Education Guide
The Yellowhead Institute Treaty Map is an accessible resource for teaching and learning about Indigenous perspectives on treaties in Canada.
With treaty descriptions of every Canadian treaty since 1763, the Map provides a wealth of opportunity for users to engage with the various perspectives, nuances, and disputes that make up the lived realities of treaties in a colonial present. That said, it can be difficult to know where to start. This education guide equips educators and students with tools to make the most of the map, with learning resources and example teaching exercises.
The activities in this guide are designed to centre Indigenous
perspectives on treaties and on the broader historical and contemporary context on the Indigenous-state relationship.
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
The Treaty Map Education Guide includes 9 exercises designed to encourage critical and creative thinking on the interpretation and implementation of treaties in Canada. Each exercise includes preparation, assignment options, learning objectives, and tips for educators.
WHO IS THIS GUIDE FOR?
Given the nature of the content in the Treaty Map, this Guide is designed primarily for educators working in Grade 8 through to post-secondary education. To that end, it has been organized by audience (from introductory exercises to advanced), primarily for those facilitating group learning. That said, we encourage individuals to adapt any of the exercises for independent study.
The Guide is meant to be flexible for a variety of learning environments and scenarios — use this guide simply as an adaptable starting point.
TREATY MAP EXERCISES
1. Your Home on Native Land
2. Treaty Scavenger Hunt
3. Treaty News
4. Indigenous Diplomacy
5. Are we all Treaty People?
6. Where’s Wabaminoosikwe?
7. Time Crimes
8. The End and/or Future of Treaties
9. The Treaty Simulation
8. The End and/or Future of Treaties
9. The Treaty Simulation
