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As educators (especially in a Canadian context), we must make space to find recourses to support our Indigenous students. How have/will you as either an Indigenous or non-Indigenous educator incorporate Indigenous methodologies in your classroom?

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In terms of my actual classroom, I recently met with our Elder, who helped me to design a drama unit around a completely different theatrical structure. This came directly out of a conversation with the Elder, and the kids are really excited about it; I feel like I am authentically integrating indigenous ways of knowing in a deeper, more structural way. Somehow it seems like not enough to read an Indigenous poem or short story - not that is a negative thing; rather, I feel like this unit is going beyond material and actually addressing structure, and restructuring the way we perform to reflect different values. I'm hoping it goes well and maybe leads to other experiences that challenge the traditional ways we do drama.

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A small thing I do daily is in our morning meeting. We begin morning meeting with doing a land acknowledgement. After the land acknowledgement I have some little actions that go along to make a stretch. It was shared with me from an Indigenous colleague and I really like doing it. We also do a Cree word of the day, which has been a fun edition.

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I have really learned through many different research and experiences in different courses. I think that having small pieces throughout the day and year allow for the learning experiences to be authentic and realistic for everyone involved. I really enjoy the idea of incorporating land acknowledgements on regular basis, connecting storytelling and sharing circles as well as comparing the medicine wheel to self, community and others. When the opportunity presents itself to have elders come in, it is intriguing to me that as a teacher we work so hard to have fancy Canva slides, with fun videos for lessons while Elders hold so much wisdom that verbal storytelling can keep kids engaged for hours. This is the power of reconciliation and also the power of human connection, which I admittedly lose sight of sometimes when I focus on curriculum instead of my students.

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I have a lot of room left to grow in using indigenous methodologies in my classroom but it is truly because I believe in authenticity so I want invite people into my classroom who have the right knowledge to share. It is just unfortunate it is so hard to make those connections and get the someone into the school; this is my current struggle.

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ED 829 Supporting Indigenous Student Success was critical to my understanding of making space to find recourses to support Indigenous Student Success. The image I chose to share is the text that we used in the class to anchor our understandings and it is a MUST READ, in my opinion, for every Canadian Educator. One piece of wisdom that I will carry with me always is authentic relationality, as described so clearly in the supplementary article shared by your group! If we truly want to make an impact, we need respect and value Indigenous epistemologies. Schools need to stop performative reconciliation and learning about Indigenous worldviews. Instead, we need to build bridges and relationships to become comfortable learning within Indigenous worldviews.