I like to go to my special place to.....
Where do you think that place is for me?
Think of a place that is special to you and describe it.
Your special places are actually part of a larger special place to the Indigenous Peoples of this territory that we are going to learn more about.
It is important that we use Peoples as it shows a distinction of many nations. Each Indigenous nation has its own language, culture, customs, history and relationship wit the Canadian government through various treaty/settlement negotiations and processes.
Big Idea-Recognizing Indigenous perspectives and connections to land and place.
Where is our school located on this map.
1. Indigenous Peoples are people who lived on and took care of this land since the beginning of time! The land is very important to Indigenous People because we believe it has a spirit along with animals, water, plants and other sources of life. There are many different groups of Indigenous Peoples in this country, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit.
2. Settlers are people from other places who came to this land to live and share the resources. Even though many promises to share the land and resources as equals were
not kept, it's important that the descendants of settlers today learn about and honour historical promises to share the land.
Today, everyone in Canada benefits from the land!
We are all beneficiaries of the historical agreements made between Indigenous groups and settlers and therefore have a responsibility to actively work towards honouring Indigenous Peoples as equal partners in sharing the land.
A small thing that we can all do to honour the Indigenous Peoples whose traditional territorieswe are occupying as well as the promises to share the land that were made is create and say a meaningful land acknowledgement!
Video about why we show an acknowledgement
Questions to answer:
What is Ariana's special place
Why is this place special to her as an Indigenous person?
What did Ariana include in her land acknowledgement?
Why are land acknowledgements important?
Let's watch some examples:
Big Idea: Using language to demonstrate respect and further reconciliation
Your classroom land acknowledgement should include the following information:
. The name of the Indigenous nation(s) whose traditional territory the classroom is on
. What you love about this land
. How you benefit from this land (hint: we benefit from buildings on the land such as
schools, houses, hospitals, etc ... plus we benefit from the land, water, sky, animals to
provide us with live sustaining food, water and materials)
· Plus anything extra that you suggest to make this land acknowledgment meaningful and personal. As an example, you might want to
How they can commit to taking care of the land or how they can honour the treaties, if applicable to your region.