If you are new to incorporating Indigenous Education into your curriculum and don't know where to begin, consider using one of the events below to anchor your teaching.
For my readers in what we currently call Canada, here is a partial list of dates to mark your calendars with this year.
September 30 Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October 1 Treaty Day (Nova Scotia)
October Mi'kmaq history month (Nova Scotia)
November 3 - 9 Treaties Recognition Week (Ontario)
January 4 National Ribbon Skirt Day
February 14 Have a Heart Day
March 19 Two-Spirit Celebration & Awareness Day (British Columbia)
March 31 National Indigenous Languages day
May 5 National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples
May 16 Moose Hide Campaign Day
May (TBD) Treaties Recognition Week (Saskatchewan)
June 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day