The micro view is facilitated through the study of the second, which is a personal account of one man's journey from his own culture to imprisonment on the reserve system in the United States. Finally, the CBC drama, Where the Spirit Lives explores in graphic detail the social reality of Canada's Residential Schools and the associated impact on Native culture and family life. The most relevant resources are those that are found on the student's First Nation especially with the Elders of the community and the associated oral history. The students will be exposed to and encouraged to seek out their community's historic situation relative to what is being studied at that particular time. The primary objective of the program is to move from reflection on the reality of the community and the individual to action.
Action has the effect of maintaining a direct link with the community.
It encourages ownership in the program, and also has the potential of developing solutions to long-standing social problems. It deepens the emotional link between the student's academic aspirations and the community which in turn enhances the self-image of both. There are few times when so many factors seem to align themselves in such a significant way at such a significant point in a country's history. A window of opportunity exists now to address the wrongs of the past and to take a leadership role in the healing of a nation. That window may not open again.