sharing

Studies done for this term, so I'm halfway to the Masters ... it was an enlightening course this term; a real eye-opener to what is NOT in education for First Nations. So I'll just keep trying to open doors one at a time.
 I was very proud of the group from N'Amerind when they came to sing and dance for the whole school body at Little Falls this week. The teachers, principal and all were also very impressed. This was a presentation paid for by a service group and that is becoming more common in schools where I have recently been. The next one in Stratford is also being sponsored by the parent volunteers. The fact that school boards do not have a mandate to teach First Nations studies keeps them from being progressive with our shared history in this province and most of the country. B.C. has the first and best province-wide First Nations School Authority which integrates our cultural ways into the mainstream education system.
We all need this knowledge in a basic form from primary onward if we are to be proud of who we are and where we fit in this country and its contemporary life. As we've heard before: you can't know where you're going if you don't know where you've been. And where we've been is in the dark!
Let's shine the light of knowledge, sharing and understanding and give ourselves and those yet to lead us, pride in this country and its indigenous roots.
Why do so many of the world's people want to come to this country? Because it is based on a caring, giving nature, developed from the relationship of our First Peoples toward those who came to Turtle Island looking for a better way of life. We need to nurture and regain the spirit of the Treaties. ... tane: tho!