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The document discusses the 7 Sacred Teachings of Indigenous peoples: Honesty, Respect, Love, Courage/Bravery, Truth, Humility, and Wisdom. It provides definitions for each teaching and instructs students to work in groups to create a classroom rule based on one of the teachings, explaining why it is important. Students will then share their rule with the class.

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7 Sacred Teachings

The document discusses the 7 Sacred Teachings of Indigenous peoples: Honesty, Respect, Love, Courage/Bravery, Truth, Humility, and Wisdom. It provides definitions for each teaching and instructs students to work in groups to create a classroom rule based on one of the teachings, explaining why it is important. Students will then share their rule with the class.

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The 7

Sacred
Teachings
Who Are
01 Indigenous
People?
The word Indigenous Explained
Canada’s National
Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous is a term used to describe:


● First peoples
● Metis
● Inuit
Treaty 7 and Mètis
Region Region 3
What Is The
02 7 Sacred
Teachings?
Important Terms…
Elders
often an older person who is considered wise because of their knowledge and
understanding of the land, language, traditional ways, teachings, stories and
ceremonies

Oral Traditions
Sharing of knowledge, ideas, stories, and teachings verbally.

Traditional Knowledge Keepers


People who know, hold, protect, and share traditional and local knowledge. Often
traditional knowledge has been orally passed for generations through stories, legends,
and songs.
7 Sacred Teachings:
The Big Dipper

This constellation has 7 stars. One for each teaching!


What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?

1. Honesty 5. Truth

2. Respect 6. Humility

3. Love 7. Wisdom
4. Courage/Bravery
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
1. Honesty

Definition: Being truthful in what we say and do.

Being honest with ourselves and speaking our truth is important in all aspects of
our lives.

Honesty also means having integrity by being honest in both your words and
actions.
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
2. Respect

Definition: Being thoughtful and considerate for the feelings of others and the
space that we are in.

Respect means honouring and taking care of yourself, your loved ones, the land,
the water and the animals. When we treat others as we would like to be treated,
that is an act of respect.
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
3. Love

Definition: The deep care for something.

Love for ourselves, our family, our friends, our pets, our homes, and the land we
live on.
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
4. Courage/Bravery

Definition: Doing something even though something is difficult and/or scary.

When we go through hard times or face challenges, we all need to have courage
at some point in our lives.
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
5. Truth

Definition: Telling facts or making statements that are true.

One form of truth is being grateful for all you have in your heart and in your life,
even if what is going on is challenging.

Sometimes the truth is uncomfortable and hurtful, but it is essential to know the
truth.
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
6. Humility

Definition: Putting the needs of another person before your own, and thinking of
others before yourself.

One way to show humility is to not talk about being better than everyone else
but still knowing your own strengths and gifts.
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?
7. Wisdom

Definition: The lived experiences that we learn from.

Wisdom comes from lived experiences and what we learn from those
experiences!
What are the 7 Sacred Teachings?

1. Honesty 5. Truth

2. Respect 6. Humility

3. Love 7. Wisdom
4. Courage/Bravery
Activity Instructions

1. You will get into your groups.

2. Then, you will get a piece of paper with 1 of the 7 Sacred teachings on it and the definition
of the teaching to remind you of what it means.

3. Create with your group an appropriate class rule that we will follow for the rest of the year
and discuss why this is an important rule to have.

4. Write/Draw this rule on your piece of paper.

5. One member of your group will be a spokesperson and will tell the class what rule your
group created!

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