Trip to learn about local Indigenous cultures
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Starting Idea: Bronze journey to learn more about local Indigenous cultures, practices and music.
Learning more about local Indigenous cultures, practices and music in Corner Brook, Newfoundland by visiting local Indigenous events, cultural spaces and speaking with people in these spaces. Our goal is to create an Indigenous centric playlist as a team to share with classmates.
We will attend a local Powwow and presentation in Corner Brook to learn more about Indigenous cultures. We’ll walk to get around. Back at our school, we’ll begin making our group playlist, each researching 2 different Indigenous artists and sharing 1-2 songs we find. We will practice setting up our sleeping mats and cooking to get ready for our QJ. At the end, we will debrief the Practice Journey with our AJ Supervisor and determine if any changes need to be made to our QJ plans.
On our QJ, we will walk to a local Indigenous Craft Market. Admission requires a non-perishable food item, so we will all bring 1-2 items. We’ll chat with Indigenous vendors to learn about their culture. We will then walk back to our school and set up our accommodations in our school gym, cook a meal for ourselves outside in our school field, start creating a playlist featuring Indigenous artists, and sleep. The next day, we will make breakfast, walk to the Mi’kmaq Drumming and Cultural Circle, join activities, and talk to local Indigenous artists for our playlist. By the end, we’ll know more about local Indigenous practices and have a cool playlist to share with our classmates.
