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Ways of Knowing</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li id="menu-item-1839" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1839 nav-item"><a href="#section_ways_of_knowing" class="nav-link">9.4.0 Ways of Knowing</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div class="col-lg-8 web-module-content"> <h2>Introduction to the First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model</h2><p>In 2007, the <a class="poptip" title="Canadian Council on Learning" data-toggle="popover" data-content="The Canadian Council on Learning was a channel for lifelong learning, encouraging and supporting data-based decisions about learning during all stages of life, from early childhood through to the senior years.">Canadian Council on Learning</a> collaborated with <a class="poptip" title="Canadian Council on Learning" data-toggle="popover" data-content="First Nations is not a legal term but came into common use in the 1970s to replace Indian, which some people found offensive. Many communities have also replaced "band" with "First Nation" in their names. In 1980, hundreds of chiefs met in Ottawa and used “First Nations” for the first time in their Declaration of the First Nations. Symbolically, the term elevates First Nations to the status of "first among equals" alongside the English and French founding nations of Canada. It also reflects the sovereign nature of many communities, and the ongoing quest for self-determination and self-government. First Nations people may live on or off reserve, they may or may not have legal status under the Indian Act, and they may or may not be registered members of a community or nation. “First Nations” should be used exclusively as a general term as community members are more likely to define themselves as members of specific nations or communities within those nations. For example, a Mohawk (Kanienkehaka) person from Akwesasne who is a member of the Bear clan may choose any of those identifiers. Others may identify themselves as members of one of the many other Nations in Canada – Innu, Cree, Salteaux, Ojibwe, Haida, Dene, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Blood, Secwepmec, etc., each with its own tribal history, culture, and traditions.">First Nations</a>, <a class="poptip" title="Inuit" data-toggle="popover" data-content="Inuit are the Indigenous People of Arctic Canada. The word Inuit means "the people" in Inuktitut and is the term by which Inuit refer to themselves.The Inuit in Canada are known collectively as Inuit Nunangat which includes land, water and ice. The Inuit consider the land, water and ice of their homeland to be integral to their culture and way of life.There are four Inuit comprehensive land claims regions covering one-third of Canada: Nunavut, Inuvialuit(Northwest Territories), Nunavik (Northern Quebec), andNunatsiavut(Labrador). The Indian Act does not cover Inuit. However, in 1939, the Supreme Court of Canada interpreted the federal government's power to make laws affecting "Indians, and lands reserved for Indians" as extending to Inuit. Inuit live in communities and settlements, not reserves, therefore the terms on-reserve or off-reserve do not apply to them.Many Inuit also live in southern Canadian cities.">Inuit</a> and <a class="poptip" title="Métis" data-toggle="popover" data-content="In Canada, the Métis, as defined by the Constitution Act 1982, are an Aboriginal people. They are descendants of specific mixed First Nations and European ancestry who self-identify as Métis, and are accepted into their current community. The Métis people are the modern descendants of Indigenous women in Canada and the colonial-era French, Scottish and English trappers and fur traders they married. The descendants of these unions formed communities, first around hunting, trapping and fur trading, that to this day have a unique and specific culture. The term "Métis" does not mean any white person who believes they also have some Native ancestry. It refers to specific, intact communities of Aboriginal people and their culture. The majority of Métis people are of mixed Algonquian and French ancestry.">Métis</a> learning professionals and researchers to explore and articulate the recognition that the world of First Nations learners is one of interconnectedness, in which experiences and relationships are circular, cumulative and holistic.</p> <figure id='figure_775' aria-describedby='figure_image_775_caption' class='wp-caption figure-image'> <img width="1024" height="768" src="https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/book_9_1_1_children_Learning-1024x768.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="On the land learning provides First Nations children with opportunities to connect with their language and culture." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <figcaption id='figure_image_775_caption' class='wp-caption-text d-flex flex-column flex-sm-row justify-content-between'><div class='pr-4 pb-3 pb-sm-0'>On the land learning provides First Nations children with opportunities to connect with their language and culture.</div> <div><button class='btn btn-primary outline' type='button' data-toggle='modal' data-target='#image_775_modal'>Expand</button></div> </figcaption> </figure> <div class='modal fade' tabindex='-1' role='dialog' id='image_775_modal' aria-labelledby='image_775_modal_label'> <div class='modal-dialog modal-lg modal-lightbox' role='document'> <div class='modal-content'> <div class='modal-header'> <h5 class='modal-title' id='image_775_modal_label'>On the land learning provides First Nations children with opportunities to connect with their language and culture.</h5> <button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='modal' aria-label='Close'><span aria-hidden='true'>×</span></button> </div> <div class='modal-body d-flex align-items-center'> <img class='img-fluid mx-auto' src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/book_9_1_1_children_Learning.jpg' alt='On the land learning provides First Nations children with opportunities to connect with their language and culture.'> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>A literature review of First Nations, Inuit and Métis learning processes and concepts identified the following key characteristics of learning from an <a class="poptip" title="Indigenous" data-toggle="popover" data-content="There is no official definition of Indigenous peoples. In part, Indigenous communities, peoples and nations can be described as those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories. Other terms include Aboriginal Peoples, Native Peoples, Original Peoples, or First Peoples. It is often used to refer to Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally.">Indigenous</a> perspective:</p> <div class='expansion-group'> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_0'>Learning is holistic.</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_0' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_0'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is holistic.'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_0' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>The learning process simultaneously engages and develops all aspects of the individual—emotional, physical, spiritual and intellectual—and of the collective.</p> <p>Individual learning is viewed as but one part of a collective that extends beyond the family, community and nation to Creation itself.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_1'>Learning is a lifelong process</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_1' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_1'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is a lifelong process'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_1' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>Many First Nations Peoples, such as the Blackfoot, Cree, and Dakota, use the Medicine Wheel—a circle divided into quadrants—to illustrate the progressive growth of self through a cyclical journey.</p> <p>The Medicine Wheel presents learning as a lifelong process connected to all stages of human development, beginning before birth and continuing through childhood to old age. Knowledge and wisdom, acquired through a lifetime of learning are transmitted to younger learners in a process that repeats itself with successive generations.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_2'>Learning is experimental in nature.</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_2' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_2'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is experimental in nature.'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_2' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>The traditional Indigenous classroom consisted of the community and the natural environment. Each adult was responsible for ensuring that each child learned the specific skills, attitudes and knowledge they needed to function in everyday life.</p> <p>Experiential learning is seen as connected to lived experience, as in learning by doing, and is structured formally through regular community interactions such as sharing circles, ceremonies, meditation, or story telling, and daily activities.</p> <p>Although experiential learning is most often associated with activities that occur outside the formal classroom, it is a purposeful and essential mode of First Nations learning.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_3'>Learning is rooted in Indigenous languages and cultures.</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_3' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_3'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is rooted in Indigenous languages and cultures.'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_3' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>First Nations Peoples have long affirmed the pivotal role that languages and cultures play in successful Indigenous learning. Through language, First Nations Peoples transmit cultural knowledge from one generation to another and make sense of their shared experience.</p> <p>Indigenous languages reflect the unique worldviews of Indigenous Peoples’ toward their land. Language connects First Nations people to their culture’s system of values about how they ought to live and relate to each other. As Indigenous languages encode unique ways of interpreting the world, they are seen as inseparable from issues of First Nations identity and the maintenance of Indigenous knowledge systems.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_4'>Learning is spiritually oriented.</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_4' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_4'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is spiritually oriented.'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_4' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>Central to the First Nation worldview is the preeminence of spiritual development that comes from a respect for life and affirmation of the interconnectedness of all beings.</p> <p>Spiritual experience is equated with knowledge in itself and is manifested in the physical world through ceremony, vision quests and dreams. Therefore, knowledge is a sacred object, and seeking knowledge is a spiritual quest. Many Indigenous people have conceptualized the learning spirit as an entity that emerges from the complex interrelationships between the learner and his or her learning journey.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_5'>Learning is a communal activity, involving family, community and Elders.</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_5' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_5'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is a communal activity, involving family, community and Elders.'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_5' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>Parental and family involvement in community learning can take place through diverse roles: parents and family as the first educators in the home, as partners within the school and as key decision-makers for all children and youth.</p> <p>Elders play a key role as facilitators of lifelong learning. They teach responsibilities and relationships among family, community and creation, reinforcing intergenerational connections and identities.</p> <p>Elders transmit the community´s culture through teachings, stories, and legends, presented over a long period of time. They play an important role in fostering culturally affirming school environments that link students, staff, families and community to First Nations cultures and traditions.