Richard Tong
Evidence/Quotation
Personal 
Significance
How I learned
Examples/Details
4 R's
Text/Author
Main Connection
LEGEND
NBE3U6
4 R's Reflection
Responsibility
Realizing my personal benefit from
colonialism and the taking of 
Indigenous territories
Trick Or Treaty
Alanis Obamsawin
Personal Land
Acknowledgement
Trick or Treaty
 Questions
Grasping the colonialist manipulations
within land Treaties of Turtle 
Island (e.g. Williams Treaty)
Committing to change and reconciliACTION
Realizing personal complicities
 and benefits 
Invalidating Oral
Histories and
Treaties
Manipulative 
Translations
Sixties Scoop News Report
CBC News
Understanding impacts and 
consequences of the Sixties Scoop 
on Indigenous families
Family Separation
Loss of 
Ancestral Connection
Cultural Genocide
Residential Schools
Systemic Abuse
Sixties Scoop Discussion
Post + Response
Respect
Teaches how to examine beliefs 
from different perspectives with respect, 
very applicable my to daily life
Nightmares of The Americas: The Wendigo
Joseph and Gabriel Behill  
Respecting First Nations territories
beliefs and cultural values
Indigenous Land
The Wendigo
Creating an inclusive environment 
for Indigenous and ALL peoples
Mutual Respect
Positionality
Land
Acknowledgement
Revenge
Thomas Anguti Johnson
Honouring Inuit beliefs and
cultural values
The Nanarluk
Class Analysis of 
Themes/Messages
Angry Inuk
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 
Group Discussion Circle
Acknowledging Inuit traditions 
amidst colonialism
Inuit Cultural Significance 
of Seal Hunting
Hunting Tradition 
Reciprocity
Dibenimiisowin
 Niigonwedom James Sinclair
Continued lack of support
and recognition of Indigenous 
knowledge in modern society
Canadian Federal Government Apology 
Stephen Harper (on behalf of government)
Mainly words,
 little action
Self-Healing
"No apology, no words, and certainly
no time in parliament can 
give healing" (N. J. Sinclair 25).
Realizing my privilege of knowledge
(reconciliACTION)
Teaches the significance of 
giving back, inspires my gratitude 
towards Indigenous peoples
Twisted Histories: Reconciliation
Kaniehtiio Horn
Class Listening/Discussion
Significance of Reciprocity 
To Reconciliation and Healing
Giving Back to the
Indigenous Community
Standing Up Together
Reciprocal Discussions
Discussion Circles
"One path to reconciliation is in small actions and building relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canadians" (Horn).
Relevance
Understanding issues actually
 relevant to Indigenous peoples
Truth and Reconciliation Speech
 Justice Murray Sinclair
Discussion with 
Surrounding Peers
Answering analysis
Questions
Teaching Indigenous children
Indigenous traditions, heroes, and stories
"We need to ensure that our young people are 
given a sense of validity, that they know where they come from...then they'll know who they are" (M. Sinclair 11). 
Self-Confidence
Self-Identity
Self-Worth
The Revolution Has Begun
Christi Belcourt
Protecting the land
 Restoring Mother Earth
Culminating Discussion Circle
Restoring traditional Indigenous 
ways of teaching children
Learning From Elders 
and the Land
Developing Unique Gifts
Wisdom
7 Grandfather Teachings