A Settler on Indigenous Land with Nancy Griffith-Zahner (Part 2 of 2)

In this eye and heart-opening era of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and settlers, conflicts exist in the heart of this French teacher who is teaching a language of colonization to her Indigenous and non-Indigenous secondary students on unceded Ts’msyen territory. This workshop begins with my story of gradual decolonization as a white settler who engages Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous content to create a classroom which values local culture and addresses the elitism often associated with learning the French language. We will delve into the ways that the French and second-language classroom can be used as a vehicle for holistic learning and deep appreciation of Indigenous content and ways of knowing.  This workshop will include hands-on examples of how to restructure lesson plans as well as ways one might weave Indigenous ways of knowing and teaching into their cross-curricular planning.  Free Resource: POTLATCH AS PEDAGOGY; Learning Through Ceremony by Sara Florence Davidson and Robert Davidson