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='expansion-item'> <div class='list-item row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-11'> <div class='list-item-top'> <header class='list-item-header row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-10'> <h3 class='my-0'><a role='button' href='#collapse-mackenzie' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_6'>Learning is an integration of Indigenous and Western knowledge</a></h3> </div> </header> </div> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-1 text-right'><a class='link-expansion btn btn-light btn-circle' role='button' href='#collapse_lifeling_learning_6' data-toggle='collapse' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='collapse_lifeling_learning_6'><img src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/themes/understrap-child-master/images/icons/baseline-expand_more-24px.svg' alt='Show content for Learning is an integration of Indigenous and Western knowledge'></a></div> <div id='collapse_lifeling_learning_6' class='collapse col-md-12'> <div class='list-item-link'> <div class='row'> <div class='col list-item-link-text'> <p>First Nations learning derives the best from traditional and contemporary knowledge. First Nation students are often asked to ‘walk in two worlds’ and find their own balance between both Indigenous and Western ways of learning.</p> <p>Learning that integrates Western and Indigenous knowledge can counteract the effects of cultural mismatch that have contributed to low educational outcomes among First Nations people in education.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><figure id='figure_777' aria-describedby='figure_image_777_caption' class='wp-caption figure-image'> <img width="1024" height="768" src="https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/book_9_1_1_fish_camp-1024x768.jpg" class="img-fluid" alt="An Indigenous perspective on learning supports every First Nation child to demonstrate their learning strengths and provides them the opportunity to maximize their full learning potential." decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> <figcaption id='figure_image_777_caption' class='wp-caption-text d-flex flex-column flex-sm-row justify-content-between'><div class='pr-4 pb-3 pb-sm-0'>An Indigenous perspective on learning supports every First Nation child to demonstrate their learning strengths and provides them the opportunity to maximize their full learning potential.</div> <div><button class='btn btn-primary outline' type='button' data-toggle='modal' data-target='#image_777_modal'>Expand</button></div> </figcaption> </figure> <div class='modal fade' tabindex='-1' role='dialog' id='image_777_modal' aria-labelledby='image_777_modal_label'> <div class='modal-dialog modal-lg modal-lightbox' role='document'> <div class='modal-content'> <div class='modal-header'> <h5 class='modal-title' id='image_777_modal_label'>An Indigenous perspective on learning supports every First Nation child to demonstrate their learning strengths and provides them the opportunity to maximize their full learning potential.</h5> <button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='modal' aria-label='Close'><span aria-hidden='true'>×</span></button> </div> <div class='modal-body d-flex align-items-center'> <img class='img-fluid mx-auto' src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/book_9_1_1_fish_camp.jpg' alt='An Indigenous perspective on learning supports every First Nation child to demonstrate their learning strengths and provides them the opportunity to maximize their full learning potential.'> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>This groundbreaking research was reported in a document titled <strong> Redefining How Success is Measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning</strong>, and included the <a class="poptip" title="First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model" data-toggle="popover" data-content="A model developed in 2007 to articulate the recognition that the world of First Nations learners is one of interconnectedness, in which experiences and relationships are circular, cumulative and holistic.">First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model.</a> The <strong> First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model </strong> is a “living draft” that will evolve and undergo revision and adaptation depending upon the circumstances.</p> <div class='download-section'> <div class='row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-4 col-lg-3'> <img class='img-fluid mb-4 mb-sm-0' src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/book_9_1_1_redefining_success.jpg' alt=''> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 d-flex flex-column flex-sm-row justify-content-lg-between'> <header> <p class='heading mb-0'>Learn more about this innovative approach to  measuring Indigenous learning.</p> <p class='file-info text-small mb-4'><span class='text-uppercase'>pdf</span> • <span class='file-size'>5 MB</span></p> </header> <p><a href='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/5._2007_redefining_how_success_is_measured_en.pdf' target='_blank' class='btn btn-primary outline' rel='noopener'>Download</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <p>In 2008, a series of meetings with First Nations communities were held to explore how the <strong> First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning Model</strong> could help address their learning needs. The outcome of these meetings was reported in the document <strong>Community Dialogues on First Nations Holistic Lifelong Learning: Learning as a Community for Renewal and Growth.</strong> The report articulated and reinforced the importance of using this holistic approach for community and strategic planning and provides examples of community case studies.</p> <div class='download-section'> <div class='row'> <div class='col-12 col-md-4 col-lg-3'> <img class='img-fluid mb-4 mb-sm-0' src='https://education.afn.ca/afntoolkit/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/book_9_1_1_community_dialogue.jpg' alt=''> </div> <div class='col-12 col-md-8 col-lg-9 d-flex flex-column flex-sm-row justify-content-lg-between'> <header> <p class='heading mb-0'>Learn more about three First Nations communities  that use the Holistic Lifelong Learning Model.</p> <p class='file-info text-small mb-4'><span class='text-uppercase'>pdf</span> • <span class='file-size'>4 MB</span></p> </header> <p><a 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