Teaching Treaty Ed or First Nations, Metis and
Inuit content and perspectives in places where there are few or no First Nations,
Metis and Inuit peoples is important because those are the people who are not
taught naturally by relationships with these peoples about what had happened to
them and why learning about their cultures is important. The people not surrounded by First Nations,
Metis and Inuit peoples get to keep an ignorance towards Canada’s history and
that perpetuates racism towards these groups of people. We don’t avoid teaching the holocaust because
there aren’t many Jewish people in our schools, that’s a significant point in
history that we don’t want to repeat, with many lessons in how to not mistreat
people in todays setting. What happened
to First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples is no different, it to me is worse
because it happened for years longer than the holocaust and still has huge
impacts today, and children need to learn about it so that they can understand
and be a solution to the problem and be an advocate for their fellow people.
“We are all treaty people” to me means that
everyone in Canada is under the Treaty and all of us should learn about them as
we grow up, because it’s important to respect and honour them. It’s promises that were made to First Nations,
Metis and Inuit peoples and the more we know about them, the more we are able
to keep them, because we are all responsible for this land.
