Indigenous Peoples Day 2025

On June 21, 2025, the Cree School Board enthusiastically celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day. This day recognizes our ability to gather, learn, and flourish through the guidance of our Elders, as we celebrate our language, culture, traditions, and communities.
We hold the deepest gratitude for the work of former leaders whose commitment led us to self-determination in education, and our ability to use our education system as a means to maintain culture and language. In the spirit of service to our children for generations to come, to the communities that we serve, to the Nation we are building, the Cree School Board is committed to centralizing iiyiyiuiyhtiwin across our organizational structure.
Our intent is to support our students in strengthening their iiyiyiu identity, so that they may obtain tools to confidently share our traditional values throughout their life journey.
We will continue to move forward to:
- enhance the focus on learning iiyiyiuuayimuwin to create strong Cree speakers
- enhance the teaching and learning of Culture and tradition
- ensure the place of cultural knowledge and iiyiyiu history across the curriculum and in all subject areas
- focus on land-based education and authentic iiyiyiu learning experiences
- and bring our Elders and our Youth together in the circle of learning.
On Indigenous Peoples Day, we re-commit to elevating iiyiyiuiyhtiwin, to ensuring that our school system supports our children in the development of their identity and in finding strength in who they are as Eeyouch.