Final Project

Final Project Video Script: Hi, my name is Mikaela and welcome to the beginning of my journey of discovering myself as a treaty person. When I first started this course, I was excited to learn more about Treaties, as my…

Student Seminar #5: FNMI Youth Leadership

Who gets to be a leader? — If I were to be asked this question as a child, my answer would be a smart and strong adult; probably someone in a suit or that appears “put together.” Today, being asked…

Student Seminar #8: Residential School Legacies

I have never heard about residential schools until I entered post-secondary. It was in September of 2016 when my Early Childhood Education class at Saskatchewan Polytechnic took part in an orange shirt day event to honour those who were victims…

Student Seminar #6: Systemic Racism

Racism can be a difficult subject to discuss, but it is an important one. As educators, we have an important and powerful role in helping shape the minds of the future generations. When it comes to educating individuals on racism,…

Student Seminar #1 – Land Acknowledgements

“I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is Treaty 6 territory, the traditional territory of Cree Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.” A memorized script, an empty acknowledgement that I’ve heard…

Treaty as Spiritual Covenant (Pipe Ceremonies)

I believe I was in my senior year of high school when I first heard the term treaty, but it wasn’t until my first year at the University of Regina that I learned what the term treaty meant. Through my…

Miskâsowin and Treaty Relationships

In this blog post, we were asked to do an environmental scan of the identities of the Indigenous peoples’ from the area we grew up in in Canada.  We were also asked to diagram the characteristics and juxtapose them to…

Recognizing Origin Stories

Miskâsowin – Finding one’s sense of origin and belonging, finding one’s self, or finding one’s center. To me, the process of Miskâsowin means figuring out who you are, where you come from, where your ancestors come from, or even where you…