McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 350-361
Description
Three non-Indigenous teacher-educators reflect on the ways their responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the corresponding provincial mandates have been positively and constructively influenced by their professional relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 41-55
Description
The author discusses journey as a student in the Indigenous Social Work Program to a professor in the School of Indigenous Relations.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 41 to read article.
Overview of projects, "Pipona Oskana Ka-asteki, Winter in Wascana", "Stories About Us", "Aboriginal Eye View", and "Our Future Looks Bright" by students of a pre-certification teacher fine arts education course at the First Nations University of Canada.
Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.
Lawrence Tobacco, born 1919, on the Poor Man Reserve, Saskatchewan He attended a residential school and is now involved in traditional education and counseling. He talks about farming and raising cattle on the Poor Man Reserve; shares a story of a trip he took to Winnipeg to sell cattle for a number of reserves in the File Hills area, and how Indian Affairs officials tried to bribe him with part of the proceeds of the sale; shares stories of defiance toward Dept.
Reports on the course, Sustainability of Ecosystems taught at Brightsands Science and Environment Centre with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper in a tipi or on the open prairie.
Speaker talks about teaching and making a difference.
From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan.
Duration: 22:33