by boot | Feb 28, 2025
Who are the Métis? What are the criteria for belonging to the Métis Nation? Is it different across provinces? How did the fur trade impact Indigenous communities across Canada and the United States? What are some of the lingering effects? Curriculum Connections:...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
Have students research (using books, magazines and/or the internet) images of “Indians” from movies. What do the images portray? Early days? Current? What has been the overall message from Hollywood about Indigenous people? How has this portrayal contributed to...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
What is the American Indian Movement uprising and when did it occur? What was the outcome? What other significant conflict between the government and the Sioux occurred in the region? How are Indigenous peoples reclaiming and restoring their communities in your...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
(Warning: sensitive topics — residential schools, abuse, alcoholism, addiction, suicide) What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission? How did it arrive at its 94 recommendations? Why is it important in Canada? What types of organizations, activities and policies...
by boot | Feb 28, 2025
(Warning: sensitive topics — FASD, children with special needs) What is FASD? How does it affect development and the brain? What are common supports offered? Why do some prematurely “arrive” at the conclusion that Indigenous children with special needs are “FASD”? How...
