Manitoba · Grade 12
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12
- 40S
Manitoba’s Grade 12 social studies course, from Image and Identity to A Festival of Learning.
- Units
- 5
- Lessons
- 14
- Skills
- 28
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Manitoba Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 6 skills
Image and Identity
What issues face First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples today, and why should they matter?
Contemporary issues facing Indigenous peoples
I can identify contemporary issues facing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.
Skill 1.1
Why these issues matter to all Canadians
I can explain why these issues matter to all Canadians.
Skill 1.2
Who are the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples of Canada?
Three distinct peoples
I can distinguish First Nations, Métis, and Inuit as three distinct peoples.
Skill 1.3
Diversity within each people
I can describe the diversity within First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.
Skill 1.4
What is the popular image of Indigenous people in contemporary Canada?
Stereotypes and media images
I can identify popular images and stereotypes of Indigenous people.
Skill 1.5
Image versus reality and its harm
I can contrast stereotyped images with reality and explain their harm.
Skill 1.6
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 1.1
- What are the issues facing First Nations, M
- 1.2
- why should they matter to Canadians?
- 1.3
- Who are the First Nations, M
- 1.4
- First Nations, M
- 1.5
- What is the popular image of Indigenous people in contemporary Canada?
- 1.6
- popular image of Indigenous people in contemporary Canada?
Key ideas
Indigenous peoples face present-day issues such as land and treaty rights, self-government, and access to services.
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit are three distinct peoples recognized in Canada's Constitution.
Media, movies, sports mascots, and history books spread stereotypes of Indigenous people.
Issues like clean water, health, education, and justice have roots in colonial history.
Each has its own histories, territories, and relationship with Canada.
Watch out for
- Thinking these issues are only about the past.
- Thinking 'Indigenous' means one single group.
- Thinking popular images accurately represent Indigenous people.
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Unit 2 · 10 skills
A Profound Ambivalence: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Relations with Government
How would you describe the relationship in the era of the fur trade and pre-Confederation treaties?
Alliance and the fur-trade relationship
I can describe the alliance-based relationship of the fur-trade era.
Skill 2.1
Pre-Confederation treaties
I can describe the pre-Confederation treaty relationship.
Skill 2.2
What is the meaning and significance of 'We are all treaty people'?
The treaties and differing understandings
I can explain the treaties and the differing understandings of them.
Skill 2.3
We Are All Treaty People
I can explain what 'We are all treaty people' means and why it matters.
Skill 2.4
What impact did the Indian Act have on the autonomy of First Nations?
How the Indian Act controlled First Nations
I can explain how the Indian Act controlled First Nations.
Skill 2.5
The loss of autonomy and its legacy
I can explain how the Indian Act undermined autonomy and its lasting legacy.
Skill 2.6
Who are the Métis?
Origins of the Métis nation
I can explain the origins of the Métis nation.
Skill 2.7
Métis culture and identity
I can describe Métis culture and identity.
Skill 2.8
How have Indigenous peoples attempted to regain self-determination?
Land claims and Aboriginal and treaty rights
I can explain land claims and the recognition of treaty and Aboriginal rights.
Skill 2.9
Self-government and self-determination
I can explain the pursuit of self-government as self-determination.
Skill 2.10
The official wording · 10 outcomes
- 2.1
- How would you describe the relationship that existed among Indigenous nations and between Indigenous nations and the European newcomers in the era of the fur trade
- 2.2
- the era of the fur trade and the pre-Confederation treaties?
- 2.3
- What is the meaning and significance of the statement
- 2.4
- We are all treaty people
- 2.5
- What impact did the Indian Act have on the autonomy of First Nations?
- 2.6
- impact did the Indian Act have on the autonomy of First Nations?
- 2.7
- Who are the M
- 2.8
- Who are the M
- 2.9
- through land claims, recognition of treaty and Aboriginal rights
- 2.10
- the pursuit of self-government?
Key ideas
Indigenous nations and Europeans were interdependent partners in the fur trade.
The Crown and First Nations often understood treaties differently — sharing the land versus surrendering it.
The Indian Act let the government control status, land, governance, and daily life.
The Métis nation arose in the Northwest from First Nations and European fur-trade families.
Indigenous peoples pursue land claims to resolve outstanding land and treaty issues.
Watch out for
- Thinking Europeans dominated Indigenous nations from the start.
- Thinking both sides understood treaties identically.
- Thinking the Indian Act was a minor law.
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Unit 3 · 8 skills
Toward a Just Society
How did colonization subvert traditional education, and how can its purpose be restored?
Colonization and residential schools
I can explain how colonization subverted traditional education.
Skill 3.1
Restoring the purpose of education
I can explain how education's purpose can be restored for Indigenous learners.
Skill 3.2
How did colonization subvert traditional health practices, and how can health be restored?
