Jim Settee: The Way Home
Warm Welcome to the Jim Settee: The Way Home Classroom
Jim Settee was a beloved Métis leader who lived from 1911–2005, and whose legacy is still carrying on in central Saskatchewan. We are so happy to be able to offer Jim’s teachings through the Gabriel Dumont Institute's Virtual Museum. Jim’s gentle caring and wisdom will be able to carry on in this way and continue to be helpful for the teachers and the general community in Saskatchewan. Thank you to the creator, to all of the ancestors, and to Jim Settee for supporting this. Great thanks to the Gabriel Dumont Institute for making this happen. Great thanks to NatureSask for their support also.
Jim’s teachings touched over 35,000 youth and adults at over 400 schools and other gatherings across Saskatchewan and Manitoba, between 2009–2019. Many student and adult reflections from these events are included in this site, to give you ideas of how you might use this resource material. On behalf of Jim and Jim’s family, we hope that his teachings can continue to touch hearts everywhere. - Jeanne Corrigal
Jeanne Corrigal is Métis from Prince Albert and Waskesiu, whose work centers around our connection to each other and to nature. She directed Near to Nature’s Heart: Women of Waskesiu for SCN broadcast in 2001. Jim Settee: The Way Home was broadcast on SCN and APTN for several years. Jeanne is also an adult educator and meditation teacher.
You will find three different presentation plans here, all of which combine storytelling clips from filmmaker Jeanne Corrigal with film chapters or time coded film excepts and follow up activities and reflections.
1) Elementary school
2) High school
3) General adult audience
4) You will also find a folder of supporting ideas, templates, and activities within each audience group. There are also links to documents showing how these activities have been used across Saskatchewan
Enjoy!
From High School Students and General Adult Audiences:
This film made me proud to be Métis.
She said that now we are in grade 12, people look up to us for guidance maybe.
This film moved me greatly—made me think about what brings me home.
