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Indigenous Learning

Indigenous Learning

OKI, TANSI, TAANISHI, ÂBA WATHTECH, HELLO, BONJOUR

Blackfoot, Cree, Michif, Stoney Nakoda, English, French 

 

Truth & Reconciliation For Learner Success Toolkit 

Educators and FSD staff can use this tool on their own or as a group to inform their professional learning. They can also use these tools and resources with their students while integrating foundational knowledge of First Nation, Métis and Inuit peoples and advancing Truth & Reconciliation in their school contexts.

Students, families, and communities can use the tools and resources within to build their personal knowledge about Truth & Reconciliation and gain a greater appreciation for Indigenous culture, wisdom and ways of knowing.

 

Foothills School Division Land Acknowledgement

In the  spirit of reconciliation, the Foothills School Division acknowledges and thanks the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy and the first peoples of southern Alberta including the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuut’ina, and Stoney Nakoda First Nations. This land is also the proud home to the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3. 

We take this opportunity to acknowledge the spirit, life, and lessons that this land has shared with us over past generations and honour the spirit, life, and lessons that this land will continue to share with us in the coming seasons of life and learning. 

We respect the stories that our ancestors told of this place and the wisdom that lives in the history of this land. 

We thank Mother Earth for the generous gifts she has provided us to sustain our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls. 

In this way, we recognize the land as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on. 

Let us go forward in a good way. 

All my relations. 

 

School Land Acknowledgements


  • We acknowledge that Big Rock School is on the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3

  • Under Development.

  • Cameron Crossing School acknowledges Treaty 7 territory; the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai, Piikani and Siksika as well as the Tsuu T’ina First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples whose footsteps have marked these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. Our recognition of this land is an act of reconciliation and an expression of our gratitude to those whose territory we reside on, or are visiting.

  • Under Development

  • C. Ian McLaren School would like to acknowledge that where we are today, is within the boundaries of Treaty 7, signed at Blackfoot crossing in 1877. It is the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which consists of three First Nations Kainai (gai-nah/Blood), Pikani *pee-kan-nee/Peigan) and Siksika (seeg-see-kah/Blackfoot), Along with the first three Nationsof the Blackfoot Confederacy, Treaty 7 also includes the Tsuu Tina (soo-ten-ah/Sarcee and Stoney Nakoda (nah-koh-dah) First Nations and is home to the Metis Nation of Alberta Region. We give this land acknowledgement as a reminder that we are all members of Treaty 7 and that we have a shared responsibility for the future of this land and all its people. We take this time to reflect on Alberta’s past and we thank you for working together for its future.

  • Let's take a moment to connect to the land we are standing on. We the students of Doctor Morris Gibson school, would like to acknowledge and honour the land of the six nations before us Siksika, Pikani, Kainai, Tsuut´ína, Stoney Nakoda and the Metis Nation here on treaty seven. We are committed to reconciliation by protecting the land, keeping it clean, not harming it and writing the wrongs of the past. We honour and respect the history, culture and beliefs of the treaty 7 nations so, we can ensure a bright future together.


  • We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge that École Secondaire Foothills Composite High School / Alberta High School of Fine Arts, in The Foothills School Division on the traditional territories of the peoples of the Treaty 7 Region, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). The city of Okotoks is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. In the spirit of reconciliation, we would like this acknowledgement to evoke in all of us a call-to-action of shared responsibility to the land and to our treaty relationships.



  • Highwood High School acknowledges Treaty 7 territory; the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai, Piikani and Siksika as well as the Tsuu T’ina First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples whose footsteps have marked these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. Our recognition of this land is an act of reconciliation and an expression of our gratitude to those whose territory we reside on, or are visiting.

  • Under Development

  • In the spirit of respect and truth, we would like to acknowledge that we hold this gathering on Treaty 7 land.  We gather on the traditional territory of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Stoney Nakoda and Tsuut'ina nations. We acknowledge the members of the Metis community and specifically, the Métis Nation Region Three of Alberta.  

    Nous voulons reconnaitre et nous rappeler que le territoire où nous trouvons ainsi que nous tous qui y habitons font partie du Traité numéro 7 et que nous avons une responsabilité envers l’avenir de ce territoire et de ses habitants.    


