Week 7:

1. List some of the ways that you see reinhabitation and decolonization happening throughout the narrative.

• A group of students, adults and elders went on a trip and shared stories about their lands while on the trip. (Restoule et al, p. 70). This is reclaiming their traditions because Indigenous students have been forced into classrooms and removed from the elements that hold significant learnings for them, and as a result it makes it harder for the students to understand.
• Children need to have their relationships with the land in order to have healthier lifestyles. (Kellert as cited in Restoule et al, p. 70)
• By bringing youth and elders together bands are actively decolonizing because they are going again the norm of western ways of knowing and are reclaiming traditions their tribes have used for hundreds of years prior.
  2. How might you adapt these ideas to considering place in your own subject areas and teaching?
• I really like the ideas of going outside a lot more and having students understand the importance of relationships with the land and elements, instead of just reading it from a textbook. If they have the opportunity to see the things I am teaching them about they may understand better.
• Another important aspect that my students would benefit from is having relationships with elders and community members who have stories and teachings to share with my students. This benefits them because stories and legends are not told in every household, and this way of learning could really benefit some students who retain more from oral teachings.