Anishinaabe Expressive Culture Series Movie Night! 

Movie: GATHER (view the official trailer)

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Time: 6:00 pm

Where:  Lars Hockstad Auditorium, Central Grade School

Parking: Pine Street, entrance at Pine Street

Film Run Time: 74 Minutes

Please join us for a movie night to be followed by a discussion led by Holly T. Bird, TCAPS Board of Trustee and Kinomaage Ikwe.

“Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.

Gather follows Nephi Craig, a chef from the White Mountain Apache Nation (Arizona), opening an indigenous café as a nutritional recovery clinic; Elsie Dubray, a young scientist from the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation (South Dakota), conducting landmark studies on bison; and the Ancestral Guard, a group of environmental activists from the Yurok Nation (Northern California), trying to save the Klamath river.”

All Anishinaabe Expressive Culture Series events are free and all are welcome to attend. We look forward to being in community with you!

If you have any questions, please contact TCAPS' Indigenous Education Program.

Phone: (231) 933-5897 

Email: baldwinsu@tcaps.net

Print the letter-size flyer

May 5 - #MMIW Day of Awareness

May 5 is recognized in the United States and Canada as the day of awareness and remembrance of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The U.S. Department of the Interior reported that 84.3% of Indigenous men and women have been victims of violence in their lifetime. Furthermore, The National Crime Information Center reported that of 5,712 Indigenous women and girls being reported missing in 2016 only 116 were logged by the U.S. Department of Justice's federal missing persons database. 

How are our students impacted? Some students and families may be experiencing the crisis. When this is the case, learning can take a back seat, affecting areas such as academic performance, absenteeism, disciplinary problems, relationships with peers and adults, and dropout rates.  Increasing awareness creates a community of care for our learners and contributes towards ending the cataclysm.

How can educators support students?

• Bring awareness to the crisis through classroom discussion

  • High School lesson plan - provided by ELA High School Teacher Daria Bliss

• "Education includes acknowledging the role that colonization and generational trauma play in the problem"

• Wear red. Red is the official color of the #MMIW campaign. 

• Trauma-informed responsiveness - A few examples sourced from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

  • Understand temporary behavioral issues may stem from trauma-related anxiety.

  • Create a safe space for the adolescent. 

  • Prepare for challenging situations and offer extra support.

To show support in the community you are welcome to attend the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Day of Awareness on Friday, May 3 at GTB Cross Creek, 877 Munson Avenue from 12 pm to 4 pm. 

Miigwech / Oose (thank you - Anishinaabemowin / Shoshone) for your support of the upcoming generation.

If you have any questions or would like additional information please  contact our office at (231) 933-5897 or email Summer Baldwin at baldwinsu@tcaps.net