Native Wellbeing Part III

Week 3

June 2-June 9, 2024

Wellbeing in Families

Introduction to Topic

Wellbeing in Families

As you read the book this week, I'd like you to be in thought about how you connect with families in the work that you do; from celebrating milestones and achievements to the everyday interactions you have with families both in your personal and professional lives, what helps you connect and truly listen and be there for families? Are you the head of a family or a caretaker at home, if so, how do you feel listened to and who is there for you and your children? Educators and families are essentially co-caring for the most of a young persons child and adolescent development period, if we saw the coaches, teachers, natural helpers as partners in raising children, what do you think changes about the way society might function for families?

Valeria

Instructor's Notes

Practice Challenge

Being with Land (yes, this is a repeat and we'd like you to do this again!

Please find a way to be with land within your week, in whatever way that you feel most comfortable and represents your connection to the land.

If that is stepping outside, going on a nature walk for 5 minutes, or taking your shoes and socks off to feel the earth with your bare skin, it is up to you completely.

Do this as many times as you'd like throughout the week 😊

Reading & Reflecting

Protecting the Promise

Author: Timothy San Pedro Forward by Megan Bang

Protecting the Promise is the first book in the Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Series edited by Django Paris.

It features a collection of short stories told in collaboration with five Native families that speaks to the everyday aspects of Indigenous educational resurgence rooted in the intergenerational learning that occurs between mothers and their children. The author defines resurgence as the ongoing actions that recenter Indigenous realities and knowledges, while simultaneously denouncing and healing from the damaging effects of settler colonial systems. By illuminating the potential of such educational resurgence, the book counters deficit paradigms too often placed on Indigenous communities. It also demonstrates the need to include Indigenous Knowledges within the curriculum for both in-school and out-of-school settings. These engaging narratives reframe Indigenous parents as critical and compassionate educators, cultural brokers, and storytellers who are central partners in the education of their children.

Week 3 Reading Assignment: Pages 39 - 57

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