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New Vocabulary "Felt-skirted". There is no clear definition to be found on the internet about this word. I can deduct from the context of the sentence that it used to be a trendy piece of clothing amongst women. I would guess that the equivalent in French would be "vêtues d'une robe de feutre". "Nunnery". Oxford Languages defines a nunnery as "a building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community; a convent". The French equivalent would be "un couvent". "Pedant". Oxford Languages defines a pedant as "a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning." The French equivalent would be "un pédant". "Palimpsest" Oxford Languages defines a palimpsest as "a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain." The French e...

Common themes in the movie Indian Horse and in the workshop are those of the residential schools and of roles within the community. The workshop had me play the role of a child. I was sent to the other side of the stage along with the other children. The film shows young Saul being taken by white men to a residential school. He grows up there and only leaves when a man recruits him for his hockey team. As children in the workshop, we eventually returned to the community as adults. Additionally, in the beginning of Indian Horse, we witness the traditional role of elders as Saul’s grandmother brings her family to an ancestral land where they would be protected from the white men. She watches over them and keeps them safe. As part of the workshop, we were placed in a circle and given roles such as elder, man, woman, and child... During this exercise, we learned about our respective roles in the community, such as those of the elder: to heal, to protect, to share knowledge through speech,...