The Seven Sacred Laws
by Dr. David Courchene, Erica Daniels & Turtle Lodge
Description:
Creator Description (Turtle Lodge):
A young boy sets out on a vision quest in a sacred place known as Manito Api, which translates to “where the Creator sits”. Written by Anishinaabe Elder, Dr. David Courchene, directed by Indigenous filmmaker, Erica Daniels of Peguis First Nation, and created by Manitoba’s Peg City Pictures Inc., The Seven Sacred Laws is a colourful and imaginative animated web series that follows a young boy on a vision quest, where he learns valuable lessons from seven sacred animals.
Creator Biography (Turtle Lodge Youtube Channel):
The Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness is a place for reconnecting to the Earth & sharing Indigenous ancestral knowledge, founded on the 7 Sacred Laws. The Turtle Lodge offers Children, Youth, Adults and Elders the opportunity to come together in a sacred environment for: Traditional teachings, Ceremony, Healing, and the sharing of the perspectives of the Original Peoples of Turtle Island on how to have a good and peaceful life.
Resource type: Digital / Media / Art
Age recommendation: Grades 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Keywords: Seven Sacred Teachings, Grandfather teachings, Creation, Respect, Love, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility, Truth, Buffalo, Eagle, Bear, Sabe, Beaver, Wolf, Turtle, vision quest, Manito Api, Peguis First Nation, Manitoba, Sagkeeng First Nation, Anishinabemowin, Les Sept Enseignements Sacrés, French
Year of publication: 2021
Publisher information: Turtle Lodge, Peg City Pictures Inc
Teaching & Learning Ideas
Our team collaborated with new teachers, alumni of the Werklund School of Education’s Bachelor of Education program, to create teaching and learning plans for texts in this website. With audiences ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Post-Secondary, lesson plans across this resource address a wide range of school subject areas, inclusive approaches, and Indigenous education topics, such as the revitalization of Indigenous languages. As this website was designed with Undergraduate Programs in Education instructors, as well as teachers in mind, connections to UPE courses have been flagged on each lesson plan. These lessons are intended as a starting place for educators, to help you envision ways in which you might bring Indigenous literatures, as well as ways of knowing, being, and doing, into your teaching contexts. Please adapt, use, and share these lessons in ways that are generative for your teaching practice. We offer our sincere thanks to the dozens of new teachers who gifted us with these creative ideas!
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