Wetutoskimetowin: 'to work on it together'
Since its inception in 2009-2010, Treaty Education has offered an annual teacher's Summer Institute. Our team is excited to announce that this August we will be able to gather in-person! The two-day session will take place in Winnipeg on August 24 & 25 and will include a walking tour of The Forks, a half-day at the Manitoba Museum and Planetarium, a complementary teacher's guide, and a Treaty Education Kit. Scroll down to see how to register. Hope to see you there!
Featured Teaching Resource
Teaching Treaty Relationships: A Timeline Activity for Students is a hands-on learning activity where students construct a timeline centred on the history of Treaty No.1. Doing so, they examine historical patterns and trends and the cause and effect of key historical events. Consider adapting for other Treaty areas.
The Iron Alliance (Nehiya Pwat) was a political and military alliance of several Indigenous nations in Canada and the northwestern United States. The four groups within this confederacy – Nêhiyawak/Plains Cree, Saulteaux/Plains
Ojibwe, Metis, and Nakoda/Stoney - had extensive kinship ties. The Confederacy rose to predominance during the height of the fur trade between the 1740’s and 1860’s. In the early 1820’s there was a call to gather at Buffalo Lodge Lake (present-day northwest North Dakota) to solidify the unity of the people. Many believe that the largest Sun Dance ever to occur on the Northern Plains took place.
Treaty Terminology
What does it mean to be a Treaty partner? How are we all Treaty people? Watch the video where Michael Redhead Champagne interviews Treaty Commissioner Loretta Ross on what it means to be Treaty.
Revisit this feature from the Mennonite Central Committee's 'We are All Treaty People' gathering that took place in October 2020.
Commissioner Ross reminds listeners of the longevity of Treaties.

What's Your Treaty Story?
We want to hear from you!

How are you implementing Treaty Education in your school or classroom? Share your stories! Send us an update (with photos!) and we will feature your good work in our next newsletter!
Mark your calendars! The dates for next year's Treaty Education training have been set.
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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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