Friday, March 21, 2014

Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Opening students' eyes on First Nations history

Elder Noel Starblanket talks about treaties, residential schools at Peacock Collegiate

Elder Noel Starblanket speaks to the student body
at Peacock Collegiate on March 21, 2014 about
treaties, residential schools and worldview.
 Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy
By Lisa Goudy


Elder Noel Starblanket has many stories from his past.

After “many, many decades” of working for treaty advocacy, teaching students about it is a “crowning achievement for me,” he said. On Friday morning, he spoke to the student body of Peacock Collegiate.

“I often say to our young leaders and young Aboriginal children, First Nations children, that we have had to pay a price for this education, for this moment to happen and it was painful, but it’s very rewarding to see it bearing fruit that the awareness is now coming,” said Starblanket following his presentation.

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