Land Based Education
With continued land-based education from NNCEA and supports from other local organizations (Country Foods, Jordans Principal, Wellness etc.) our team goals are to engage more students from NNCEA and improve the consistency of land-based education. NNCEA’s new Culture Camp will be one of our main land-based education centers and with help from local peoples/organizations, this program has no limits. We are excited for this opportunity and believe that the land-based program will create successful students.
Land-based education aims to:
- Improve health: Improve mental, physical, and emotional health
- Foster cultural identity: Enhance cultural identity and traditions
- Promote environmental stewardship: Guide learners toward ecological stewardship
- Support reconciliation: Support reconciliation efforts through holistic education
- Teach Indigenous perspectives: Teach learners about Indigenous perspectives, Treaty relations, and allyship
- Develop technical skills: Develop technical and practical skills
- Learn about Indigenous knowledge: Learn about Indigenous knowledge, ceremonies, language, and traditional medicines
- Learn about land rights: Learn about land protections and rights
- Learn about governance: Learn about governance and Indigenous self-determination
- Learn about relationships: Learn about the relationships between living beings and the interconnectedness of all life
Land-based education can also help learners:
- Cultivate reverence for the land and its inhabitants
- Learn how to live a good life
- Learn how to hold relationships with plants and animals
- Learn how to be humble and see that we are only one small part of the world
- Learn how to care for the land
- Open gateways for careers in trapping, arts, crafts, wilderness guiding, forestry, environmental studies, and science-based careers
Supported websites
https://en.ccunesco.ca/idealab/indigenous-land-based-education
https://www.socialconnectedness.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Land-Based-Education-Pamphlet.pdf