Indigenous Languages
nēhiyawēwin Loss and Revitalization with Belinda Daniels and Friends
| Facilitator(s): Belinda Daniels |
| Length: 49 minutes |
| Description: Join Dr. Belinda Daniel’s as she shares her passion for language advocacy, fully engaging with nēhiyawēwin revitalization in the face of much loss. Bring your questions as this will be an emergent opportunity for nēhiyawēwin speakers and supporters to interact. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 13th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: nJ7sQ3b? |
Nakoda Hour with Matthew Spencer and Friends
| Facilitator(s): Matthew Spencer, CTK & Sheena Koops |
| Length: 58 minutes |
| Description: Join language activist and local Nakoda history enthusiast Matthew Spencer as he shares what is on his heart for language, culture, and resurgence. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 16th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: d1V3c$RU |
Nakawe Hour with Denise Kennedy and Elder Cecile Asham
| Facilitator(s): Denise Kennedy, Elder Cecile Asham, & Sheena Koops |
| Length: 54 minutes |
| Description: Join us for Nakawe Hour with Denise Kennedy and Elder Cecile Asham! |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 16th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: #?1#0Heh |
More Recorded Presentations
Bridging Relationships: Introduction to Smudging Webinar
| Facilitator(s): Aaron Tootoosis & Parkland Valley Sport, Culture, and Recreation District |
| Length: 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Session Description: Introduction to Smudging with Aaron Tootoosis. |
| Target Audience: Middle years students, High school students |
| Link to session: Introduction to Smudging Webinar Passcode: Treaty4gathering! *Available until September 29th, 2022. |
Indigenous Peoples and the Law
| Facilitator(s): Sarah Schmaus and Julia Stonechild, Indigenous Law Students’ Association at the University of Saskatchewan |
| Length: PowerPoint with Recorded Audio |
| Session Description: We are each going to present a pre-recorded educational seminar that covers Indigenous peoples role within the legal system. Topics will include: how Indigenous peoples have their own law; how Indigenous peoples are contextualized within Canadian law; how Indigenous peoples are affected by the law; and the need for Indigenous peoples within the judicial system. |
| Target Audience: Middle years students, High school students |
| Link to session: Sarah Schmaus Presentation Julia Stonechild Presentation |
What does it mean to us to live treaty?
| Facilitator(s): Audrey Aamodt – Faculty of Education, University of Regina |
| Length: TBD |
| Session Description: This collection of responses is offered on behalf of ECS 303 Curriculum & Pedagogy 2 Faculty of Education students in a Fall 2022 section (Instructor: Audrey Aamodt, University of Regina). |
| Target Audience: Elementary students, Middle years students, High school students, Adults, Open to all ages |
| Link to session: https://flip.com/622b9db0 Guest Password: T4GSept22 |
Sharing Traditional Knowledge of the Land in the Cypress Hills
| Facilitator(s): Provincial Sport Culture and Recreation Districts with Nekaneet Knowledge Keeper Dale Mosquito |
| Length: 12 minutes |
| Session Description: Nekaneet Knowledge Keeper, Dale Mosquito, takes you on a 100-metre walk through the Cypress Hills sharing traditional knowledge of the land. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: Sharing Traditional Knowledge of the Land in the Cypress Hills |
Artist Talk: Audie Murray
| Facilitator(s): Alex King, Curator/ Preparator, University Regina President’s Art Collection and Audie Murray |
| Length: 42 minutes |
| Session Description: Join Michif artist, Audie Murray, as she introduces her practice and discusses her artwork in the President’s Art Collection at the University of Regina. Murray is based in Oskana kâ-asastêki (Regina, Saskatchewan; Treaty 4 territory), with much of her family and family histories located in the Qu’Appelle and Meadow Lake regions of Saskatchewan (Treaty 4 & 6 territories). Her work is informed by the process of making and visiting to explore themes of contemporary culture, embodied experiences and lived dualities. These modes of working assist with the recentering of our collective connection to the body, ancestral knowledge systems, space and time. This event is sponsored by the University of Regina President’s Art Collection. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: Artist Talk: Audie Murray |
Sustainable Development Goal #3 – Good Health And Wellbeing
| Facilitator(s): Raquel Shingoose, Yorkton Parkland College’s International Indigenous Youth Intern |
| Length: 14 minutes |
| Session Description: This presentation brings awareness on the global issues we face and bringing forward the education on the sustainable development goals. This session will build on the knowledge on how you can contribute to sustainable development. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: Sustainable Development Goal #3 – Good Health and Wellbeing |
BE A CHAMPION! The importance of SPORTS, CULTURE, EDUCATION & CAREERS for Indigenous Youth
| Facilitator(s): “The First Nation Sensation” Wavell Starr |
| Length: TBD |
| Session Description: We need IMPACT PLAYERS! Learn how these four aspects can support the development of INDIGENOUS YOUTH LEADERS! |
| Target Audience: Elementary students, Middle years students, High school students, Adults, Open to all ages |
| Link to session: Link coming soon! |
Inherent and Treaty Rights Lunch and Learn with Treaty Education Alliance Elder Team
| Facilitator(s): Vern Severeight with Treaty Education Alliance Elder Team |
| Length: 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Description: Join Vern Severeight from Cote First Nation and the Treaty Education Elder Team as they discuss the importance of Inherent and Treaty Rights. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 15th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: aW?C6m$A |
From Auction to Home: The Journey of a Treaty Four Medal
| Facilitator(s): Provincial Sport Culture and Recreation Districts; Paula Acoose-Zagime Anishinabek |
| Description: Paula Acoose will share the story of how she and her husband discovered and secured an original Treaty Four Medal that was on auction and it’s journey home to Treaty Four Territory. Paula has also graciously opened the session up to questions about residential school as well. |
| Target Audience: Elementary students, Middle years students, High school students |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 15th, 2021. To access the recording, click this registration link. The link to the recording will be emailed to you automatically upon registration. Resource Links: – Treaty 4 Transcript – PowerPoint Slides from Session |
Shared History: Live from the Treaty 4 Monument
| Facilitator(s): Andre Boutin-Maloney and Native Studies 20 of BFCHS |
| Length: 18 minutes |
| Description: Join Andre and his Native Studies 20 class for a live session at the Treaty 4 monument in Fort Qu’Appelle. |
| Target Audience: High school students, Adults |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 15th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: 3w0&LU5j |
An Introduction to “Finding Common Ground: A Treaty Walk of Fort Qu’Appelle”
| Facilitator(s): Andre Boutin-Maloney, Bert Fox Community High School and Sheena Koops, Treaty Education Alliance |
| Length: 57 minutes |
| Description: Get to know the ARCGIS Story Map with co-creator, Andre Boutin-Maloney, “Finding Common Ground: A Treaty Walk of Fort Qu’Appelle”. Sheena Koops will interview Andre and take a virtual tour of the site. |
| Target Audience: Middle years students, High school students, Adults |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 14th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: ^u=dhJ7c |
What is a Treaty Walk? as practiced by ECCU 400 “Living Treaties in Education” instructors Sheena Koops and Dr. Audrey Aamodt
| Facilitator(s): Dr. Audrey Aamodt (U of R) and Sheena Koops (TEA) |
| Length: 58 minutes |
| Description: Join ECCU 400 “Living Treaties in Education” instructors Sheena Koops and Dr. Audrey Aamodt as they explore What is a Treaty Walk? as practiced by their classes. Audrey and Sheena will then give a tour of student prepared Treaty Walks as contributions to the theme, “Sharing our Gifts” in the role of Treaty relatives. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 13th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: tUgR4WV+ Links to student-prepared Treaty Walks (with new Treaty Walks+ videos and scripts added in 2022): Treaty Walks+ for T4G 2022 – Instructor: Audrey Aamodt Treaty Walks for T4G 2021 – Instructor: Sheena Koops |
