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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Lester-Smith
Roberta Price
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 33, no. 1, Connecting to Spirit in Indigenous Research, 2010
Description
Looks at Aboriginal health research and how racial discourses continues to impact on Indigenous people's connection to self and to spirit; and discusses how non- Aboriginal researchers and Aboriginal communities need to develop better relationships.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Teaching Support Kit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathleen Noone
Description
For use with the coming-of-age young adult book by Sherman Alexie.
Activists Buck Status Quo
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, p. 10
Description
Discusses the history of Tribal Colleges and Universities and the positive role that activisits played in their creation.
Aia Iā Kākou Nā Hā'ina - The Answers Are Within Us: Language Rights in Tandem With Language Survival
Alternate Title
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Larry L. Kimura
Description
Comments on the Native American Languages Act (NALA).
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Alaska Native Education: Sheldon Jackson to Paul Jensen, 1884-1984
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Martain
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 2010.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Description
Website contains "Resources for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing."
Alaska Native Women's Changing Roles and the Implication For Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Marilyn J. Cochran Mosley
Description
[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--Seattle University, 1981.
Alternative Media for Public Pedagogy: "Chief" Concerns and Human Agency
Theses
Author/Creator
Joseph Posada-Huerta Feria-Galicia
Description
Educational Policy Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010.
American Indian College Success at a Mainstream University: Facilitators and Barriers to Academic Attainment
Theses
Author/Creator
Scott D. Fleming
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--South Dakota State University, 2010.
American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ruth Spack
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 72-74
Description
Book review American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 72.
American Indian Grand Families: A Qualitative Study Conducted with Grandmothers and Grandfathers Who Provide Sole Care for Their Grandchildren
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne L. Cross
Angelique G. Day
Lisa G. Byers
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 371-383
Description
Examines the role of American Indian grandparents who assume custodial responsibility of providing sole care for their grandchildren and the stressors and rewards of providing that care.
American Indians at Wounded Knee in Current U.S. History High School Textbooks: Discourse Analysis Using the APPRAISAL JUDGMENT System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael W. Simpson
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-9
Description
Illustrates the use of a system that can aide in the critical examination of historical discourse.
Annotated Bibliography: Bilingual Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Katherine Graham
Description
Current as of 2010.
Related document: Literature Review: The Literature on Bilingual Education
Annotated Bibliography: Building Post-Secondary Success
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Katherine Graham
Description
Current as of 2010.
Annotated Bibliography: Inuit-Centred Curriculum and Teaching Approaches
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Katherine Graham
Description
Annotated bibliography.
Applying Anthropology to Educational Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leona M. Foerster
Dale Little Soldier
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 20, no. 3, May 1981, pp. [1-6]
Description
How to use the methods of anthropology to solve Native American educational problems.
Assessment Essentials for Tribal Colleges
Alternate Title
Tribal Colleges and Universities: Advancing Native Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Marie Karlberg
Description
Guide to measuring learning outcomes and demonstrating accountability using three types of information: direct and indirect indicators, and institutional.
An Assessment of Accreditation Practices in Developing Indian Community Colleges Compared With Non-Indian Community Colleges in the Northwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Joseph F. McDonald
Description
[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Montana, 1981.
Assimilation and Identity Among the Kodiak Island Sugpiat
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gordon L. Pullar
Description
Discusses the early years of Russian occupation and education on Kodiak Island, and the suppression of language and culture by the American education system.
Autumn Reading with Fun Activities: How Coyote Gave Fire to the People: A Native American Story
Alternate Title
Club Chronicle
Houston Chronicle: Chronicle in Education
Documents & Presentations
Description
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.
Blackfoot Warrior Shirts
Alternate Title
Lesson Plan: Blackfoot Winter Counts and their Stories
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for Grade 2 language arts, but can be adapted to other levels.
Blackfoot Warrior Shirts
Alternate Title
Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Lesson Plan: Creative Writing and Drama
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ramona L. Big Head
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Designed for high school students.
Brian Cladoosby: The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's Approach to Governance and Intergovernmental Relations
Alternate Title
Leading Native Nations Interview Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brian Cladoosby
Ian Record
Description
Discusses a unique governance system and challenges facing tribal governments and communities.
Duration: 41:32. Includes textual transcript.
Requires creation of a free account to access materials.
Buffalo Past and Present
Alternate Title
Montana State Parks Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Education for All, Montana Office of Public Instruction
Description
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.
Caring, Sharing in the Big Sky: Writer, Photographer Explore Five of Montana's Tribal Colleges
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jerry Worley
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments and observations from a writer and photographer, who toured five tribal colleges in Montana, including noting a strong female presence in leadership roles and feeling very welcomed by all campuses.
Catholic and Federal Indian Education in the Late l9th Century: Opposed Colonial Models
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eugene F. Provenzo
Gary N. McCloskey
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 21, no. 1, October 1981, pp. [10-18]
Description
Describes the different education goals of the federal government and Catholic church.
Cheaper Than Bullets: American Indian Boarding Schools
and Assimilation Policy, 1890-1930
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tabatha Toney Booth
Description
A historical perspective on the boarding school experience.
Cognitive Styles of Indian, Métis, Inuit and Non-Natives of Northern Canada and Alaska and Implications for Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Delores Mary Koenig
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1981.
