tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post2460505673838967142..comments2024-02-19T22:15:42.682-06:00Comments on Treaty Walks: 100 Unsettling Things: Help Me Build a Listsheenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-78974146868682602232015-02-16T17:26:57.016-06:002015-02-16T17:26:57.016-06:00I'll add these to the list, Michelle. Your exp...I'll add these to the list, Michelle. Your experience and articulate suggestions are so helpful. Watch for a post later this week compiling the Unsettling list to date. sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-66418457076873047092015-02-16T10:40:11.873-06:002015-02-16T10:40:11.873-06:00Listen to an indigenous woman tell about her child...Listen to an indigenous woman tell about her children's experiences in education.<br />Listen for the threads of outsider status, racism and colonialism in education. <br />Ask, whether FN student's and families feel welcomed in their classrooms, in their schools, then think about ways to improve that relationship. <br />Go watch a First Nations student's hockey game. <br />Find out about etiquette at round dances and pow wows, or ceremonies in the community, and show up. Bring your blanket, shake hands and sit with a family from your school. <br />Have separate engagement meetings with First Nations families or school community council meetings, so that their voices and concerns aren't lost amongst the loud privileged and white families. <br />Sit with FN families and LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN. Don't redirect, and say, I'm not sure that's true.... Think, this is their thoughts feelings and knowledge, and it's a gift, what you do with it, is your work. :) <br />-Just a few ideas rolling in my head, that I had found were helpful. Good luck SheenaMichelle Sandersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-83697167746904784482015-02-15T10:38:58.910-06:002015-02-15T10:38:58.910-06:00After asking for unsettling help on facebook, we&#...After asking for unsettling help on facebook, we're now way over 100. I'll post the entire unsettling list later this week. Thanks for your vision and your actions. sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-5574148901616489712015-02-13T11:41:54.323-06:002015-02-13T11:41:54.323-06:00Thanks for the great comments everyone. I'm at...Thanks for the great comments everyone. I'm at 84 on my list toward 100 Unsettling things. Just 16 to go! Feel free to add more; or, get a friend to add a few. sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-41703438398696759022015-02-13T11:40:20.190-06:002015-02-13T11:40:20.190-06:00Tamara, I think I'll make a poster with Susan ...Tamara, I think I'll make a poster with Susan Lang's quote on it and hang it in my classroom. This is the exact teaching I need to explore at this point in my unsettling journey (in which I am no where near my "end point"). I heard Dr. Pete talk about accepting the gift that is being offered. What a beautiful way to address systemic inequality. Dr. Pete obviously understands and practices the spirit of Susan Lang's quote. sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-13380908728250079402015-02-13T09:49:42.795-06:002015-02-13T09:49:42.795-06:00Work at being an ally. Dr. Lynn Gehl's work i...Work at being an ally. Dr. Lynn Gehl's work is very helpful if you want to know more about what it can mean to be an ally: http://www.lynngehl.com/<br /><br /><br />ALWAYS be open to learning more. There are many amazing resources, whether it's people, books, lectures, etc. Dr. Shauneen Pete once talked about accepting these opportunities to learn as gifts. Be thankful for the gifts. <br /><br />Unsettling is a journey and it doesn't necessarily have an "end point." Try to respect that all people are at different places on their journey. In her thesis, Susan Lang argues that we need to reframe the way we respond to others who are at different places in their journey; reframing is the process of “…finding the opportunity to support change, in any given situation, rather than being part of the negativity. It involves the ability to shed the common reaction of being offended, or being judgmental, towards someone else’s ignorance or cultural inappropriateness” (p.114). http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/BVIV/TC-BVIV-3360.pdf <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-86289558257633169032015-02-12T16:36:11.519-06:002015-02-12T16:36:11.519-06:00Nicole, so good to hear your thoughts. You are one...Nicole, so good to hear your thoughts. You are one of those "amazing people around you" that I learn from regularly. sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-83856896441557415342015-02-12T14:09:19.513-06:002015-02-12T14:09:19.513-06:00I think learning about the land is really importan...I think learning about the land is really important. Spend time on the land. Build a relationship with the land and learn from the land. Learn about the place names before they were re-branded with colonial English or French names. What do the original names tell us about the land we live on? Read Keith Basso's book Wisdom Sits in Places and talk to Elders about the land...while on the land!