Amanda, Amy, Delaney, Megan, Mike The Social Sciences

Who In Here is a Treaty Person?

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We are all Treaty People

Treaty Promises Schooling Medicine Self-government Exemption from Military Services Tax Exemption Annuities Agricultural Implements Reserves

Some General Things to Consider… If land ownership was a concept that many First Nations were not familiar with, how could they surrender their land? Was the interpretation of the treaty terms from English to Cree accurate? Many Cree words do not exist in the English language, and vice versa. Many oral histories have been passed down, which explain that the chiefs who agreed to the treaties were promised different things than what was actually written down. Many of the people who agreed to the treaty terms were starving or suffering from disease when the treaties were signed. How would this influence their decision? Many of the First Nations who agreed to the treaties saw them as their only hope for survival? Did they really have a choice?

Mandatory Treaty Education A question we like to ask in Social Studies, is “So What?” Treaty Education is critically important to understanding First Nations and Metis’ ways of knowing. Also, Brad Wall’s recently made Treaty Education mandatory in all grades. It is estimated that by 2016, 45% of children entering kindergarten will be of First Nations or Metis descent.

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A Unique Way of Knowing We give students the essential skills they need to understand their world and the people in it. We integrate a range of topics from ancient civilizations to economics, to the way the brain works. We teach a constantly changing subject area because history changes everyday, as do controversial issues and current events. We teach global citizens and values. We teach students to make meaningful connections between the past, present, and future. We teach students about the society in which they live. We teach students to think critically about their world. The Aim of Social Studies Education: A study of people and their relationships with their social and physical environments. The knowledge, skills, and values developed in social studies help students to know and appreciate the past, to understand the present, and to influence the future. Therefore, social studies in the school setting has a unique responsibility for providing students with the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, and values to function effectively within their local and national society which is enmeshed in an interdependent world. -Report of the Social Sciences Reference Committee, Saskatchewan Education (1984). p. 1.