Collapsing the Fear of Mathematics: A Study of the Effects of Navajo Culture on Navajo Student Performance in Mathematics
Theses
Author/Creator
Henry H. Fowler
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Fielding Graduate University, [2010].
College Achievement among Native Americans: A Research Note
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harold R. Kerbo
Social Forces, vol. 59, no. 4, Special Issue, June 1981, pp. 1275-1280
Description
Examines the importance of cultural factors in the success of college students.
Comparison of National Strategies in Indigenous Post-secondary Education: Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Blair Stevenson
Vicki Grieves
Hemi Hireme
Muriel Tolley
Description
Review of the significant growth in Indigenous post-secondary education enrolment as a result of establishing interest-free loans and the lifting of enrolment caps.
A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research
E-Books
Author/Creator
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Abstracts of works in the Research Series.
Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton.
Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.
Coyote and the Stars
Alternate Title
The Indian Reading Series: Stories and Legends of the Northwest ; Level 1, Book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Members of the Warm Springs Reservation Committee
Description
Creating a Path: American Indian/Alaska Native High School Students Pursuing College and a Career in Nursing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet R. Katz
Denise Smart
Robbie Paul
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2010, p. article no. 22
Description
Examines pre- and post-survey study results of high school students attending a week long residency program by looking at student perception between those on reserve and those off reserve.
Cultural Authenticity in Native American Children's Books: An Examination of Cumberland, Robeson, and Swain Counties' Elementary School Collections as Accessed Through Their Online Catalogs
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Description
Library Science Paper (MSc) -- University of North Carolina, 2010.
Cultural Genocide in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Navin Kumar Singh
Indigenous Policy Journal , vol. 21, no. 4, Winter, 2010
Description
Comments on the importance of maintaining traditional values, cultures and languages in the effort to close the academic achievement gap that can be found between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.
Cultural Resilience: Voices of Native American Students in College Retention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virginia Drywater-Whitekiller
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-19
Description
Contends that the nineteen Native American college students interviewed in this study persist in college due to the culture of their families and communities rather than that of the educational institutions.
Culture, Community and the Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ray Barnhardt
Description
Examines underlying processes of education using a cross-cultural approach.
Culture of Sharing: North Slope Leaders Forge Trail into Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elise Sereni Patkotak
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Native Activism, Fall, 2010, pp. 30-31
Description
Discussion on the goals of the Tumitchiat Leadership Summit in Barrow, Alaska, including maintaining the Inupiaq culture and encouraging youth to carry on with higher education.
The Development of Indigenous Higher Education: A Comparative Historical Analysis Between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S., 1880-2005
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Geertz González
Patricia Colangelo
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 3, 2010, pp. 3-23
Description
Comments on the lag regarding higher education completion for Indigenous peoples in these countries and the reasons for this lag.
Divergent Models of Diabetes Among American Indian Elders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Carson Henderson
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.
Documenting Ethnic Cleansing in North America: Creating Unseen Tears
Theses
Author/Creator
Ronald James Douglas
Description
Media Study Thesis (M.F.A)--State University of New York [SUNY] at Buffalo, 2010.
The Dropout/Graduation Crisis Among American Indian and Alaska Native Students: Failure to Respond Places the Future of Native Peoples at Risk
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan C. Faircloth
John W. Tippeconnic
Description
Uses data gathered from twelve states in 2005 by the National Center for Education Statistics. Overall graduation rates ranged from 30.4% to 63.8%.
Early Native Literacies in New England: A Documentary and Critical Anthology
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frances L. Taylor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1, Winter, 2010, pp. 115-118
Description
Book review of: Early Native Literacies in New England: A Documentary and Critical Anthology edited by Kristina Bross and Hilary E. Wyss.
Educational Empowerment of Native American Students: A Tribally Controlled College Leads the Way
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anne Grob
Description
Discusses the emergence of Tribal Colleges in the United States and the social and educational benefits of the Salish Kootenai College in Montana.
Effective Counseling With American Indian College Students: Counselors' Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aaron P. Jackson
Steven A. Smith
Mark E. Beecher
Laura L. Hoffmann
Quintina Adolpho ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 107-124
Description
Looks at reasons for Native American students' reluctance to use counseling services.
An Evaluation of the Santa Clara Pueblo Headstart Program: Alternative Model for Program Evaluation of Cultural Based Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Tigges
Leona M. Zastrow
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 20, no. 2, January 1981, pp. [4-12]
Description
Use of the constraints-needs model in assessment of the program, recommendations for improvement and tribal versus regional administration.
An Examination of Social and Emotional Behavior Skills with American Indian Elementary Students: Issues of Measurement, Gender, Grade and Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alex C. Garn
Pamela H. Kulinna
Donetta J. Cothran
Matthew Ferry
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 3, 2010, pp. 24-40
Description
Discusses the social competence framework known as social and emotional learning that could be useful for Native American students.
Exploring the Night Sky Indigenous Inquiry Kit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stacy Roblin
Description
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Facilitating Language and Literacy Learning for Students with Aboriginal English Dialects
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharla Peltier
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 114-142, 155
Description
Discussion on Aboriginal English dialects; regional variation and linkage to community of origin; and looks at language and literacy learning issues, socialization process, cultural identity, and Aboriginal language retention.