TRC in Penny-Pinching Mode in Final Years of Mandate
Comments on the downsizing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the impact it will have on residential school survivors.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
Comments on the downsizing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the impact it will have on residential school survivors.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
General information on treaties in Canada.
Set of 19 Kindergarten to Grade 12 lesson plans which focus on Manitoba.
Focuses on five themes: First Nations peoples' lives before contact, the impact of newcomers' arrival due to the fur trade, the importance of the buffalo, understanding what a treaty is, and the significance of the number four.
Special focus on Mi'kmaw culture and history. Lesson plans for Grades 4-9.
Involves an alien race arriving to inhabit earth and that the only hope for their continued existence is to sign a treaty. Students need to decide what aspects of their lifestyle they want to preserve and include them in the treaty terms. Leaders sign a document written in symbols they don't understand and subsequently legislation is enacted which makes the original inhabitants wards of the state.
Additional material:
Guide and handouts for game in which students role-play significant people involved in the negotiation and signing of the treaty.