Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation

This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where t...

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Main Authors: Hildebrandt, Katia, Lewis, Patrick, Kreuger, Claire, Naytowhow, Joseph, Tupper, Jennifer, Couros, Alec, Montgomery, Ken
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Language:English
Published: sowi-online e.V., Bielefeld, Germany 2016
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spelling ftjsse:oai:biejournals.de:article/779 2023-05-15T16:17:07+02:00 Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation Hildebrandt, Katia Lewis, Patrick Kreuger, Claire Naytowhow, Joseph Tupper, Jennifer Couros, Alec Montgomery, Ken 2016-03-11 application/pdf https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/779 https://doi.org/10.4119/jsse-779 eng eng sowi-online e.V., Bielefeld, Germany https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/779/848 10.4119/jsse-779 https://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/779 doi:10.4119/jsse-779 Copyright (c) 2016 JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC-BY-SA JSSE - Journal of Social Science Education; 1-2016 Digital Tools and Social Science Education; 17-26 1618-5293 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftjsse https://doi.org/10.4119/jsse-779 2022-10-04T15:38:17Z This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where treaty education (that is, education about the history of the numbered treaties signed between First Nations people and the British Crown, as well as the subsequent history of the treaty relationship) has been mandatory for almost a decade.The paper details a two-year journey alongside elementary educators as they used digital storytelling to take up treaty education in their classrooms. We present an overview of the research project as well as the narratives of a teacher, a researcher, and a Cree knowledge keeper, all of whom were involved in and reflected on the research journey. We consider the research findings alongside these narratives in order to explore the possibilities that digital storytelling might offer as we, as a Canadian nation, move towards reconciliation with Aboriginal people within a Canadian context of ongoing colonialism.Questo articolo presenta i risultati di un progetto di ricerca che ha cercato di indagare sulle possibilità della narrazione digitale di storie (storytelling) come percorso verso una comprensione più completa dei trattati e del rapporto fra i trattati nel Canada occidentale. Questa indagine è situata nella provincia di Saskatchewan, dove l'istruzione sui trattati (cioè, l'educazione sulla storia dei trattati numerati firmati tra la Prima Nazione e la Corona Britannica, così come la storia successiva del rapporto fra i trattati) è stato obbligatorio per quasi un decennio.Il saggio riporta un percorso di due anni con insegnanti di scuola elementare che hanno usato lo storytelling digitale per fare l'educazione ai trattati nelle loro classi. Presentiamo una panoramica del progetto di ricerca ed i racconti di un insegnante, di un ricercatore, e un guardiano Cree della conoscenza, i ... Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Journal of Social Science Education (JSSE - Bielefeld University) Canada Hanno ENVELOPE(17.444,17.444,66.301,66.301)
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description This paper presents the findings of a research project that sought to interrogate the possibilities of digital storytelling as a pathway towards a more complete understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in western Canada. This research is situated in the province of Saskatchewan, where treaty education (that is, education about the history of the numbered treaties signed between First Nations people and the British Crown, as well as the subsequent history of the treaty relationship) has been mandatory for almost a decade.The paper details a two-year journey alongside elementary educators as they used digital storytelling to take up treaty education in their classrooms. We present an overview of the research project as well as the narratives of a teacher, a researcher, and a Cree knowledge keeper, all of whom were involved in and reflected on the research journey. We consider the research findings alongside these narratives in order to explore the possibilities that digital storytelling might offer as we, as a Canadian nation, move towards reconciliation with Aboriginal people within a Canadian context of ongoing colonialism.Questo articolo presenta i risultati di un progetto di ricerca che ha cercato di indagare sulle possibilità della narrazione digitale di storie (storytelling) come percorso verso una comprensione più completa dei trattati e del rapporto fra i trattati nel Canada occidentale. Questa indagine è situata nella provincia di Saskatchewan, dove l'istruzione sui trattati (cioè, l'educazione sulla storia dei trattati numerati firmati tra la Prima Nazione e la Corona Britannica, così come la storia successiva del rapporto fra i trattati) è stato obbligatorio per quasi un decennio.Il saggio riporta un percorso di due anni con insegnanti di scuola elementare che hanno usato lo storytelling digitale per fare l'educazione ai trattati nelle loro classi. Presentiamo una panoramica del progetto di ricerca ed i racconti di un insegnante, di un ricercatore, e un guardiano Cree della conoscenza, i ...
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author Hildebrandt, Katia
Lewis, Patrick
Kreuger, Claire
Naytowhow, Joseph
Tupper, Jennifer
Couros, Alec
Montgomery, Ken
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Kreuger, Claire
Naytowhow, Joseph
Tupper, Jennifer
Couros, Alec
Montgomery, Ken
Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation
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