General Adult Audience
On this page are two clips from Jeanne, sharing stories and teachings about the late beloved Metis Elder Jim Settee. The first clip from Jeanne is an introduction to watch before the film; the second, a wrap up for afterwards.
There is also a General Adult Resources folder with templates and activities to follow up from the wrap up clip. Also included are student reflections on the film gathered from schools across the province, which you may enjoy, or which may give you ideas for themes or reflections for adults.
1. Introduction and Welcome
Jeanne welcomes you and introduces the film.
Two notes which may be helpful for you prior to watching the film:
1) Jim comes from a remarkable ancestry of Metis leaders, whose strength and love shone through his own life. Pivotal in this lineage is James Settee Senior, who honoured the traditional Cree and Metis ways, and was also the second Metis person to be ordained in the history of the Anglican church. He was an artist and author, who wrote one of the earliest accounts of Indigenous traditions by an Indigenous author in 1823, when he documented the life of his own Grandfather, a chief among the Cree nations of the Hudson Bay. You will see this lineage described in the early part of the film. If you wish, you can watch a clip of Jeanne describing this lineage (here). This lineage is also summarised in this Ancestry Summary document (here).
2) After the story of Jim’s lineage, at time code 12:20, you will hear an historical inaccuracy in the narration about residential school. The narrator says that Jim wanted to go to high school and so had to leave the tutelage of his father to attend the Onion Lake Residential School. In fact, Jim had to leave the tutelage of his father, a well respected school teacher, in 1920 because that year the Government of Canada made residential school compulsory for Indigenous children aged 7-15. Jim would have been 11 years old at the time.
Please enjoy screening the whole film, and then scroll below when you are done, for the wrap up clip.
2. Jim's Teachings: Wrap Up
Reflection: People of all ages resonate with the themes of home in the film. Many of us collect have special objects or photos which remind us of important moments or values, directions, or goals in our lives. Many have collections of reminders in photo albums, in wallets, on the fridge, on shelves or in cabinets. These collections can feel sacred, in that they can be life guides or reminders of what is precious to us, or larger than ourselves. Over the years, adults and adult groups have used the matchbox teaching idea to clarify values, direction, or vision, individually or collectively.
If you wish to make a collection of matchbox teachings, you will find a template and guidance for doing so in the Resources tab. There is a collection of youth, teacher, and adult audience responses on this page which might be inspirational for you as a follow up, if you wish.
You may also enjoy the links to special collections of school student reflections on the film, gathered from schools across the province.
Thank you for your time and care for Jim’s teachings. May the stillness, love, and wisdom at the heart of his teaching support your own heart and journey.