Colonization and health
I can explain how colonization subverted traditional health practices.
Skill 3.3
Restoring health and wellness
I can explain how Indigenous health and wellness can be restored.
Skill 3.4
What is the connection between colonialism and the legal issues facing Indigenous peoples?
Colonialism and the justice system
I can explain the colonial roots of Indigenous overrepresentation in justice.
Skill 3.5
Responses and Indigenous justice
I can explain responses to colonial legal issues through Indigenous justice.
Skill 3.6
How has colonialism affected the economies of Indigenous peoples?
Colonial disruption of economies
I can explain how colonialism disrupted Indigenous economies.
Skill 3.7
Rebuilding Indigenous economies
I can explain how Indigenous peoples are rebuilding their economies.
Skill 3.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 3.1
- How did colonization subvert traditional education for First Nations, M
- 3.2
- how can its original purpose—to produce informed, independent, contributing citizens—be restored?
- 3.3
- How did colonization subvert traditional health practices for First Nations, M
- 3.4
- how can its original purpose—to produce healthy individuals and communities—be restored?
- 3.5
- What is the connection between colonialism and the legal issues facing First Nations, M
- 3.6
- the legal issues facing First Nations, M
- 3.7
- How has colonialism affected the economies of First Nations, M
- 3.8
- affected the economies of First Nations, M
Key ideas
Traditional education passed on language, values, skills, and identity within community.
Indigenous peoples had holistic health practices linking body, mind, spirit, and community.
Indigenous peoples are greatly overrepresented among those incarcerated in Canada.
Indigenous peoples had self-sufficient economies based on land, trade, and the buffalo.
Residential schools sought to assimilate children and caused deep, documented harm.
Watch out for
- Thinking Indigenous peoples had no education before schools.
- Thinking Indigenous peoples had no health knowledge.
- Thinking overrepresentation reflects the people rather than the system.
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Unit 4 · 2 skills
Indigenous Peoples of the World
Why is preserving Indigenous cultures vital for all citizens?
Why preservation matters for Indigenous peoples
I can explain why cultural preservation is vital for Indigenous peoples.
Skill 4.1
Why it matters for all citizens and the world
I can explain why preserving Indigenous cultures matters for all citizens.
Skill 4.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 4.1
- Why is the preservation of Indigenous cultures vital for both Indigenous
- 4.2
- vital for both Indigenous and other citizens of contemporary Canada?
Key ideas
Language and culture carry identity, knowledge, worldview, and connection to the land.
Preserving culture supports well-being, self-determination, and continuity of nations.
Indigenous knowledge offers all citizens insight on land, community, and sustainability.
Indigenous peoples worldwide share struggles and rights, such as those in the UN Declaration.
Watch out for
- Thinking culture is just customs, not identity and knowledge.
- Thinking language loss can simply be reversed later.
- Thinking Indigenous culture benefits only Indigenous peoples.
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Unit 5 · 2 skills
A Festival of Learning
How do Indigenous cultures combine tradition and adaptation for today and tomorrow?
Living tradition
I can explain how tradition lives on in Indigenous cultures today.
Skill 5.1
Adaptation for a better tomorrow
I can explain how Indigenous cultures adapt for a better tomorrow.
Skill 5.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 5.1
- How do First Nations, M
- 5.2
- combine tradition and adaptation to meet the challenges of today and to ensure a better tomorrow?
Key ideas
Indigenous traditions — language, ceremony, story, art — are living and continuing.
Tradition grounds identity and community in the present, not only the past.
Indigenous artists, leaders, and communities blend tradition with new media and ideas.
Adaptation and resilience help meet today's challenges and build the future.
Watch out for
- Thinking tradition belongs only to the past.
- Thinking practising tradition means rejecting the modern world.
- Thinking adaptation means losing culture.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
Which course?
Manitoba has 3 social studies courses for Grade 12. Here they are side by side.
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12This course40S5 units · 28 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversImage and Identity · A Profound Ambivalence: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Relations with Government · Toward a Just Society · Indigenous Peoples of the World · A Festival of Learning
- Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 1240S3 units · 20 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversEcological Sustainability · Media, Power, and Political Systems · Human Dignity and Indigenous Knowledge
- Law, Grade 1240S10 units · 85 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversFoundations of Law · Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms · Criminal Law · Civil Law · Family Law · International Law · Human Rights Law · Youth and the Law · Labour Law · Environmental Law
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Questions about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12
What is First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12?
Manitoba’s Grade 12 social studies course: 5 units and 28 skills, from Image and Identity to A Festival of Learning.
What units are in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12?
1. Image and Identity, 2. A Profound Ambivalence: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Relations with Government, 3. Toward a Just Society, 4. Indigenous Peoples of the World and 5. A Festival of Learning.
Is there a provincial exam for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12?
No. Manitoba gives no provincial exam for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies, Grade 12.
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