High School
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Treaty by Canoe
Please note: this is currently a pilot program
In this three-hour program students will “journey by canoe” through the traditional territory of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation of the Mushkegowuk and Anishinaabe Peoples of Northern Ontario, travelled in 1905 by the Commissioners and the Indigenous crew in the making of Treaty no. 9.
A GIS Story Map will help students gain an understanding of the vastness of the territory, the inseparable relationship of Indigenous peoples’ to the land, the challenges of the journey, and the skill of the Indigenous crew who guided the delegation.
In addition to a virtual experience, students will “travel” to place markers, or lobsticks, throughout the museum, for hands on, audio and visual activities (birch bark canoe repair, portaging, journaling, harvesting, hunting and fishing rights and customs of the land.
Students will also hone their critical skills, as part of one of the Treaty signing communities, hearing surviving written records and oral testimony of Mushkegowuk and Anishinaabe representatives who give accounts of the making of an agreement to share the land and the promises made in stark contrast to the surviving government parchment that is Treaty no. 9.
Grade 9- Canadian and World Studies, Issues in Canadian Geography, Academic and Applied; To explore treaty territories where resource extraction is taking place; To explore locational patterns of First Nations communities
Grade 10 Canadian History since World War I, Academic and Applied- To explore current regional issues impacted by treaty rights (e.g., resource development, infrastructure, land claims)
Grade 12 – Canadian and World Studies – Canada: History, Identity, and Culture – To explore the treaties and First Nations communities that emerged between 1774 and 1945 to explore current regional issues impacted by treaty rights (e.g., resource development, infrastructure, land claims)
Grade 12, Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals, University/College Preparation (BOH4M), Foundations of Management, Issues of Ethics and Social Responsibility– evaluate the impact of major ethical issues (e.g., … Aboriginal land claims versus interests of resource companies) and dilemmas (e.g., for the individual, the workplace, and the local and global community) on management strategies and decision making