1. What is the purpose of teaching Treaty Ed (specifically) or First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (FNMI) Content and Perspectives (generally) where there are few or no First Nations, Metis, Inuit peoples?
2. What does it mean for your understanding of curriculum that “We are all treaty people”?
I believe that it is important to teach Treaty Education to students who aren’t Indigenous because it is important for settlers and non-Indigenous people to understand what treaties are and how to help fix the relationship with Indigenous People. In Dwayne Donald’s talk- On What Terms can we Speak, he talks about having to create a better and newer relationship and the importance of combining the past, present and future. I agree that it is important to combine all of them, but it is also to learn about just the past so that we can move forward. David Smith said “If you think about the future, you have to work backwards.”In Claire’s Introduction, she talks about that it is important to teach non-Indigenous children Treaty Education so it can help teach and build those relationships. She also states that we have to teach students the benefits and responsibilities that come with sharing land and honouring the long history of the place.
To me the term “We are all Treaty People” means that we are all on this land and we share this land and we all must come together to strengthen our relationship with each other. We signed a agreement with each other and each side must abide but that agreement in order to achieve harmony and peace. The treaties affect all of us whether we are Indigenous or not as the settlers also signed the treaties. Once we come together and fix our relationship, only then can we achieve the full meaning of “We are all Treaty People”.
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I really enjoyed reading this blog submission, but I do with that there was a little more in depth and maybe your more detailed thinking/ ideas about the things that were talked about and said in the videos that we watched. Otherwise I really did like that you brought in talking about the past, present and future so that we can move forward together instead of having this disconnect that Dwayne talked about between Canadians and First Nations people.
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I agree that that it is important that white settlers and non-Indigenous learn treaties, because you’re right, they usually don’t know. I could even argue that they need to hear it the most. You wrote that you agree that we should combine aspects of the past, present and future and I am curious on how you think we can do that? I am wondering because I agree! I also think that we as teachers must have an understanding of who WE are as treaty people before we can teach others who they are.
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It’s always so interesting for me to read about what, “We are all Treaty people” means to different people. Sure, knowing that fact is great, but the application is what is important. This is something my Indigenous Education was really missing. In addition to what you said about this phrase, you could mention the historical value of what the treaties mean to how Canada looks today, not just us individually. We should all be thinking about this in the “Canadian context” as the curriculum says, but also in the context of our human responsibility.
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