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Article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/upei-curriculum-indigenous-garden-1.4036089

This article highlights UPEI’s efforts to indigenize their curriculum. They believe this will add “new ways of knowing into the academy” and will help “support Indigenous students to and through post secondary education”. I think this article is refreshing because it is important for us to recognize additional cultures within our education system to ensure voices such as those within Indigenous communities do not go unheard. I have learned within one of my Indigenous courses that Indigenous knowledge has been diminished and not by a choice of our own but because of forced education, and federal policy, which I don’t see to be effective. Rather, I believe we must consider the importance of renewing our knowledge to ensure generations to come can benefit from it while also removing them from getting lost in the affects of modernization. I find it necessary to learn about Indigenous culture in order to understand the lifestyles of additional cultures apart from my own. It saddens me that many are uneducated on topics such as these, resulting in the history of many communities to be absent within the education system. This lack of information feeds into the whitening of the land leaving the education of additional cultures and beliefs left behind. This whitening of the land reminds me of Momaday’s House Made of Dawn and how it illustrates Native American stereotypes, such as Abel’s drinking. I strongly believe these stereotypes stems from the lack of education on this topic. Having Indigenous culture embedded in our education is a positive contribution to the education system, which allows for a more informed and inclusive environment.