In this session, I will share understandings developed from long-term collaborative work done in Mi’kmaw communities of Atlantic Canada. The session will explore ways to teach mathematics from an Indigenous perspective, looking beyond ethnomathematical investigations to explore the ways in which Mi’kmaw epistemology or L’nui’ta’simk, can be used to root pedagogical approaches in indigenous knowledge systems. I will show examples from an on-going research project called Moving Achievement Together Holistically (MATH) as a way of demonstrating what it looks like to teach from this culturally-based approach. Sample activities will be shared and we will discuss how these ideas are good for all students but essential for some.

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