To The Haldimand Press
On a scale of one to 10, Leah Cooper, a Grade 7 student at Walpole North Elementary School, is considering how much she knows about Canada’s Indigenous peoples’ cultures and traditions.
“I know they have traditions, but I don’t know exactly what they are,” she says, and rates her current knowledge as a modest two on the scale. That’s about to change.
Moments later, with the guidance of Grade 10 students visiting from Hagersville Secondary School, Leah and her classmates are participating in a fun, active game meant to develop hand-eye coordination, traditionally utilized by the Dakota to increase success during buffalo hunts, an animal they depended on for survival.
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