Treaty Education eNews: June 2022

Wetutoskimetowin: 'to work on it together'

Happy June! This eNewsletter will mark the last one for the 2021-2022 school year. We will resume again in September. Our listserv has grown to 2,500+ Manitoba school leaders and teachers. Our guiding principle at Treaty Education has always been the core of Treaty - relationships. Please invite members of your school community to join!

Featured Teaching Resource

Colouring books are a great teaching tools at any grade level. Additional to developing hand-eye coordination and generating creativity, they act as lesson launchers and discussion-starters. Use the Manitoba Numbered Treaties: Colouring Book in your classroom to explore Treaties and Treaty-making sites in our province.

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Upper Fort Garry, located in modern-day Winnipeg near the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers , was built by the Hudson Bay Company in 1822. As the Red River Colony grew and the fur trade boomed, the fort was added on to in 1835 and 1850. While none of the Numbered Treaties were made there, Fort Garry was the centre of governance, trade, law, and a social centre for adjacent settlements. Groups from nearby communities, including First Nations, Metis, Scots, retired HBC and NWC employees, and other settlers used the fort as a gathering place.

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June is National Indigenous History Month

It is a time for all of us to reflect on the unique histories, cultures, and contributions of Canada's First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples. The history of Treaties and the Treaty relationship is key to understanding our shared past and our future.

Make the two books by Speaker's Bureau member, Aimée Craft part of your summer reading. Both books tell the story of the making of Treaty No. 1 in 1871

Mark your calendars! The dates for next year's Treaty Education training have been set.

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Our annual Summer Institute is full to capacity! Let us know if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

Day 1 includes a tour of the Manitoba Museum a viewing of the film 'Legends of the Northern Sky'.
Day 2 includes of guided storytelling tour of Upper Fort Garry Provincial Park.
Click here for the draft agenda.
Participants will receive a Treaty Education Kit and complementary teacher's resource guide. Click here for a preview.

Our In-School Support Team is here to help! We can support you in the classroom in-person or virtually. We offer:

Co-teaching Treaty Education lessons
Help in implementing Treaty Education Kit resources
Tips on incorporating local Treaty history
Support for PLCs and staff professional development
We also offer French language support for Immersion and French classes. Make sure to note that you would like our French-speaking In-School Support teacher when you book.

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Treaty Education

300-300 Alpine Way

Headingley, MB R4H 0E1

204-777-1871 | teiadmin@trcm.ca | www.trcm.ca