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Lesson Two: Dana Marlatt 166 The purpose of this activity is for students to have examples of human needs for the latter part of the lesson. Inform students that next they will hear from Indigenous role model, Dana Marlatt. ACQUIRE: DANA MARLATT'S FIRESIDE CHAT VIDEO https://www.firesidechats.ca/video/dana-marlatt Dana Marlatt is from Fort Union, Ontario. Her mom is of German descent and her dad is Wood- land Metis. Dana has lived in downtown Toronto for the last six years. She describes that she lost her spirit but found it in the city. Dana started working at a young age and has many jobs including working in the restaurant industry, then as research assistant, working for a stang start-up company, working at an animal hospital, and finally, working at RBC as part of the Indig- enous Peoples Developmental Program. Play Dana Marlatt's Fireside Chat Video or have students read the textbook chapter. To debrief the video, ask the class the following questions: 1.How does Dana describe her childhood? 2.What skills does Dana say she learned in the restaurant industry? 3.What is RBC's Indigenous Peoples Developmental Program? 4.How does Dana describe her mindset? 5.What experience does Dana say shook her confidence? 6.What does Dana say about informal education? 7.What does Dana say about mental health? In her interview, Dana talks about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Inform students that today they will explore this concept including its relationship with business. APPLY: MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS Show students a picture of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Pictures can be found on an internet search engine. Inform students that according to Maslow, humans have five categories of needs beginning with physical needs, safety needs, love/belonging, esteem and self-actualization. Ask groups to reflect the how well the categories they came up with fit with Maslow's categories. What are the similarities? What are the dierences? Next, have a volunteer re-configure the sticky notes on the board to reflect Maslow's Hierarchy. How well do the classes answers fit into Maslow's philosophy? Likely, the answers fit perfectly. Next, inform students that some people speculate that Maslow came up with his theory based on the fieldwork he did with the Blackfoot nation. In fact, Gitxsan activist for child welfare and exec- utive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, Cindy Blackstock, is quoted saying "First of all, the triangle is not a triangle. It's a tipi. And the tipis in the Blackfoot (tradition) always went up and reached up to the skies" 1 Cindy Blackstock explains that in the Blackfoot version, self-actualization is on the bottom of the tipi, followed by community actualiza- tion and finally, cultural perpetuity at the top. Regardless of how you think about it, most people agree that humans have basic needs that more or less can fall into one of the five categories that Maslow published based on his work with the Blackfoot nation. Next, hand out "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" worksheet. Instruct students to think about all the 1 Michel, Karen Lincoln. "Maslow's Hierarchy Connected to Blackfoot Beliefs". 9 April 2014. http://mmiwontario.ca/images/ Maslow's%20Hierarchy%20Connected%20to%20Blackfoot%20Beliefs.pdf