Listening and Responding

June is National Indigenous History Month

Families:

Brainstorm the kinds of words to describe relatives in your family that help to identify who they are (e.g, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, brother, sister). Talk with your child about how these specific words help us and others to understand more about what makes that “relative” unique.

It is important to use the correct words for different people.

Indigenous people are the first people to live in a place. In Canada, our Indigenous people belong to a number of different communities or nations. Watch the video below with your child to learn more about the words we use to talk about Indigenous people.

Conversation starter:

Why do you think it is important to know the correct words to use when talking about other cultures?