Wetutoskimetowin eNEWSLETTER

Happy New Year! Like all of you, the Treaty Education team has lots on the docket in the upcoming months.

Registration has closed for our Treaty Education Open Regional on February 12 & 13. We have reached max capacity. Consider joining us in-person in May for training. Scroll down for dates and registration links.

The Red River Heritage Fair is scheduled for May 7, 2026. The Treaty Education team will be there as presenters, displayers, and judges. Like last year, there will be a Treaty category. Click Here for a brochure with suggested steps and ideas for preparing a Treaty-themed heritage fair project. Hope to see you there!

Our team is busy framing our annual Treaty Education Summer Institute. The institute is set to take place in Winnipeg on August 19 & 20, 2026. The theme for this year is 'From Treaty Table to Foreign Battlefield'. Keep a look out for a sneak-peak of the complementary teacher's guide, invited guest speakers, and field trips.

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Are you a Catalyst Teacher, PD lead, teacher, school support, and/or administrator who has offered Treaty Education training in your school or division? We would love to hear from you! Please send us a short write-up with images. Your good work offers inspiration to others and gives us all an opportunity to celebrate your successes! Click Here to email us.

Scroll down to read about Catalyst Teacher Bernadine Thompson's work with Maple Leaf School.

Featured Teaching Resource

Navigating the Manitoba Numbered Treaties uses geographical thinking, a discipline-specific, inquiry-based model for student comprehension, to explore Treaties. The activities are crafted for students in grades 7-12. Adapt as required for reading level , grade appropriate assessment, and UDL best practices. Click the document to access.

For more teaching and learning resources, click below.

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Treaty Sleuthing: Spaces + Places

Adhesions to Treaty 5 were made at God's Lake on August 6, 1909. Men were called into a Council to hear

the terms of the Treaty, which was then signed by Chief Peter Watt and councillors Big Simon and Peter Chubb. The Cree name for God’s Lake is Manitou Sakayigun, which means “Lake of the Gods”.

Want to learn more about Treaty-significant sites?

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Treaty Terminology

Sharing Stories: Treaty Education in the Field

Update provided by River East Transcona School Division Catalyst Teacher, Bernadine Thompson.

Maple Leaf School’s Grade 2 teacher, Heather Buffie, wanted to have students become more connected to the land as well as build relationships with the living things in the community.

Their learning experience started with being on the land and then picking a local animal (they chose the woodpecker) and researching and writing a land acknowledgement from a woodpecker's perspective. Thompson had done this lesson with grade 6’s in the past and this was the first time with grade 2!

Check out this image of their research:

Treaty Education through NFB Films

Strong friendships and relationships don’t just happen. They’re the result of building understanding over time, negotiating boundaries and coming to agreements. A Treaty is an example of this. Living on this land means we’re all connected to the layered Treaties and relationships of this place.

Read more about Treaties and explore the suite of films that the National Film Board of Canada has curated. Explore this blog post by Treaty Education Lead, Connie Wyatt Anderson.

Click Here to read more.