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I am currently doing a practicum as a student-teacher at an Aboriginal school in Winnipeg, Canada. Ninety-seven percent of the students at the school are Aboriginal (and maybe I should say I'm Aboriginal too, lol). We've been doing a unit on Aboriginal Representations in the Media, and we got to watch Reel Injun last week, the students loved it and had tonnes of questions afterwards. We also watched Wab Kinew's Heroes in preparation for the students to write essays on who they think is a positive Indigenous role model. Tomorrow, my grade 12 language arts class is going to be working on their critical thinking skills by identifying stereotypes and comparing/contrasting the lyrical portrayals of Indigenous people in the songs Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden and Indian Outlaw by Tim Mcgraw. It has been a very powerful unit, that I wish was taught in more schools. As I continue developing my resources as a teacher, any input that anyone here has on any videos, songs, art, etc. that portrays Indigenous people would be appreciated.