- Throughout the article, you see reinhabitation and decolonization through starting to use the original language with the words, getting youth and elders to work together to re-learn the way of the culture and the importance of the river and the history of the river. I really like the idea that elders and youth are coming together in the Mushkegowuk Cree culture and that the Elders are teaching the youth their ways of life and decolonize the culture and traditions.
- I really like the idea that the river holds stories and traditions and that it is an important part of the culture. In the article it talks about how people learn to hunt, fish, navigate, etc with the river. Near the end of the article, it also talks about how the river is a cemetery for the people that have died and that holds another special spot for people with the river.
- I feel like this article is important for new teachers to read, as it holds many ideas to teach Indigenous ways of life. As a new teacher, this article really shows the history of the Mushkegowuk Cree culture.
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Understanding that we are only preservice educators, how do you think this should influence the way you view Indigenous Education in the classroom? I remember us talking about our thoughts from Monday’s lecture, and feel like you had a lot deeper thoughts than what you wrote down here!! Get into the nitty-gritty stuff 😀
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Hi Nicole,
I agree that it’s interesting that “the river holds stories and traditions and that it is an important part of the culture”. It’s fascinating how their language as a whole is related to every aspect of their natural environment. The distinction between “noscheemik” and “paquataskamik” and how the lack of transmission of language can effect how people act in regards to their environment. One thing is that though it does offer a way to teach Indigenous ways of life, a river trip like this is certainly a difficult endeavor to undertake in the context of schooling. There would certainly be a lot of planning and coordination, not to mention it depends on how much a school population would be connected to a specific territory or land. As we saw in lecture on Monday, sometimes schools have the makeup of various Indigenous groups, so it may not be equitable to choose one specific territory for an excursion like this. In your post, you definitely hit all of the main points of the article, and how some aspects of the environment, like the river, can hold various stories and meanings to people. It definitely is a though-provoking read for teachers and pre-service teachers alike.
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I think that this response piece is only skimming the surface of the understanding about knowledge as place and us within that place that we talked about this week. I really enjoyed your points as they summarized the article well, but i want a little more of your own thoughts about this in relation to education in the classroom that we see today, or traditional education.
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