{"id":3584,"date":"2026-02-07T07:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.witsprogram.ca\/?page_id=3584"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:17:36","slug":"indigenous-people-for-gr-4-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.witsprogram.ca\/fr\/indigenous-people-for-gr-4-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous People for GR 4-7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indigenous People for GR 4-7<\/p><\/h1><\/div>

Indigenous People for GR 4-7<\/p><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\u00ab Back to the Modules<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Andy\u2019s Tribal Canoe Journey<\/h2><\/div>

Andy\u2019s Tribal Canoe Journey<\/h2><\/div>
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Author: Seabacola (Christopher) Beaton, Jorja<\/strong><\/h2><\/span>
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Johnson, Cadence Manson<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Authors Seabacola (Christopher) Beaton \u2013 Haudenosaunee, Kanyen\u2019keha:ka (Mohawk) and St\u2019at\u2019imc (Lillooet, Lil\u2019Wat) and Jorja Johnson \u2013 Kwakwaka\u2019wakw (Kwakiutl), Dzwada\u2019enuxw; Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Hesquiaht, and Cadence Manson \u2013 Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka),Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and illustrator Natalie Laurin, M\u00e9tis, \u2013 bring the story of Andy and his Tribal Canoe Journey. Andy has had a rough school year and is ready for summer vacation. But when Grandpa Rick tells him that he will be participating in a canoe journey instead of enjoying his usual summer activities, Andy feels he is being punished. Join Andy as he experiences a Tribal Canoe Journey for the first time and learns what it\u2019s like to belong to a canoe family. Follow along as Andy navigates physical and emotional challenges and finds an answer to the important question: \u201cWho am I?\u201d<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Lesson Plan<\/h2><\/div>
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Activity<\/strong> Booklet<\/h2><\/div>
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The Sharing Circle<\/h2><\/div>

The Sharing Circle<\/h2><\/div>

Author: Theresa \u201cCorky\u201d Larsen-Jonasson<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Editor: Emma Bullen<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Illustrator: Jessika Von Innerebner<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

When two red foxes have an argument which breaks apart their community, a gentle buffalo decides to take a braid of sweetgrass to a local elder and asks her to help with a sharing circle for all the animals.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Lesson Plan<\/h2><\/div>
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Activity Booklet<\/h2><\/div>
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Weird Rules to Follow<\/h2><\/div>

Weird Rules to Follow<\/h2><\/div>

Author: by Kim Spencer<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>

Mia knows her family is very different than her best friend\u2019s.<\/h2><\/div>

In the 1980s, the coastal fishing town of Prince Rupert is booming. There is plenty of sockeye salmon in the nearby ocean, which means the fishermen are happy and there is plenty of work at the cannery. Eleven-year-old Mia and her best friend, Lara, have known each other since kindergarten. Like most tweens, they like to hang out and compare notes on their crushes and dream about their futures. But even though they both live in the same cul-de-sac, Mia\u2019s life is very different from her non-Indigenous, middle-class neighbor. Lara lives with her mom, her dad and her little brother in a big house, with two cars in the drive and a view of the ocean. Mia lives in a shabby wartime house that is full of relatives\u2015her churchgoing grandmother, binge-drinking mother and a rotating number of aunts, uncles and cousins. Even though their differences never seemed to matter to the two friends, Mia begins to notice how adults treat her differently, just because she is Indigenous. Teachers, shopkeepers, even Lara\u2019s parents\u2015they all seem to have decided who Mia is without getting to know her first.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Lesson Plan<\/h2><\/div>
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Activity<\/strong> Booklet<\/h2><\/div>
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Indigenous People Resources<\/h2><\/div>

Indigenous People Resources<\/h2><\/div>

Indigenous People Resources<\/h2><\/div>

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Module Specific Resources<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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