Citizenship means that you are part of the political process of a nation and actively participate in it. It means that you have certain rights and freedoms in your home that come with civic and social duties that are expected of each member of the society. It involves being a member of your community, doing your part by giving back, having a job, paying bills, and so on. Citizenship means that you get to be a part in forming the society and communities that you want.
How can we relate treaty education to citizenship?
It is our jobs as educators to establish Treaty Education into our education curriculums as much as possible so we can move away from an education system deeply rooted in colonialism. We must make room for further education and acceptance by incorporating more aspects of Treaty Education into the curriculum which will ideally get future generations invested in the importance pf Indigenous languages and culture. The hope being that this helps make it possible for Indigenous views and traditions to live on into the future. As future teachers it is up to us to help our students live in a future that is not rooted and based in colonization.
love what you said about incorporating and making room for treaty education as most of our education is still deeply rooted in colonialism and to be taught about new cultures is such a big fight when it doesn’t have to be. The meaning of citizenship looks great as well as there are so many definitions but that is for sure a main one
I really like how you defined citizenships, and how being one means you have a role in forming the society and community that we are in because a lot of the time I think people tend to forget just how much of an impact we really have within our society. I also like how you mentioned that us as educators we have an impact on how much Treaty education we are teaching within the classroom and if we want to be the citizens we have always been told to be we need to fight for Treaty education as well.