Wetutoskimetowin eNEWSLETTER

Welcome back! The 2025-2026 school year is firmly underway! Our team aims at supporting you in your delivery of Treaty Education. Scroll down to access our newest resources for teaching and learning and to view a webinar demonstrating how to use the lesson plan “Five bucks: The economics of Treaty relationships”.

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Last school year, our In-School Support Team made 31 in-person visits to Manitoba schools and engaged with 1,484 participants. Scroll down to learn how to access (at no cost!) and to read about ISST member Penny Ross' work with École R.W. Bobby Bend School in Stonewall. We are ready to bring Treaty Education to your schools and classrooms!

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Treaty Education training dates have been set for the school year. We will be offering our in-person Open Regional session in Winnipeg on September 23 & 24. Consider joining us for two days of collegiality and professional learning! Email our team if you have any questions. Scroll down to access the link to register.

Featured Teaching Resource

Engage your students in exploring Manitoba's Treaties using a historian's lens. This teacher's guide, which framed the pedagogy associated with August's teacher summer institute, has a useful glossary of terms, several articles, interviews with Dr. Sheldon Krasowski and Alberta's provincial toponymist Ron Kelland, as well as a guide for cemetery research and other printable student worksheets.

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Treaty Sleuthing: Spaces + Places

Prince of Wales Fort, situated at the mouth of the Churchill/ Missinippi River in Treaty 5 Adhesion territory, served as a key trading post for the Hudson's Bay Company. Dene and Cree families, known as "Homeguards," lived near the fort and played a vital role in its operations. They provided crucial provisions like meat, fish, traditional medicines, and winter clothing, and also acted as guides, couriers, and trappers.

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Treaty Terminology

Are you prepping for the new grade 12 social studies option centred on Treaties? Treaty Education has you covered!

Our team has curated a list of teaching resources for use in the 'Land and Treaties: Relationships & Responsibilities' course. The teaching resources are divided thematically by strands.

Keep checking in with us to get updates on training for the course as well as new teaching materials.

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This webinar, in collaboration with the Bank of Canada Museum, demonstrates the lesson plan “Five bucks: The economics of Treaty relationships”. You will also hear firsthand from Ojibway Anishinaabe artist Frank Shebageget, the creator of Free Ride, the artwork at the centre of this lesson plan.

Interview with Frank Shebageget begins at 19:00.

Content type(s): Multimedia

Subject(s): Arts, Economics, History, Indigenous studies, Social studies

Grade level(s): grades 7 to 12

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Treaty Education Training, 2025-2026

The dates have been set for the Treaty Education training for the 2025-2026 school year!

Sept. 19: Joe A. Ross, OCN [IP]

Sept. 23 & 24: Open Regional #1, Winnipeg, 1577 Dublin Ave. [IP]

Sept. 29: Western SD [IP]

Sept. 29: Interlake SD [IP]

Oct. 17: Sunrise SD [IP]

Nov. 21: Joe A. Ross, OCN [IP]

Nov. 27 & 28: Open Regional #1 [V]

Dec. 4 & 5: St. John's Ravenscourt/Independent Schools [IP]

Feb. 12 & 13: Open Regional #2 [V]

March 16 - 20:UW, Education [IP]

exact dates TBC

April 21 & 22:School Admin [IP]

May 13 & 14: Open Regional #2, Dauphin [IP]

Email us to find out more.

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IP = In-person; V = Virtual

Making a Treaty Chain

In-School Support Team member Penny Ross visited Ecole R.W. Bobby Bend School where she co-facilitated an afternoon assembly with Celine Doll, Vice-Principal (K-4) for 400 Grade 1-4’s and 45 staff members. The theme was “We are all part of a Treaty community,” and the activity was a Treaty chain. Students also shook hands and discussed what the handshake symbolizes.

Students took part in sharing circles where they discussed the question, “How do you see yourself as part of a Treaty community?” Students then created a Treaty chain with each child writing 2 ideas on 2 chain links. The links were joined together to be displayed in the school for all to view.

Read below about the role of our Treaty Education In-School Support Team and how to book.