nihithow pimatisiwin kiskinwahamakiwin
Land-Based Educationᓂᐦᐃᖪᐤ ᐱᒪᑎᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐢᑭᓇᐧᐦᐊᒪᑭᐃᐧᐣ
Our Values
The education of our children is based on the culture, values, skills, and pride of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Educational activities reflecting Woodland Cree culture and Cree language are to be integrated into the provincial curricula to provide the educational foundation from which the individual student can learn to live successfully and happily in any society. By providing educational experiences that interconnect the child’s community, Cree language, history, and culture, the provincial curricula, and the world at large, our children will acquire the skills, knowledge, and strength to enable them to assume productive roles as adults.
Land base in the classroom
Teachers will incorporate Land-Based lessons into their classroom programming. It is important that teachers encourage connection through land, culture, and language for our students. Students will be better connected to the content if they understand the purpose and practicality of goal. Teachers will extend Land-Based activities into cross-curricular activities (i.e., Reading thematic books on ice fishing if this is what students have been participating in.)
Explore Online resources
Our Favourite Digital-friendly, Land-Based Resources
WATCH
Discover Indigenous-facing TV shows, webinar series and other media.
Our Sustenance
Videos to restore interdependence with nature and take strides towards self-empowerment, self-sufficiency, holistic well-being, and sovereignty.
Webinar Series
Webinars to support Settlers working with Indigenous colleagues, partners, and communities, to stop/limit the reproducing of colonial and white supremacist dynamics in relationships.
APTN Lumi
Also known as the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN is a media network that creates Indigenous-facing videos for online streaming.
LISTEN
Podcasts and other media content for shared learning.
Metis in Space
Two science fiction nerds, Molly Swain & Chelsea Vowel lead a podcast that aims to deconstruct the science fiction genre from a decolonial lense and to uncover themes & the hidden meanings behind the whitest genre of film & television we’ve ever known.
Telling our Twisted Histories
Hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land, by discussing the country you know and the stories you don’t.
INTERACT
Gamify your Land-based lessons with these interactive resources.
Manito Ahbee Aki
Explore three distinct lessons with your students to help them understand the Anishinaabe Worldview through teachings from Knowledge Keepers.
MineCraft Challange
Research a story told by the native people of your region and illustrate this story using Minecraft.
Four Directions Teachings
Four directions Interactive teachings is an audio-narrated education tool that allows students to choose their learning path based on five First Nations across Canada; Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, and Mikmaq.
READ
Digital magazines and blogs to help explore Indigenous-facing content in the classroom.
Resistance 150
Twitter page dedicated to Indigenous resistance, resilience, resurgence, rebellion, and restoration.
Muskrat Magazine
Muskrat Magazine is an online blog and media website tailored to Indigenous-facing content. Read, watch, and explore this website to learn more about Indigenous culture, arts, jobs, find upcoming events and more.
COMING SOON
LAND-BASED EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM: ONLINE COURSE
Call For Inquiry
(306) 635 – 2104 [RHMKHS]
(306) 635 – 4402 [KES]
NOW AVAILABLE!
Learn how to embed land-based education into your classroom by incorporating principles of connectivism learning theory, gamification, and student-directed online education. Core items in the course are:
- What is connectivism learning theory?
- What is Land-based Education?
- How to Support learners
- How to support educators and ongoing learning
OUR LAND-BASED FRAMEWORK
Nīkān ninanāskomānān kisī-manitō
Firstly, we acknowledge the Creator. Without the gift of life provided by kisī-manitō, nothing is possible. We acknowledge the traditional territory of the Woodland Cree which Treaty 6 is situated on. Our land is rich therefore we are rich. kiwīthōtisinānaw, we are wealthy. We have the lakes and the rivers and the medicines all around us. We can leave our doorstep and reach the waters that fed and nourished our people from generation to generation. We acknowledge those who have come before us and those that continue to live in our traditional lands. We especially acknowledge those who continue to dedicate their lives in carrying on our language, culture, and traditions. We choose to acknowledge the beauty of our people and our culture. For this reason, we have chosen not to Indigenize our program, but rather to localize it. We are unique in our histories and to Indigenize is to make us universal. We have instead chosen to localize our program to make it unique to our experience, to our histories, to our people and more importantly focused more intently on our youth.
Cross-Curricular Learning
The nature of Land-Based learning is largely cross-curricular. For example, Listening and Speaking (Language Arts), Viewing and Representing (Language Arts), Measurement (Math), Plant and Wildlife Sustainability (Science, Social Studies and PAA), therefore, choosing an activity has the potential to provide multiple learning outcomes. It is largely beneficial to use this understanding in your lesson planning.
New Teacher Initiative
Teachers who are new to LLRIB Education Schools will receive a Land-Based Incentive. The Land-Based incentive is for each New Teacher. New teachers will receive an Incentive credit. Those credits can be used to access one Land-Based experience. It is up to the New Teacher to determine which experience they would like to take part in and well be able to select a time which works best.
Four Stages of Life
There are four stages of life identified in the Natural Laws and by understanding this, we identify that all those within a school environment are members of a community.
- This guide is not based on grade levels but is geared towards age, rather than where students are at in their Stage of Life. The lessons are more conducive to an equitable and differentiated teaching method.
- Each Stage of Life section has an activity guide for you to work with.
- It is understood that despite the age of the child, they each play a vital role in the community.
- It is important to understand that all contributors play an active role in the learning process.
- Be willing to learn from your students, your peers and the community in which you are a part of.
- Acknowledge that we are all learners in this process and there are multiple methods to achieve the same goals.
- Individuals learn at their own pace. Be patient, be observant and celebrate all individual successes.
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Get In Touch
Telephone:
(306) 635 – 2115 (Band Office)
(306) 635 -2104 (High School)
(306) 635 – 4402 (Elementary School)
School Hours: Monday-Friday
8:30am – 12:05pm, 1:00pm -3:45pm