An Indigenous community member should be invited into your classroom to help provide the cultural teachings surrounding beadwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Teacher introduces students to the concept of Indigenous resurgence. Indigenous resurgence is generated by community members refusing to have their life ways and connections to the land erased by colonization. Instead, Indigenous community members are engaging in Indigenous land-based practices to revitalize their life ways, seek empowerment, and exist outside of the structures provided by the government. This could link to a larger discussion of how the institutions and structures provided by the government have not always operated with the best interests of Indigenous communities in mind. An example all students will recognize is residential school. Accordingly, it makes sense for Indigenous people to want to work to thrive outside of the confines of government institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
It is important that this conversation focuses on Indigenous joy, strength and resiliency as opposed to narratives of Indigenous pain and victimization. <\/li>\n\n\n\n