As an example of promising practices within a K-12 system, a partnership between a provincial school division and First Nations/Métis organizations is highlighted. In June 2003, the Saskatoon Public School Division (SPSD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saskatoon Tribal Council to establish a partnership focused on promoting, strengthening and facilitating First Nations and Métis education in all of their schools and communities through the development of an anti-racism strategy. In June 2006, SPSD also signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding with Saskatoon Tribal Council that included the Central Urban Métis Federation Inc. In the planning process, the partners adopted the partnership name, Okiciyapi, a Dakota word which means "working together for the better good (common purpose)." This partnership has created opportunities for shared decision-making with First Nations and Métis. The partnership has resulted in projects related to the inclusion of FNMI content, perspectives and ways of knowing into the learning program, the development of units of study that incorporate FNMI ways of knowing, representative workforce initiatives, the development of language/culture programs, research on FNMI education, antiracist education and shared governance.