Dear 2015 Treaty4Project students,

At the beginning of the school year, we saw the need to talk about Treaties in a different way.  Thank you for your willingness to be open.  We understand it has been challenging to hear some of the stories these presenters shared with us…   However, you have learned something.  You are now more educated than before and it is with this new knowledge and understanding,  that you can be the change and create awareness around inclusion.  Here are some of your comments after Treaty 4: The Next Generation Project Youth Conference:

"Seeing her point of view on how she was affected by white privilege factors 

and to see the difference in how I am treated and how someone with another 

skin tone is treated was a really touching experience and a huge eye opener."

Unpacking the Invisible knapsack

"It was a very heavy topic, but I think it was the one that left the most impact on me."

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

"She did this imaginative exercise on what it would be like to be taken and it just 

really put me in the position of fear and sadness to be able to (experience) what 

it was like for only a second to what people go through regularly and some 

people are still going through."

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

"The cree language is very beautiful and makes you feel good 

inside and expressing it through song made it all the more lovely."

Indigenous knowledge

"Learning about how these families would only receive 5$ at a time and 

get fined 15$ really made me think."

Historical primary source inquiry 

"Treaties were negotiated for 6 days more or less, and a decision had been made. 

Very fast decision making."

Treaty 4 Role Play

"That there are different ways to paint and different symbols 

to represent Saskatchewan or treaty 4."

Art with Ray

As teachers, what was amazing was to watch you, the students, over those two days because we witnessed your passion and your excitement as you went from presentation to presentation and as you worked individually or with your family group to find a way to represent what you had learned through painting.  Treaty 4: The Next Generation Project was a learning experience for students and also for teachers. It is our hope this project has allowed you to imagine a better world and actively create the province in which you want to live.

Mme Laing and Mme Fortier-Fréçon