Spirit Bear - Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams

What is the purpose of Jordan's principle?

• To ensure First Nations kids have access to healthcare and education

• To honor the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who went to residential schools

• To provide safe and comfy schools for all First Nation students

• To make sure First Nations kids can get the care they need

What is the significance of orange shirt day?

• To honor residential school survivors

• To celebrate the culture and traditions of Indigenous peoples

• To raise awareness about the Indian Act

• To remember the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

What is the Indian Act?

• A law that pushed First Nations peoples off their lands and onto reserves

• A law that closed the last residential school in 1996

• A law that provides healthcare and education services to Indigenous children

• A law that honors the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

What did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) do?

• Listened to over 7,000 residential school survivors and made calls to action

• Closed the last residential school in 1996

• Provided healthcare and education services to Indigenous children

• Honored the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

What do the bubbles represent during the TRC closing ceremonies?

• The dreams of residential school survivors for future generations

• The importance of honoring the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

• The need for fair and kind treatment of all people

• The significance of orange shirt day

What can individuals do to help with the calls to action?

• Write letters to the government, shop for things needed by residential school survivors, and provide assistance like baking cookies or shoveling driveways

• Wear orange shirts on September 30th, plant heart gardens, and draw pictures of ancestors

• Send letters and drawings to thank the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

• Train puppies to be Comfort dogs and be a good Barrister

What is the role of the Great Wolf in spreading the word about the TRC?

• To howl and inform other animals about the TRC and the calls to action

• To honor the residential school survivors and the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

• To teach children about the Indian Act and the significance of orange shirt day

• To protect the hearts in the heart garden

What does it mean to be healthy according to the text?

• To show kindness and respect to all people and things

• To wear orange shirts on September 30th

• To listen to the stories of residential school survivors

• To honor the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

What is the significance of the heart garden?

• To honor the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who went to residential schools

• To remember the residential school survivors and the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

• To spread awareness about the Indian Act

• To provide healthcare and education services to Indigenous children

What is the promise made by the children in the text?

• To help with the calls to action and ensure First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children grow up healthy and proud

• To wear orange shirts on September 30th and plant heart gardens

• To honor the residential school survivors and the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis veterans

• To listen to the stories of the Great Wolf and the ancestors