Come and join Laura Grizzlypaws as she brings forward the significant topics of Indigenous Pedagogy Teaching and Learning. For generations, the Indigenous Peoples have lived as a self-governing and self-sufficient people in harmony with their environment that has met all their needs.  Education was a process of living according to values and beliefs that formed the basis of the skills and knowledge sought that ensured the development of healthy, balanced individuals, families, and communities. 

Indigenous Education … 

is holistic, lifelong, culturally responsive learning that allows students to reflect on their relationships with themselves, one another, and the natural world. 

Indigenous Education … 

is a commitment to improving achievement for all learners by providing equitable opportunities for all to succeed and contribute to society in a meaningful manner. 

Indigenous Education … 

comes from the teachings of Elders and or traditional knowledge keepers who reveal indigenous worldviews as valid ways of knowing and understanding the world. 

Indigenous Education … 

incorporates First Nations ways of knowing as historical and contemporary cultures that are rooted in First Nations culture, language and require protection, revitalization and retention of language and way of life to thrive and flourish.