and journal sharing to
•
identify progress and knowledge gaps throughtout the unit and
For students with financial issues, materials such as cameras,
artbooks, pencil crayons, markers, etc. will be made available. 34
notes) done by the teacher on participation and active listening
the lesson
LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND INSTRUCTION Motivation Student’s will watch the video Reconciliation Begins With the Land before the day of the trip: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pwHxmGU58U). The video is by Project H.O.M.E. and features a native Indigenous artist and environmentalist – Isaac Murdoch from Serpent River First Nation – who explains the importance of land and how humans are mistreating this precious land. Furthermore, he shares his perspective on reconciliation and what it means to him.
• What is reconciliation and what does it mean to me? • What is something all living things share in common and need to survive? • Why do indigenous people value the land so much? • Who is destroying the ecosystems and how? • What is the author’s message about reconciliation? • How can we do our part to help nature and show reconciliation? Student’s will then consider and discuss questions relating to the topic:
Body Part 1 Students will go on a nature walk in a non-indigenous community - this could be in the form of a hike through some trails if appropriate or just a walk through some local parks or even through an urban city. During their tour/walk, students will take notes about their observations on various topics:
• Biotic and abiotic elements that are present • Various plants and animals they see or don't see • The various ecosystems present and systems in interaction • How are people using the land and natural resources? • What impacts are human activities and technologies having on the environment? Part 2 Later, students will go on a nature walk in an indigenous community where the walk/tour will be led by an Indigneous knowledge-keeper as they share some of their experiences and perspective on how their relationship with the land and the environment. Students will also learn about some of nature’s greatest healers - plants - and the role they play in the everyday life of indigenous people. Once again, students are to consider the previous observations in
• Describe some indigenous perspectives on sustainable use of the land and resources. • Describe how human activities alter ecosystems and their interactions. • Provide examples of how different people in different communities use the natural environment to suit their needs and wants. • Are all these examples sustainable? Explain why or why not? addition to the following questions:
Part 3 After the end of the tours, students will choose a plant or an animal that caught their attention and do further research on them when they return to class, such as: their history, location and availability, role in the ecosystem, diverse cultural usage, sustainable ways humans can use them and etc. Students are encouraged to choose a plant or animal before the end of the trip so they can ask plentiful questions to the indigenous community members or knowledge-keeper and receive first-hand information before conducting secondary sources.
Closing During future lessons, students will further research on their chosen animal/plant and work on their scrapbooks. The scrapbook must include illustrations of the animal/plant alongside the historical and cultural connection that Indigenous people have towards it, the geographical regions in which the plant can be found, in addition to any other questions the teacher sees necessary. It must also include a personal paragraph describing why the student chose that particular plant/animal and how they identify with it.
The final page of the scrapbook will include a self-assessment. As sharing stories and knowledge is important in Indigenous culture, students
will present their scrapbook to their fellow classmates or school community or even the indigenous community they visited. It would be ideal if an elder or any member of the Indigenous community was present to witness these presentations 35
Additional Resources
MUSKRAT Indigenous arts, culture, and living magazine. www.muskratmagazine.com Narwhal Magazine. https://thenarwhal.ca/
Native Women’s Association www.nwac.ca Congress of Aboriginal People www.abo-peoples.org Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami www.itk.ca
The Indigenous Knowledge Portal www.fncaringsociety.com/ikp
Truth and Reconciliation Commission www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca
OCAP® standards on how First Nations data should be collected, protected, used, or shared. https://fnigc.ca/ocap.
National Aboriginal Health Organization www.naho.ca
The First Nations Children's Action Research and Education Service (FNCARES) Indigenous Organizations in Canada https://fncaringsociety.com Mètis National Council https://www.metisnation.ca/ Assembly of First Nations https://www.afn.ca/home/ Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/crownindigenous-relations-northern-affairs. html
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