Treaty Relations

���OUR STUDENTS LEARNED THIS WASN���T A BLACK-AND-WHITE ISSUE. IT WASN���T ABOUT ABORIGINAL VERSUS NON-ABORIGINAL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPINIONS AMONG THE FIRST NATIONS AS WELL. THIS PROJECT TAUGHT OUR STUDENTS THAT HISTORY IS COMPLEX WITH MANY LAYERS. THEY LEARNED A LOT.��� ���It wasn���t just that the government is bad ��� there���s a lot student graduated from the school last year. about the Indian Act that needs to change, but there were ���The Heritage Fair project introduced a perspective our some good intentions behind it.��� students would normally not get and brought to life these Wilson made such an impression that the teachers in- problems and where they stem from. Most of our girls vited him to be one of the judges of their 2011 heritage don���t have day-to-day interactions with aboriginal peofair. In turn, Wilson requested that three students ple,��� says Saj. ���The new curriculum (that was recently from St. Mary���s Academy speak at the annual introduced) does a much better job of integratgeneral meeting of the Manitoba Assoing aboriginal issues and themes.��� ciation of School Trustees as part of his Both teachers agreed that students ���WE���RE ALL speakers��� bureau. would benefit from learning about PART OF THE TREATY ���They did a great job. By this Treaties and the Indian Act at a much TOGETHER, time, they were more comfortable younger age AND THAT WAS A REAL with the topic and they were very ���We���re all part of the Treaty toEYE-OPENER FOR OUR well received. They got a standgether, and that was a real eyeSTUDENTS. THEY BEGAN ing ovation,��� Chell said of his stuopener for our students. They beTO REALIZE THAT THE dents, who have since graduated gan to realize that the Indian Act INDIAN ACT PLAYED and are now in university. played a real role in our history,��� While Chell said St. Mary���s AcadChell said. ���It���s a very emotional isA REAL ROLE IN emy does have some diversity ��� sue. We realized that even in our own OUR HISTORY,��� they have numerous Muslim and Jewclass, we had wide-ranging views of abCHELL SAID. ish students ��� they do not have many original people. This was a great teaching aboriginal students. Only one First Nations opportunity for me.������ Making a positive difference in our northern Manitoba communities. $54 million+ Remembering our Past, Creating our Future. August 1871 at Lower Fort Garry TREATY 2 was made at Lower Fort Garry and signed in August 1871 at Manitoba House TREATY 3 was made in October 1873 at a traditional First Nations fishing station near Harrison Creek at Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods, northeast of Buffalo Point First Nation in Manitoba; adhesions to Treaty 3 were made in other locations within the Treaty area in September 1874 at Fort Qu���appelle, Sask. First Nations within Manitoba made adhesions to Treaty 4 at Fort Ellice, near the junction of the Assiniboine and Qu���Appelle rivers in west-central Manitoba $4 million+/yr* spending on local goods and services. Creating a better future together TREATY 1 was made in TREATY 4 was made of capital invested in retail operations that serve northern Manitoba. Me-Dian CreDit Union 303 Selkirk Ave, Winnipeg | 204-943-9111 Grand Rapids | 204-639-2501 NUMBERED TREATIES IN MANITOBA: continued on page 6 ��� $13 million+/yr* payroll 591 community employees *Spending average as of 2011. Our Community Promise stmarysacademy.mb.ca We strive to help make a positive, progressive difference within each community we serve. 5 trcm.ca

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