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Craft Your Own Land Acknowledgement

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Through a series of 5 video blogs, Rose Roberts and Stryker Calvez invite you to explore a few different elements that are important to understand before building your own Land Acknowledgement: worldviews, positionality, treaties and the Metis homeland. The goal is to help you to build your own awareness about the Indigenous philosophy of wahkotowin (all our relations) and how you can honour it when you engage these elements and create your own land acknowledgement. Hosted by the University of Saskatchewan, you can watch the video blogs here.

Read: Life in the City of Dirty Water

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Winnipeg environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Muller details what life was like growing up as an Indigenous youth in Winnipeg’s inner city: Life in the City of Dirty Water

“This is my story. It is the story of many Indigenous Peoples who find themselves in one of Canada’s inner cities with questions. It is the story of how we became dispossessed and how we rise.”

Watch: Enoch Animated

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Enoch Animated is a YouTube channel that brings the stories of Enoch Cree Nation elders to life. There are 24 short videos (one or two minutes long)and they entertainment and education for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike.

Watch: Bannock and Learning

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Watch this video by the team at Wanuskewin Heritage Park: Bannock and Learning with Chef Jenni Lessard and Cultural Interpreter Honey Constant

Watch: Angry Inuk

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Angry Inuk is an Indigenous feature-length documentary film written and directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril that shows the Inuit seal hunt, as the hunt is a vital means for Inuit peoples to sustain themselves and looks at those people standing in opposition.

Learn with Future Ancestors Services

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Future Ancestors Services Inc. offers capacity building and skills training that can contribute to holistic and sustainable change. These trainings can advance knowledge on the individual’s role in addressing systemic issues to become a part of building a sustainable future that our next generations will inherit.

Learn about Canadian Indigenous history

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Canadian Indigenous History and Cultural Sensitivity is a comprehensive course on Canadian Indigenous relations, cultural practices, and the historical impact of colonization, starting with what Canada and First Peoples looked like pre-contact. This course also gives basic introduction to the proper protocol when working with the Indigenous peoples.

Learn about Aboriginal Worldviews and Education

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Aboriginal Worldviews and Education is a course offered free online by the University of Toronto. It will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students.

Watch: Future Pathways Fireside Chat

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Future Pathways Fireside Chat series of videos from Indigenous role models in activism, the arts, community development, education, business, health, skilled trades, sports and more. They share messages of hope, resilience, and perseverance, while highlighting the lessons learned from their support systems, careers, and personal choices.

Paths to Explore

Craft Your Own Land Acknowledgement

Read: Life in the City of Dirty Water

Watch: Enoch Animated

Watch: Bannock and Learning

Watch: Angry Inuk

Learn with Future Ancestors Services

Learn about Canadian Indigenous history

Learn about Aboriginal Worldviews and Education

Watch: Future Pathways Fireside Chat

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