CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

WE BRING OUR OJIBWE SPIRIT HORSES ON THE ROAD TO INTERACT WITH PARTICPANTS TO DISCOVER THE HISTORY OF CANADA'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.  PARTICIPANTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT:

 

THE PAST - WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN CANADA

• COLONIALISM

• RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

• THE DESTRUCTION OF CULTURE

• THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HORSES

• HOW THE HORSES HELPED THE PEOPLE

THE PRESENT - BEING TRUTH TELLERS

• SPEAKING THE TRUTH

• RECLAIMING CULTURE AND RESTORING WHAT WAS NEARLY LOST

• RESILIENCY - WHO YOU ARE CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY, LIVING STRONG AND BEING PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE

• HORSES LIVE IN THE PRESENT WHILE RECOVERING FROM THE PAST

THE FUTURE

• ENDING DISCRIMINATION AND LEARNING FROM THE PAST

• OUR CHOICES TODAY SHAPE WHO WE ARE TOMORROW

• SEE THE BEAUTY IN EACH OTHER

• WALK AHEAD, STRONG AND CONNECTED

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NOTE: THE HORSES ARE SECURELY ENCLOSED AND INTERACTED WITH THROUGH A FENCE. A MINIMUM OF TWO HANDLERS ARE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES.