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Poverty in Indigenous Communities
History
Residential Schools
Sixties Scoop
Foster Care
Indian Act
Loss of culture and language
Racism
Displacement of Indigenous peoples and loss of hunting grounds. This led to loss of knowledge and skills.
Indigenous farming regulated by the government through Indian agents led to further dependence on the government (Civilization.ca - First Peoples of Canada - Economy, 2024)
Loss of jobs to immigrant workers and racism (Reserves, 2020)
Current issues
Higher incarceration rates (Davis et al., 2019)
Western style education
Low high school completion rates
Addiction
Higher unemployment rates
Difficulties with obtaining safe and affordable housing (Davis et al., 2019)
Rules and Regulations on reservation land that lead to band members having difficulty obtaining mortages, loans or lines of credit (Reserves, 2020).
What can be done?
Decolonizing education
First Peoples Principes of Learning (First Peoples Principles of Learning – First Nations Education Steering Committee FNESC, 2020)
Learning is holistic
Recognizing consequences of actions
Learning supports wellbeing of all and requires time and patience
Importance of generational and Indigenous knowledge
Storytelling and history are important
Exploring one's identity is part of the learning process
Cultural responsive Pedagogy
Truth and Reconcilation
Constructivist ways of learning
Incorporating Makerspaces and nature
Building and Creating
Learning valuable skills
Planting and gardening
Recognizing Indigenous ways of knowing
All living things are connected
Colloboration and Community
Place based learning
Traditional knowledge
Experimental learning
Storytelling and Listening
Elders and Knowledge Keepers :
Passing down Indignous knowledge and skills
Partner with Indigenus people
Building autonomy
Government funding for Indigenous energy projects such as solar or wind. Providing indigenous communities with energy autonomy and providing jobs (Natural Resources Canada, 2023)
Maker ideas in Indigenous communities
Inviting lndigenous people that work in renewable energy to teach about the energy that they are using and how it works. After participants can research and creating prototypes that support using alternative energy such as solar oven, wind turbine or hydrogenerator and/or making prototypes for existing infrastructure that will improve it.
Alternate energy maker challenge- click on the link
Inviting Elders and community leaders to teach different skills such as beading,sewing and weaving.
Digital storytelling through podcasts, acting, cartoons or stop motion animation
Represent a story through visual art
Water Protectors- click on the link
Fix it labs- where people can come and fix broken items such as bikes, toys, lawnmotor, etc.
Upcycle challenge: Bring an item and change it to work better or different way to prevent waste.
References
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