  • We would like to acknowledge the land of Treaty 7 that Longview School is built on. We are grateful to live and learn in the beauty of the seasons, the rivers, the fields and the mountains. We are grateful for the food and the water that this land provides us. We are thankful for the fresh air that we breath, the sun that gives us light and the dark that gives us rest. We are also thankful for the animals that we share this land with, and what nature has to teach us; be respectful of our surroundings for there is much that has been here long before us and much to come long after us, be quiet and listen, be calm and be careful. We are part of a community and we must take care of the land and all that is nurtured by it. We appreciate the generosity of the Stoney Nakoda for allowing us to live, learn and play on their land. We are thankful for our Eden Valley neighbors and for their willingness to build friendships and to share their culture with us.

  • I acknowledge the land I live on with the beautiful prairies, mountains, rivers, roads, and nature. We live on the land of Treaty 7 signed by the 5 nations, the Siksika (Blackfoot), Kainai (Blood), Stoney-Nakoda, Piikani (Peigan) and Tsuut’ina (Sarcee) Nations. We learned many lessons from these nations and about the many languages spoken and traditions practiced. We’ve learned to respect these and we will continue to acknowledge the land we walk on now and continue to respect the land. I am very grateful for all the resources they have provided us. Passing on traditions from generation to generation, they have helped shape Canadian history.

  • We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the traditional territory of the people of the Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Tsuut’ina, Nation, the Stoney Nakoda First Nation and the Blackfoot Nations, which consists of the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai peoples. We are also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III. At Millarville Community School we are grateful to have this land to learn, live, work and play. We walk forward with respect and gratitude, learning and remembering the past.

  • In the spirit of reconciliation, we want to acknowledge the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot, Kainai, Piikani, Siksika, Tsuu T’ina and Stoney Nakoda Nations in Southern Alberta and the Metis Nation of Alberta Region 3. Spanning generations, acknowledgment of the land is a traditional custom of indigenous peoples and an important part of reconciliation. It gives voice to the authentic history of the land and its original people. Honouring the land in this way acknowledges the story of the creation of this country in a way that has historically been missing.

  • English:

                  We, the Ecole Okotoks Junior High School community, acknowledge the traditional and ancestral lands of the Indigenous Peoples of Treaty 7 territory (signed in 1877), on which this school is located, where we learn together, work together, and encourage each other to live in a good and respectful way.

                  We recognize, honour, and remember the Indigenous Peoples who have lived here and continue to liv eon this land: the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Stoney-Nakoda, and Tsuut'ina Nation. It is also home to the members of the Metis Nation of Alberta Region 3.







  • As Panthers we acknowledge and are thankful for the traditional land of the Blackfoot confederacy: Kainai, Piikani and Sisika as well as the Tsuu T’ina First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit land on which we are learning, working and growing. We respect and seek to understand our past to be Pawsitive, Prepared, Participants of the future.

  • We would like to take this opportunity to recognize that Red Deer Lake School and Mohk’instsis are on the traditional territories of the Peoples of the Treaty 7 region, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprising the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai Nations), the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Îyârhe Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III within the historical Northwest Métis homeland.


    In the spirit of reconciliation, we would like this recognition to evoke in all of us a call-to-action of shared responsibility to the land and to our kinship relations.


     



  • In the spirit of reconciliation,  we want to acknowledge the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3. 

    Spanning generations, acknowledgement of the land is a traditional custom of Indigenous peoples and an important part of reconciliation. It gives voice to the authentic history of the land and its original people. Honouring the land in this way acknowledges the story of the creation of this country in a way that  has historically been missing.



  • Welcome to Spitzee School, a special place with a rich history of being known by First nations as “ Ispitsee”, meaning a gathering place where the high cottonwood trees meet the river. We would like to acknowledge the many first nations, Metis and Inuit peoples who cherished and walked this land for generations By sharing this history, legacy, and awareness to our knowledge seekers, the future meets the past.

  • We acknowledge that Turner Valley School is on the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3

  • We acknowledge that Westmount School is on the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7 Region in Southern Alberta and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3




Questions?

Contact: Charity Tegler, Indigenous Learning Facilitator

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