Indigenous Food Sovereignty
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About this lesson
Learn how Indigenous communities cultivate, harvest, and protect food systems from generation to generation.
Students will explore how Indigenous communities have and continue to cultivate, harvest, and protect food systems for generations through deep relationships with the land, water, family, and all living beings. Through storytelling, hands-on activities, and community connections, learners will understand the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems that are rooted in sustainability, reciprocity, and respect for nature.
| Delivery Language | This lesson is only offered in English |
| Activities | Gallery Visit |
| Galleries/Location | First Peoples Art & Culture Possible Gallery visits include: Hands-on Biodiversity Life in Crisis |
| Format | Onsite - Gallery Lesson |
| Pricing | $18.50/person |
| Minimum Group | 15 |
| Maximum Group | 35 |
Learning Goals
Understanding Indigenous relationships with land, food systems, and sustainability
Appreciate various techniques that may include harvesting, seed keeping, and food as medicine
Recognize and understand the impact of colonialism on Indigenous food sovereignty and explore
Develop a sense of shared responsibility for land and food systems through reflection on personal and collective relationships with the environment.
Target Classes
| Grades 7 to 12 |
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| Grade 9: |
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| Grade 10 |
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| Grades 11-12 |
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