<br /><br />LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN. There is so much to learn from all of the amazing people around you. Build a network of people and have conversations with them about Treaty education and Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppressive practices.<br /><br />Look at your own settler history (if you are a settler) and look at the privileges/opportunities presented to your ancestors and yourself that were directly denied to others.<br /><br /><br /><br />Nicole S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-28367873545563568152015-02-11T21:46:20.141-06:002015-02-11T21:46:20.141-06:00Dani, these are such important additions. Thank yo...Dani, these are such important additions. Thank you. I'm planning on reading Chauntel's thesis soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242165842885417417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-61316469623427378922015-02-11T21:39:21.792-06:002015-02-11T21:39:21.792-06:00Claire these are so helpful and we're that muc...Claire these are so helpful and we're that much closer to 100. I remember when I started trying on the settler name...it was unsettling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242165842885417417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-30199769315473538722015-02-11T21:27:35.967-06:002015-02-11T21:27:35.967-06:00Learn about White Privilege.(https://www.isr.umich...Learn about White Privilege.(https://www.isr.umich.edu/home/diversity/resources/white-privilege.pdf)<br />Look at a Treaty monument and think about the story it is telling.<br />Learn about the Medicine Wheel<br />Listen to an Elder.<br /><br />Sidenote: Chauntel Baudu was my co-operating teacher in my internship! She is awesome.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108131825643437464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-56336165686919782472015-02-11T21:19:38.288-06:002015-02-11T21:19:38.288-06:00Here are my thoughts:
1. See the Witness Blanket o...Here are my thoughts:<br />1. See the Witness Blanket or at least visit the website and watch the video and read the news articles. (http://witnessblanket.ca/)<br />2. Participate in the Project of Heart or visit a school that has. (http://projectofheart.ca/)<br />3. Send a Have a Heart Valentine to Prime Minister Harper (http://www.fncaringsociety.com/have-a-heart)<br />4. Watch the Horizon School Division's We Are All Treaty People video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HbAr5PC4pY)<br />5. Then make your own We Are All Treaty People video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E6xDhWT8y8)<br />6. Read the 'Inconvenient Indian' by Thomas King and 'Clearing the Plains' by James Daschuk<br />7. Talk to an 8 year-old about the Columbus story and enjoy their complete disbelief that an adult could make such colossal mistakes<br />8. Have a discussion about the name of the Washington NFL football team and talk about "honouring" aboriginal peoples with sports names<br />9. Follow the twitter hashtag #treatyed<br />10. Have ten conversations in which you refer to yourself as a settler (if applicable)... throw in "unsettled" for extra pointsClaire Kreugerhttp://treatypeople.edublogs.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-58804245019781934092015-02-11T13:12:46.675-06:002015-02-11T13:12:46.675-06:00Thanks for this, Tamara! In Fort Qu'Appelle we...Thanks for this, Tamara! In Fort Qu'Appelle we have four parallel streets: Hudson, Bay, Company, Boundary. There's a research project!sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-79325530797664527342015-02-11T12:39:13.872-06:002015-02-11T12:39:13.872-06:00Recognize that naming was and still is part of the...Recognize that naming was and still is part of the process of colonization. Be critical and aware of the names of things around you. <br /><br />Seek out historical truths surrounding the names of things (streets, buildings, etc.) in your local area. For example, if you live in Regina and/or have ever driven down Dewdney Avenue, do you you know much about the history of Edgar Dewdney? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1479560712736786341.post-3070444293957222442015-02-11T12:16:06.825-06:002015-02-11T12:16:06.825-06:00Check out this Settler Grieving metaphor http://as...Check out this Settler Grieving metaphor http://astheworldburns.net/2015/01/02/death-to-settler-identity/ sheenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680357466493699833noreply@blogger.com