There is so much purpose in teaching Treaty Education to anyone, regardless of what their background is. We all live on Treaty Land, and it is important to recognize that because the land we are on belongs to the Indigenous and we should be honouring that. It is a privilege for us to be here. Discussing the history of Indigenous people is a way of recognizing that we have not forgotten what they went through when settlers arrived in Canada. We are recognizing that we care about what happened to the citizens of the culture and those who are still suffering from the impact colonialism had on them. Talking about Treaty Education helps us improve our relationship with Indigenous people and we are giving them the respect that they deserve. Claire said something in her video that I really agreed with and believe is a very good point of what one of the purposes teaching Treaty Ed is. She said “…this recognition is really necessary for us and settlers to acknowledge in treaty the ceremonies that make possible our ability to be here, and we recognize the possibility of relating to each other in good ways.” Relating to each other in good ways is a key step in our Truth and Reconciliation process with the Indigenous culture.
As future educators we need to make an effort to teach our students that ‘We are all treaty people’ because we are all apart the Treaties here. I believe that we need to mainly make this aware to non-Indigenous people because they (normally) will be the ones with the least amount of knowledge, which is something we should want to improve on. We should be discussing Treaties and Treaty Land in our schools regardless if there is a low Indigenous population within the school. The more that we discuss Treaty Ed and what belongs under that, the more effort we are making in our Truth and Reconciliation path.