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Ontario to clean up Mercury near Grassy Narrows
Grassy Narrows First Nation (Asubpeechoseewagong) and White Dog First Nation (Wabaseemoong), both Treaty Three Nations located in Northern Ontario, have been in the news this month as the Provincial Government has FINALLY committed to cleanup the mercury that was dumped in their shared river system in the 1960s and 70s.
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Are you looking for French Language resources to use in your classrooms? Check out the French Language section of the Deepening Knowledge Project's website! The page features websites, resources lesson plans about Indigenous histories and current events.
8th Fire/8e Feu
One of my favorite documentaries about contemporary Indigenous peoples in Canada and the relationship between Indigenous and Canadian peoples is 8th Fire which was first aired on the CBC in 2012.
Read morefatty legs
If you are taking your first steps towards incorporating Indigenous content into your classroom, one of my favorite strategies to begin with is a read-aloud with your students, allowing their questions to guide your collective learning
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