OKI, TANSI, TAANISHI, ÂBA WATHTECH, HELLO, BONJOUR

Blackfoot, Cree, Michif, Stoney Nakoda, English, French 

First Nations, Métis & Inuit Graduation Celebration

The annual honouring ceremony for students who identify as First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, and who are graduating from an FSD high school. The event has evolved from a standalone feast, to being a part of the Town of Okotoks Artisan Market, Tipi Camp, and Pow-wow in June. Students who wish to learn more or participate may reach out to the Director of Indigenous Learning & Equity. 

Truth & Reconciliation For Learner Success Toolkit 

Educators and FSD staff can use this tool on their own or as a group to inform their professional learning. They can also use these tools and resources with their students while integrating foundational knowledge of First Nation, Métis and Inuit peoples and advancing Truth & Reconciliation in their school contexts.

Students, families, and communities can use the tools and resources within to build their personal knowledge about Truth & Reconciliation and gain a greater appreciation for Indigenous culture, wisdom and ways of knowing.

Foothills School Division Land Acknowledgement

The Foothills School Division Board of Trustees acknowledges the spirit, life and lessons this land and its ancestors teach us. We acknowledge the traditional territories of the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Tsuut’ina, Îyârhe Nakoda and the Homeland of the Métis.  

We honour and promote our responsibility to stewardship of the land, from the prairie grasslands that fold into the rolling foothills, to the Big Rock, “oh koto’ksko” and the buffalo jumps; through the cottonwood trees that grow along the Highwood and Sheep Rivers, “ispitsi”, to the eastern slopes of the mountains. We acknowledge the land as an act of reconciliation that honors the truths of the Indigenous Peoples. 

In our commitment to placing education at the center of a flourishing community, the Board of Trustees continues to advance educational opportunities that support reconciliation.

Questions?

Contact: Charity Tegler, Director of Indigenous Learning & Equity