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Go to a Saskatchewan Historic Site to learn about early settler, Indigenous relations, locations include Fort Walsh, Batoche, Fort Carleton

A Brief History of the Marginalization of Aboriginal Women in Canada

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Indigenous Foundations created this article, A Brief History of the Marginalization of Aboriginal Women in Canada, which looks at topics like Aboriginal Women’s Traditional Roles & Power; Settler mischaracterization of Aboriginal women’s roles; and Indian Act Gendered Discrimination.

Recognizing harm to First Nations children and families

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Read the final settlement agreement from the Moushoom and Trout class action lawsuits for compensation for First Nations children and families harmed by discriminatory underfunding of the First Nations Child and Family Services program and the federal government’s narrow definition of Jordan’s Principle.

Land restitution

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Use the Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative to learn about land restitution, how it relates to the Land Back movement, and how it works in practice.

Attend a workshop

Attend a workshop or event to further your Treaty learning. The Office of the Treaty Commissioner of Saskatchewan offers sessions with speakers, as well as the Treaty Learning Journey. See upcoming events here.

Learn the Spirit and Intent of Treaty

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Hear from Elders in Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream is that Our Peoples Will One Day be Clearly Recognized As Nations or read The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 and engage in the spirit and intent of Treaties.

Working together towards Land Back

Learn about LANDBACK as a campaign by NDN Collective and as a political framework that allows us to deepen our relationships across the field of movements working towards true collective liberation.

What is Land Back?

Learn what Land Back is and see what you can do to support the Indigenous-led movement of people “returning back and finding their place in those systems of life.”

Treaty Rights and the Indian Act

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Hear from Harry Lafond, former chief of Muskeg Lake First Nation, and an educator, in this video on Treaty Rights and the Indian Act.

A Lasting Relationship

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The University of Saskatchewan shares information on Treaty through their Indigenous Voices Online Learning Modules – Read Chapter 7, A Lasting Relationship: The Spirit and Intent of Treaties.

Breaking Treaty Myths

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The University of Toronto shares 6 Common Myths about Treaties in Canada to help increase awareness and understanding of the numbered Treaties and their role today.

Read: Treaties

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Understand about the covenant that are the Indigenous Treaties in Canada. Read the Canadian Encyclopedia article Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

The Land Remains Indigenous

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Read To understand why the land remains Indigenous, look to history, a 2019 opinion piece in the Globe and Mail (paywall) by Sheldon Krasowski author of No Surrender: The Land Remains Indigenous.

Working through generations of hurt

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What is intergenerational trauma and how do you heal from it? This United Way blog post looks at how breaking the cycle of trauma has Indigenous peoples in Canada working through more than 150 years of hurt

Intergenerational effects of trauma

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Government assimilation tactics have created intergenerational effects learn about these effects and how the trauma passes in this blog post, How intergenerational trauma affects Indigenous communities.

Systemic Racism in Canada

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This 2020 CBC video speaks to how the police killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed brought renewed attention to systemic racism. In Canada, some have been quick to deny its existence. But these experts say racism has been normalized within Canadian institutions.

The impact of systemic racism

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Read, What is systemic racism? Here’s what it means and how you can help dismantle it, and learn about how systemic racism affect people of colour.

The myth of meritocracy

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Learn about the impact of Canada’s colonial history and the myth of meritocracy, in “We built a life from nothing” in Policy Alternatives.

Indigenous Ceremony

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Learn about Indigenous ceremonies and socials, including Feats and Giveaways, Naming Ceremonies, Sweat Lodges, Moon Time, Potlatch Ceremonies, and more. The work recognizes that many of these practices were illegal under the Indian Act’s cultural ban in 1951.

Watch: Original Indigenous Economies

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Learn about Original Indigenous Economies in this video from The Renewing Indigenous Economies Project. Prior to European contact, Indigenous peoples had a long history of engaging in the dynamic economies and governance structures that we recognize today as the necessary ingredients for prosperity.

Watch: The Fur Trade in Canada

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Historica Canada created The Fur Trade in Canada: A Summary to share information about the vast commercial enterprise crossed the wild, forested expanse of what is now Canada, sustained primarily by the trapping of beavers to satisfy the European demand for felt hats.

Fur Trade and the Metis

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Learn about Canadian history pre-confederation in this Open Text BC document, start by reading Fur Trade Society and the Metis.

