ways to incorporate fnmi knowledge:
- Teaching about food contributions FNMI peoples made during healthy eating and nutrition: www.fnha.ca/documents/traditional_food_fact_sheets.pdf
- Wholistic Health: The Medicine Wheel: cdn.we.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/WST-E58-Elementary_Health_PHYS_ED_V3.pdf
- When talking about or showing videos of athletes, acknowledge and discuss the achievements of FNMI athletes.
- When discussing current health issues, educators can teach about current health concerns in the Aboriginal community. Please note that this may not be appropriate for all classes or contexts.
- Food Traditions Interviews -When discussing nutrition and food traditions students have, educators could invite all students, including FNMI students, to share their food traditions.
- FNMI Perspectives on Health and Wellness Circle: www.fnha.ca/wellness/wellness-and-the-first-nations-health-authority/first-nations-perspective-on-wellnessh-authority/first-nations-perspective-on-wellness.
- Create a personal plan describing how they can lead a good life, possibly using the four aspects of the Medicine Wheel.
- Have small groups create cooperative games, along with a verbal rationale of how this game is “cooperative”.
- Invite FNMI Peoples as presenters to discuss traditional foods.
- Students create a healthy menu for three days of camp. One day at camp will be based on traditional First Nations, Métis and Inuit diet.