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Indigenous Days of Significance

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every child matters

Reconciliation Week 

Week of September 30

Secret Path

Secret Path Week

October 17- 22

Inuit Day


Inuit Day

November 7

indigenous veterans day


Indigenous Veterans Day

November 8

metis week

Métis Week 

Week of November 16

rock your mocs

Rock your Mocs

November 15

National Ribbon Skirt Day

National Ribbon Skirt Day

January 4

indigenous storytelling

Indigenous Storytelling Month

February

indigenous languages day

National Indigenous Languages Day

March 31

MMIWg

Red Dress Day MMIWG+ Awareness

May 5

Moose Hide Campaign

Moose Hide Campaign

May  (day changes)

treaties recognition week

Treaties Recognition Week in Saskatchewan

May 21 - 27

indigenous history month

Indigenous History Month

June

indigenous peoples day

National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 21



Reconciliation Week

Secret Path Week

Inuit Day

Indigenous Veterans Day

Indigenous Veterans Day

Websites, Resources and Ideas

Indigenous Veterans Day: Meet 3 First Nations soldiers and veterans from Sask. | CBC News 

How Alberta's Cree Code Talkers Helped Win World War II | Our Canada (readersdigest.ca) 

Indigenous Veterans Day Resource (trentu.ca) 

Beaded Poppy - Google Docs 

Indigenous Veterans - Veterans Affairs Canada 

Forgotten Warriors

Forgotten Warriors by Loretta Todd - NFB   (Division has membership to Education Campus)

1997 - 51 mins

Ages 14 to 17

Mini-Lesson - Forgotten Warriors

Civics/Citizenship - Human Rights
History - Canada 1946-1991
Indigenous Studies - Issues and Contemporary Challenges
Social Studies - Social Policies and Programs

Why did it take so long for World War II Aboriginal soldiers to receive recognition for their contribution to the war effort? How did the legacy of their suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the reintegration policies of the Canadian government contribute to problems that remained unresolved decades later? Students should compare and contrast the treatment of WWII Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal soldiers with that of soldiers from the Korean War and the Afghanistan mission.

Mini-Lesson for Forgotten Warriors - NFB Blog 

Videos


Métis Week

Rock Your Mocs

National Ribbon Skirt Day

Indigenous Storytelling Month

National Indigenous Language Day

Red Dress Day MMIWG+ Awareness


Websites with Resources, Interactive Projects and Ideas for Projects

Home Page - Final Report | MMIWG (mmiwg-ffada.ca) 

NIMMIWG-THEIR-VOICES-WILL-GUIDE-US.pdf (mmiwg-ffada.ca)  - Student and Youth Engagement Guide

Advocacy & Action - KAIROS Canada 

Books - KAIROS Canada 

Films and Documentaries - KAIROS Canada 

Violence Prevention & MMIWG - NWAC 

Home - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S) - Research Guides at University of British Columbia (ubc.ca) 

Red dress window art project brings MMIWG awareness from the classroom to the masses | CBC News 


Finding Dawn

National Film Board

Finding Dawn by Christine Welsh - NFB  

Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Christine Welsh brings us a compelling documentary that puts a human face on a national tragedy – the epidemic of missing or murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The film takes a journey into the heart of Indigenous women's experience, from Vancouver's skid row, down the Highway of Tears in northern BC, and on to Saskatoon, where the murders and disappearances of these women remain unsolved. 

Surviving the City vol. 1

Written by: Tasha Spillett and illustrated by Natasha Donovan

Description

Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape – they’re so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez’s grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can’t stay with her anymore. With the threat of a group home looming, Dez can’t bring herself to go home and disappears. Miikwan is devastated, and the wound of her missing mother resurfaces. Will Dez’s community find her before it’s too late? Will Miikwan be able to cope if they don’t?

IF I Go Missing

Written by: Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose

Illustrated by: Nshannacappo

Description

The text of the book is derived from excerpts of a letter written to the Winnipeg Chief of Police by fourteen-year-old Brianna Jonnie ― a letter that went viral and was also the basis of a documentary film. In her letter, Jonnie calls out the authorities for neglecting to immediately investigate missing Indigenous people and urges them to "not treat me as the Indigenous person I am proud to be," if she were to be reported missing.

Indigenous artist Neal Shannacappo provides the artwork for the book. Through his illustrations he imagines a situation in which a young Indigenous woman does disappear, portraying the reaction of her community, her friends, the police, and media.

Video is linked is located: Films and Documentaries - KAIROS Canada 

Missing Nimama

Written by: Melanie Florence

Illustrated by: Francois Thisdale

Kateri is a young Cree girl, growing up in the care of her grandmother. We see her reaching important milestones: her first day of school, first dance, first date, wedding, first child. Her mother is absent, but not gone, watching her child growing up without her.

Told in alternating voices of child and mother, Missing Nimâmâ is a story of love, loss, and acceptance, showing the human side of a national tragedy.

Videos


Songs/Dances to honour MMIWG


Moose Hide Campaign

Treaties Recognition Week in SK

Indigenous History Month

Websites, Resources and Ideas

Indigenous History Month - Google Slides 

National Indigenous Peoples Day