Treaty Education eNews: October 2022

Wetutoskimetowin: 'to work on it together'

The season of professional development is upon us!

Professional development and teacher training are key to an educator's growth. After all, who knows the value of learning better than teachers? PD for teachers includes workshops and seminars as well as literature that guides best-practices and tips for teaching. Both are designed to enhance educator knowledge, skills, and expertise in your professional practice. The Treaty Education team offers online and virtual training as well as a suite of materials for teaching found on our website.

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Featured Teaching Resource

'Treaties in Ten: The Crown' is a slide deck and worksheet. It focusses on Treaty-making with the Crown.

'Treaties in Ten' is a series of slide decks meant as micro-lessons (the 'Ten' means 10-minute lecture) exploring several Treaty related themes.

CLICK on image for slide deck. CLICK button for worksheet.

Treaty Sleuthing: Spaces & Places

The first part of Treaty No. 9 was made in 1905-1906, A section of the northeast part of present-day Manitoba is part of the Adhesion to Treaty No. 9entered into in 1929-30.

There are no communities in Manitoba’s Treaty No. 9 territory today; however, there remain strong familial ties between communities including Deer Lake, Sandy Lake, and Pikangikum.

Treaty Terminology

Let's Talk Treaty: Frontier School Division and Treaty Education

The Treaty Education team has a Grade 12 School-Initiated-Course centred on Treaties. The course document and complementary materials are available on request. To date, several Manitoba schools have successfully delivered the one-credit offering.

Frontier School Division was key in the piloting of the course and continue to be a supporter, offering it during the 2022-23 school year.

Check out this episode of Let's Talk Treaty featuring Frontier School Division's Reg Klassen, Chief Superintendent and April Krahn, Assistant Superintendent Indigenous Way of Life.

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'On the Map' with Treaty Education

Treaty Education partnered with Brandon geography teacher and digital cartographer, Rob Langston to create the ArcGIS storymap, What's Your Treaty Story?

This month, esri Canada Education interviewed Treaty Education Lead, Connie Wyatt Anderson as part of their ‘On the Map’ feature. Check out the interview here.

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

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SAGE Conference

October 21

Our Treaty Education team will be delivering sessions at various locations during Manitoba teacher's annual professional development day. Come and join us!

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Manitoba Social Science Teachers' Association
Location: Miles Macdonell Collegiate, Winnipeg
Presenter: Connie Wyatt Anderson
Session: 'Treaties and the Treaty Relationship' Grade 12 School-Initiated-Course'

Manitoba School Library Association
Location: Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg
Presenter: Amanda Simard
Session: 'Teaching Treaties in the Classroom K-12: Every Child has a right to learn about the Treaties - A First Nation Perspective'

Manitoba Elementary Teachers' Association
Location: Virtual
Presenter: Penny Ross
Session: 'Treaty Education Activities for Your Classroom, K-4'

Brandon Teachers' Association/LIFT
Location: Neelin High School, Brandon
Presenter: Rob Langston
Session: 'What Is Your Treaty Story?’ Story Map & Learning Resources

TREATY ED in the classroom

What are our In-School Support Teachers up to?

IN-SCHOOL SUPPORT TEACHER: Penny Ross

“ Last fall, I facilitated a number of classroom sessions with a grade 5 class at École Stonewall Centennial School. Students worked on a Classroom Treaty using the 4 Principles of Treaty which are kindness, respect, sharing and honesty. The Classroom Treaty helped students create a sense of Treaty community in their classroom and school, and replaced the usual classroom agreement. Students were eager to explain how they included the 4 Principles of Treaty in their agreement. They readily gave examples of each principle such as what First Nations people would have shared with one another pre-contact. This led to an understanding of the spirit and intent of Treaty by the students. Note – Student names were signed around the Classroom Treaty."

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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