Treaty 6 Educational and Interactive Website

This website has been created by the Living Sky School Division as an initiative to educate its students and teachers about Treaty 6. It includes an interactive game to test and expand upon facts relevant to the treaty 6 territory.

URL: http://treaty6.mrwebsites.ca/ 

Rabbit and Bear Paws

Rabbit and Bear Paws is a series of graphic novels developed and created by Chad Solomon, Tanya Leary, and Christopher Meyer. The comical series is set in North America in the 1750s, and is set around the adventures of two brothers named Rabbit and Bear Paws. The graphic novels feature traditional native teachings and humor, which help young Indigenous peoples to explore their roots, and allow a universal non-Indigenous audience to learn from the wisdom and culture of Indigenous peoples, as well as learning about the contributions made by Indigenous peoples to modern society.

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Wampum-Neechi: Indigenous & non-Indigenous Youth Experience

Wampum is a one-week summer camp program for youth aged 12 to 14, hosted by the Aboriginal Ministries Circle and the Hamilton and London Conferences, at Five Oaks Education and Retreat Centre. The program is part of Five Oaks’ ongoing “Right Relations” programming, which promotes reconciliation and relationship building, in conjunction with the decolonization efforts of the Aboriginal Ministries Circle as the Indigenous arm of the United Church of Canada.

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