Fur Trade

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Learn how trade and commerce were foundational to the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, including the Fur Trade in Canada.

Learn about the treatment of Indigenous kids

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In this episode of APTN Face to Face, the executive director of First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, Cindy Blackstock talks about the fight against Canada to ensure First Nations children receive equitable treatment.

Sixties Scoop Survivors

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Make a difference in the lives for the Sixties Scoop Survivors – learn more by subscribing to a newsletter or donate to organizations. Here a couple of places to start: Legacy of Hope, Sixties Scoop Network.

Bi-Giwen: Honouring Our Journeys

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Learn more about the Sixties Scoop, take time to get to watch the testimonies of Survivors on the website Bi-Giwen: Honouring Our Journeys.

Adoptees of Sixties Scoop tell their stories

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Thousands of indigenous children across Canada were taken from their homes and adopted into white families during the Sixties Scoop. Hear stories from five survivors as they told their stories at the Indigenous Adoptee Gathering in August 2015.

The Sixties Scoop explained

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Watch this video to learn more about The Sixties Scoop. The Sixties Scoop happened in Canada from the 1960s to the late ’80s and saw 1000’s of Indigenous children taken from their parents to be placed with white families.

We Will Stand Up

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Filmmaker Tasha Hubbard narrates a history of Indigenous peoples in the prairies and their relationship with the government, focusing on the events of the late nineteenth century. This clip is part of a longer version of nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a documentary from CBC Docs.

Government Policy

Canada and Indigenous peoples continue to struggle with a history of legislation and policy designed to terminate cultural and social distinctiveness in order to assimilate peoples into colonial life and values. Learn more about this history on the Indigenous Foundations website.

Separation and the Pass System

Understanding the true history of Canada is the first step in reconciliation. Learn about the historical policies that impacted Indigenous peoples in Saskatchewan including about Hayter Reed (Separation and the Pass System), who advocated for and implemented the pass system.

Treaty Basics: exploring historic and modern Treaties

Watch a series of videos by the Gordon Foundations outlining the Treaty Basics – Travel through time, exploring historic and modern Treaties.

500 Years of History in 2 minutes

Watch 8^th Fire host Wab Kinew on a two-minute walk through 500 years of aboriginal history and then watch the entire series.

We Are All Treaty People

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Learn more about Canada’s true history. Gakina Gidagwi’igoomin Anishinaabewiyang: We Are All Treaty People – Understanding the spirit and intent of the Treaties matters to all of us.

Treaties 101

The treaties in Saskatchewan are formal agreements between the Crown and First Nations. The Office of the Treaty Commissioner explains the numbered Treaties on their website with Treaties 101.

Learn about the Numbered Treaties

Learn about the numbered Treaties in this plain-language summary from the Canadian Encyclopedia – with links to an in-depth entry on numbered Treaties

Watch: Colonization, the History & Health Impacts

This text-based video looks how colonialism changes the balance of power, as well as the history and health impacts of colonialism on Indigenous Peoples of Canada.

Watch: Colonialism

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Learn about Colonialism in this short and easy to understand YouTube video, focusing on the recent history of colonization of Africa and the Americas.

Colonialism and Its Impacts

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The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women’s Feminist Northern Network created a series of fact sheets on women and resource development and extraction. Read Fact Sheet #3 for a greater understanding of Colonialism and Its Impacts.

Imagining a Better Future

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Learn what the term settler means, and a brief history of colonialism in this guide for teachers, Imagining a Better Future: An Introduction to Teaching and Learning about Settler Colonialism in Canada

Use Open Text BC

Learn about colonization, myths, competing worldviews, and the impact of disease on Indigenous People in this Open Text BC article.

The history of Residential Schools

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Read about the history of Residential Schools in Canada on the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation website. The information continues information that could be triggering to some readers.

Presentation: 21 Things You Didn’t Know about the Indian Act

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If you want to understand the impact the Indian Act has had and continues to have on Indigenous Peoples, watch this YouTube video with Bob Joseph as he talks about his national bestseller 21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act.

Listen as CBC’s Unreserved tackles the Indian Act

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CBC Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild tackles the Indian Act. Guest Bob Joseph, author of 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, walks listeners through its continuing impact. You’ll meet First Nation people who are challenging what it means to be a status Indian.

Watch: The Indian Act