The stories in this category include programs that teach traditional skills including harvesting. Some of the harvesting include materials such as animal hides and others focus on harvesting foods such as wild rice, blueberries, acorn, maple syrup, maple sugar, fish, wild meat, using traditional methods and also newer technologies and tools. These skills promote food security and develop land-based traditional survival skills, while also building community connections. Harvesting from the land also teaches participants about reciprocal relationships that exist between humans and all living things, and about a way of life and a knowledge system that sees humans as part of creation, which emphasizes the need to give back when something is taken. The programs include teaching about respect when taking life and deepening a connection with land and food.
Elder Willie Ermine from Sturgeon Lake First Nation shares about the process of community development and how possibilities like Harvest Days come to fruition in his community.
To teach culture, history and music. To have access to what could be considered a privilege offered at the library, pow-wow grounds, school settings and at the band office, throughout the year. All...
Siyamtelot is Okanagan and registered Stó:lō by marriage. Swelimeltexw is Stó:lō from Stsálles are Elders from Okanagan. They share their educational experience along with stories and teachings....
Charles Petahtegoose, a Midewiwin man talks about the importance of revitalizing sacred teachings and song as a method of Indigenous education. Charles also discusses the importance of language use...
Dechinta means "in the bush" in many of Dene languages in the Northwest Territories. Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning believes in supporting self-determining and sustainable Northern commu...
Todd Labrador discusses the importance of traditional knowledge and harvesting in the Mi'kmaw birch bark canoe building workshops that he runs in Atlantic Canada and across the country.
Le programme Protection et exploitation des territoires fauniques, volet Premières Nations est offert depuis 2017 auprès du Centre régional d'éducation aux adultes des Premières Nations (CREA) de U...
KDS Vision Statement: “BUILDING OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE TODAY BY TEACHING AND LEARNING THE DENE WAY.” "KDS is committed to providing quality education for our students by concentrating on four compon...
Dechinta’s model of program delivery is innovative and responsive to the needs of diverse learners. We offer a setting where families can learn together through our Chekoa Nı̨ htł’èkǫ ̨̀ Deè (KidsU...
Lutsel K'e Dene school is working collaboratively to support holistic Dene education.
''Several on-the-land projects across the Northwest Territories are getting a major financial boost.
On the Lan...
Timothy Jones, an Aboriginal Visual Arts student at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design in Fredericton, discusses the program from a student’s perspective.
Justin Sappier describes his experiences as a student in the Aboriginal Visual Arts program at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design in Fredericton.
Traditional Knowledge Holder uses her experience in the classrooms of the Grande Prairie Public School system with an aim to help students know who they are and where they belong. This Traditional ...
Skilled Indigenous Mentors in Hunting, Harvesting and Survival practices/techniques. On the Land Programs are run seasonally, reinforcing Land Use practice and participation of indigenous values, s...