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Beausoleil First Nation, Grade 3
Big Ideas
CURRICULUM
CONNECTIONS Indigenous culture and traditions have persisted, despite attempts to
extinguish them over the years.
The Ontario Curriculum (2018)
Social Studies Grades 1 to 6,
Framing Questions
History and Geography Grades
7 and 8
• What is a powwow?
Overall Expectations: A1. • How do powwows help to maintain Indigenous culture
Application: compare ways
and tradition?
of life among some specific
groups in Canada around the
beginning of the nineteenth
century and describe some of Background Information
the changes between that era
Beausoleil First Nation Resource Book:
and the present day
Pages 24 to 25, Tradition and Culture. These pages show photos
Specific Expectations: A1.3
identify some key components of some of the beautiful handiwork created by islanders, including
of the Canadian identity and baskets decorated with porcupine quills and floral beadwork.
describe some of the ways in
Pages 29 to 30, Gatherings. These pages explain the annual
which communities that were
in Canada around the early National Indigenous Peoples Day, which is held on June 21. It also
1800s have had an impact on provides an overview of the Beausoleil First Nation powwow,
Canadian identity called “Island in the Sun,” which is held in July each year, as well
The Ontario Curriculum, grades as the educational powwow held by Christian Island Elementary
1-8: The Arts, 2009 School each May. There are photos capturing the events.
Overall Expectations: A2. Pages 47 to 48, Education. There is daycare and an elementary
Reflecting, Responding,
school for students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8. The
and Analyzing: apply the
importance of outdoor education and learning about culture
critical analysis process to
is outlined here. This includes hosting an annual educational
communicate their feelings,
ideas, and understandings in powwow when other mainland schools are invited to join in the
response to a variety of dance celebration of culture and tradition.
pieces and experiences
The Indian Act: This act was created in 1876 to assimilate
Indigenous peoples into non-Indigenous society. It gave the
government absolute power over First Nations’ governance,
education, identity, and cultural practices. Amendments made
in 1884 included the creation of residential schools and the
prohibition of cultural ceremonies. This was interpreted to include
the banning of dancing. For almost a century, it was illegal to
express your Indigenous culture, and any attempts at interacting
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