Introduction to the Treaty Land Sharing Network
| Facilitator(s): Treaty Land Sharing Network and Sheena Koops, Treaty Education Alliance |
| Length: 39 minutes |
| Description: Join Emily Eaton from the Treaty Land Sharing Network to hear stories of their journey from land-owners to Treaty Relatives with land-title. Open to highschool and upward, although mature middle years may be ready for these deeper conversations as well. A 15 minute presentation on the Treaty Land Sharing Network will be followed by Question & Answer session. |
| Target Audience: High school students, Adults |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 13th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: x?&Se1F8 |
oski-pimohtahtamwak otayisiniwiwaw and the Dangerous Women of She Loves Magazine
| Facilitator(s): oski-pimohtahtamwak otayisiniwiwaw and the Dangerous Women of She Loves Magazine |
| Length: 1 hour 24 minutes |
| Description: Join oski-pimohtahtamwak otayisīniwiwaw and the “Dangerous Women” of SheLoves Magazine for Treaty Relationships: Stories of Reunion from the 2018 Atamiskakewak National Gathering in Moose Jaw. Over the past three years, the connections built and love shared between these two groups has brought inspiration that living Treaty relationality is not only possible but life giving. |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 14th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: @!8*xSNm |
Author Reading: The Hawk and The Hare
| Facilitator(s): Janet Love Morrison |
| Length: 1 hour 6 minutes |
| Description: Author and educator Janet Love Morrison will present her book, The Hawk and the Hare. Based on war diaries and regimental records, The Hawk and the Hare is inspired by the real-life experience of the author’s father, a scout for the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, and his friendship with an Indigenous scout from The Six Nations of the Grand River. The presentation will include a video, reading, discussion and questions. |
| Target Audience: Middle years students, High school students, Adults, Open to all ages |
| Link to session: This live session took place on September 17th, 2021. You can now access the Zoom Recording! You will need to enter the following password: ^fS6^tj5 Resource Links: – Video: National Aboriginal Veterans Day, November 8th, 2020 (5 minutes) – Video: The Hawk and the Hair Virtual Book Launch (42 minutes) – Video: Clip from Holland TV – Remembering Indigenous and Canadian Soldiers who fought in Herdenking Veritable (13 minutes – Chief Warrant Office Joel Pederson speaks starting at 6:30) |
FHQ Youth Action Plan Team Introduction Video
| Facilitator(s): Dominique Ward, Jolene Creely, Mitchell Soo-Oyewaste |
| Length: 2 minutes |
| Description: Short introduction video of the Youth Action Plan (YAP) Team. |
| Target Audience: File Hills Tribal Council Youth |
| Link to video: FHQ Youth Action Plan Team Intro Video |
Treaty Entanglements: Exploring the significance of Treaty understandings amongst preservice teachers
| Facilitator(s): Sara Solvey |
| Length: 32 minutes |
| Description: Please join settler-descendant educator from Treaty 4 territory, Sara Solvey, as she shares her master’s thesis research exploring the educational significance of Treaty understandings amongst preservice teachers in Alberta. Through a pre-recorded PowerPoint presentation, this session will engage with current Treaty narratives and Treaty myths across Canada and will also include Sara’s journey of coming to understand her roles and responsibilities as a Treaty 4 relative. |
| Target Audience: High school students, Adults |
| Link to session: Zoom Recording You will need to enter the following password: ZEmD5A&& |
Going Beyond the Space of Acknowledgement: Place, Provocations and Precarious Practice
| Facilitator(s): Sara Solvey & Sheena Koops |
| Length: 48 minutes |
