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Lesson Two: Curtis Clearsky 42 ACTIVATE: WHAT IS "INDIGENOUS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY" To begin this lesson, you will break down the definition of "Indigenous Food Sovereignty". To start, write the word "Sovereignty" on the board or chart paper. Pose the question "What does the word 'Sovereignty' mean?". Have students think to themselves for about thirty seconds and then discuss with a classmate. Have students share their answers. Write their answers on the board. Share the general definition of Sovereignty with the class. Sovereignty is supreme power or authority. It is the authority of a state to govern itself or another state. Have students write down this definition in their notes. After explaining the definition, write the word FOOD below the word Sovereignty. Connect the two words with an arrow. Pose the question "What does food sovereignty mean?" Scaold with the definition of sovereignty and how this may relate to a person's food and food source. Have students discuss with a classmate. Students can then share their answers. Write some of their answers on the board. After discussing, share the general definition of Food Sovereignty with the class. Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through sustainable methods, and the right to define their own food and agricul- ture systems." Have students write down this definition in their notes. Finally, write the word INDIGENOUS below the term Food. Connect the two terms with an arrow. Pose the question "Using the two other definitions, what do you think Indigenous Food Sover- eignty is?". Let students have some time to think to themselves and then share their thoughts with a neighbor. Have students share some of their thoughts and write their answers down. After discussing, share the general definition of Indigenous Food Sovereignty with the class. Indige- nous food sovereignty is the indigenous approach to addressing our right to meet our own needs for balanced and traditional Indigenous foods. This is the freedom to choose how much or what kind of food we hunt, fish for, gather, grow, and eat. It is the responsibility to uphold Indigenous relationships with the land, plants and animals that provide us with our food. Have students write down this definition in their notes. ACQUIRE: CURTIS CLEARSKY'S FIRESIDE CHAT VIDEO AND FEAST TEACHING Curtis ClearSky has been working in Indigenous food relations since 2006. Curtis has led the Tu'wusht Project from 2013-2016 at the UBC Farm on beautiful Musqueam territory. With the Tu'wusht Project, Curtis connected intergenerational urban Indigenous people in the Vancouver BC area to culturally connected food growing and preserving. In 2016 Curtis led the research and development of a Social Innovation project that was based on traditional Indigenous food trade economies. Curtis is now involved in the First Nations Food System project supporting over 70 First Nations communities in BC in food security development . Start the video of Curtis Clearsky's interview with Fireside Chats. In the video, Curtis talks about his career in the Indigenous Food Relations Industry. Encourage students to write down ideas from the video into their notes. After showing the video, ask the students if they have any ques- tions or misconceptions about Curtis' interview. Instruct that in Curtis' interview, he talks about how food brings people together. Inform students that as a class, we will come together with food and have a classroom Feast! Hand-out the Feast Teachings - Medicine Wheel Graphic Organizer Handout. Instruct students that with the information we learned earlier about Indigenous Food Sovereignty and from the ideas and teachings we heard from Curtis Clearsky, you are going to have a classroom Feast based on traditional aspects. Before you have a classroom Feast however, students will need to learn the significance of the feast. Invite a local Elder or Knowledge Keeper into your class to share teachings around the Feast, or refer to the Anishinaabe Feast Teachings Teacher Guide. If using the Anishinaabe Feast Teachings Teacher Guide, instruct students that Feasting is an important cultural celebration that occurs throughout dierent times in a year (13 Moon cycle) for many dierent reasons. Feasts occur after ceremonies. Such as at the end of a Pow-wow,