Resources for further learning ATA land acknowledgements Pronunciation guides, videos and examples of land acknowledgements ATA workshops • More Than Words: The Significance of Land Acknowledgements on the Journey of Truth and Reconciliation • Our Shared History, Our Shared Future —A Brief Introduction to Treaties • Being in Good Relations —An Introduction to Cultural Protocols ATA resources ATA Stepping Stones Series • Numbered Treaties within Alberta Treaty 6, Treaty 7 and Treaty 8 • Elder Protocol View the complete workshop and resources series at: www.teachers.ab.ca > Indigenous education and Walking Together www.teachers.ab.ca > Workshops and presentations > Indigenous education workshops Or email pd@ata.ab.ca for more information.
Defining terms Personalizing: to design or produce (something) to meet someone’s individ- ual requirements or to make (something) iden- tifiable as belonging to a particular person (Oxford Dictionary) Colonial frontier logics: those epistemological assumptions and pre- suppositions, derived from the colonial project of dividing the world according to racial and cultural categorizations, which serve to naturalize assumed divides and thus contribute to their social and institutional perpetu- ation (Dr. Dwayne Donald)
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learning and relationships. They are not meant to be static scripts, but in- vitations into deeper understanding, responsibility and transformation. BEYOND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: REIMAGINING OUR RELATIONS When treated as daily reminders of our collective responsibilities, land acknowledgements can counter the erasure of Indigenous Peoples and Knowledges. They can help us reimagine the story we tell about the Land—not as something owned or occupied, but as something to be in good relation with. Ultimately, this means priori- tizing the process of reconnection over performance, and committing to actions that reflect the values embedded within each word of an acknowledgement. ATA
Indigenous Storywork —Educating Heart • Mind • Body & Spirit abteach.cc/IndigenousStorywork
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Forts, Curriculum and Indigenous Métissage , Dr. Dwayne Donald abteach.cc/Forts
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