| Description: Join settler-descendant educators from Treaty 4, Sara Solvey and Sheena Koops, as they read their upcoming chapter titled Going Beyond the Space of Acknowledgement: Place, Provocations and Precarious Practice, published in the soon-to-be-released Brave Work in Indigenous Education (DIO Press, 2021). In this chapter, the authors explore the shortfalls of current territorial acknowledgement practices alongside a deepening of their own connections and responsibilities to the Treaties as Treaty relatives. The chapter includes a threaded life-writing narrative between the authors, highlighting the complexity of Indigenous-settler-newcomer relations and importantly, asks: As educational institutions settle into their formalized land acknowledgement practices, how might schools, educators and students work collectively to go beyond the space of acknowledgement? Chapter Citation: Solvey, S. & Koops, S. (In Press, 2021). Going beyond the space of acknowledgement: Place, provocations and precarious practice. In J. MacDonald & J. Markides (Eds.), Brave Work in Indigenous Education. DIO Press. Author Contacts: solvey@ualberta.ca skoops@educationalliance.ca |
| Target Audience: High school students, Adults |
| Link to session: Zoom Recording You will need to enter the following password: 6dHx5X+c |
As Long as the Grass Grows: Panel Discussion
| Facilitator(s): Kete-ayah Alma Poitras, Evelyn Poitras, Dr. Shawneen Pete, Dr. Angelina Weenie, Brooklyn Wingert, Sheena Koops |
| Length: 1 hour |
| Description: Join Kete-ayah Alma Poitras; Dr. Angelina Weenie (Professor, FNUC); Evelyn Poitras (University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills); Dr. Shauneen Pete, (Director of Indigenous Education, University of Victoria); and Brooklyn Wingert (Teacher, Milestone School) as they discuss how the song, “As Long as the Grass Grows” can be used for Treaty Education. Introduction: Spirit First, Welcome and Introduce Panelists Panel: What does this song mean to you? How can this song be used with youth? Breakout Rooms: Activity with various panelists Sharing: Someone reports from each session. Closure: Final Word from Panelists |
| Target Audience: Middle years students, High school students, Adults |
| Link to session: Panel Discussion Zoom Recording You will need to enter the following password: 1JW.RumB |
What does it mean to us to live treaty?
| Facilitator(s): This collection of responses is offered on behalf of ECS 303 Curriculum & Pedagogy 2 Faculty of Education students in a couple of Fall 2021 sections (Instructor: Audrey Aamodt, University of Regina). |
| Length: Flexible |
| Description: You are invited to listen to this group of pre-intern teachers’ current engagements with some treaty teachings and responsibilities. Their short Flipgrid videos are responses to the following prompts: What does it mean to live in treaty territory? What does “All Our Relations” mean to us? |
| Target Audience: Elementary students, Middle years students, High school students, Adults, Open to all ages |
| Link to Flipgrid video collections: – Section 030 Flipgrid – Section 040 Flipgrid – Guest Password for both sections: T4GSept2021 |
First Nation Food Security (Sovereignty)
| Facilitator(s): Patricia Crowe, FHQ Jada Yee, Murray Gettle, Star Blanket Gayle Starr, FNIHB Sara Langley, FCC Shaun Soonias |
| Length: 1 hour |
| Description: FHQ Developments hosts a Roundtable Discussion on First Nation Food Security (Sovereignty). Listen to how Star Blanket Cree Nation is building food security; find the food security funding opportunities available including a resource to help with proposals; and combining resources for Nation Food Sovereignty. |
| Target Audience: Adults |
| Link to video: FHQD First Nation Food Security and Sovereignty Recorded Zoom Session |
A Conversation about Indigenous Entrepreneurship
| Facilitator(s): Faculty of Business, University of Regina |
| Length: 11 minutes |
| Description: A recorded conversation between Nadine Milne and Bruce Anderson from the Faculty of Business, discussing Indigenous Entrepreneurship. |
| Target Audience: Middle years students, High school students, Adults, |
| Link to video: Indigenous Entrepreneurship Video |
2021 Live Streams on the Treaty 4 Grounds
| Date & Time: September 13th-17th, 2021 |
| Facilitator(s): Sheena Koops |
| Description: Join us as we go LIVE to capture the events happening on the Treaty 4 Grounds this week! |
| Target Audience: Open to all ages |
| Link to session: – Tour of the Treaty 4 Grounds – September 13th, 2021 – Flag Raising by Veterans – September 13th, 2021 – Taking Down the Flags – September 13th, 2021 – Ron Redwood Sharing First Nations Veterans Resource – September 14th, 2021 – Treaty 4 Grounds – September 16th, 2021 – Flag Raising by Veterans – September 16th, 2021 – Treaty 4 Grounds on the Last Day of the Gathering – September 17th, 2021 – Flag Raising by Veterans – September 17th, 2021 |
Treaty 4 Gathering Student Activities 