Collected Item: “Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations rejects the Alberta K-6 curriculum”
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Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations rejects the Alberta K-6 curriculum
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This is a tweet of a statement sent out from the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, rejecting the proposed Alberta K-6 curriculum which has become vastly unpopular for its blatant racist and white supremacist undertones. For example, one component of the curriculum would have students learning the slogan of the KKK; to be applied with learning “why some people would support” such a slogan. As I type this, this sounds unreal, or some kind of sick joke but I assure you this is real. Interestingly, when the initial flak was received for the nature of this curriculum, the Alberta government was quick to claim that there was First Nations oversight on the development of this document – this statement from the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations says otherwise. The curriculum itself has a very Anglo-centric programming, focusing on the history of Anglo-Saxons, the British Empire and the role of the Dominion of Canada in the empire. On top of this, there is little to no reference to residential schools; rather it has been removed in early grades, which goes against the call to education by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee. The Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations is writing in direct response to this, stating that a proper Alberta curriculum should be able to express the diverse nature of Alberta. It should account for the horrors of colonialism, a word which the current curriculum doesn’t mention once.
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First Nations, Treaty Six, #ableg, Enoch Cree Nation, colonialism, eurocentrism, education, curriculum
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https://twitter.com/CT6FN_/status/1377408188203474947
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Gina Potts, Okimaw Vernon Watchmaker, The Confederacy of Treaty No.6 First Nations Chiefs
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2021-03-31