Nations, Territories, & Treaties

Land Acknowledgment

Columbia River Treaty and the Syilx Peoples

Interactive Map of Indigenous Nations in Turtle Island and around the World

This resource link can be found at:https://native-land.ca/

Efforts were made to contact the owner of this resource to ask for their permission to use this resource to support educators in their understanding and implementation of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives in the classroom. Learning from and with Syilx peoples and developing respectful, reciprocal, and productive relationships will be ongoing.

Canada's Indigenous Nations and Treaties Interactive Map Activity

How could theses resources be used in a classroom?

To enhance this learning experience, I recommend collaborating with the Indigenous advocates at your school. This will allow the students to gain a more authentic and profound understanding of the resources available. In my own classroom, I have utilized these resources by sharing an interactive map of Canada's Indigenous Nations and Treaties with the students listed about. It is important to have the students explore this map, they can do this within a group or on their own. Students can answer questions in the graphic organizer above to learn more about the Nations in their region and the treaties that have been signed. Have each student discuss their findings on the Nation they chose to look at. An extension to this activity could be to have students create a map of their local communities, highlighting the Indigenous territories, places, and landmarks. Through this activity, students will have the opportunity to learn more about the land they live on, and the many nations that were here before.

Though this content and these resources can assist in the integration of Indigenous knowledge into the classroom, it is important to seek out and build relationships with the Indigenous advocates in each school if possible, or Indigenous community members, knowledge keepers, or educators. We must remember that learning and educating on Indigenous perspectives should be done with and from local Indigenous community members.