Aboriginal Awareness Workshop: Alberta Region Module
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
Brief overview for orientation of departmental employees.
An introduction of the articles in this particular issues about Indigenous education.
A personal reflection of a non-Indigenous researcher conducting research in within Indigenous communities.
Examines how Indigenous creativity is affected by social, cultural, ethical, and historical contexts.
Examines the use of the words "band controlled" for schools, when in actuality the schools remains under the control of the federal government.
An edited transcript of Verna Kirkness' speech, at the Mokakit Education Research Conference in 1992, about the teachings of Indigenous ancestors.
Liberal Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Michigan, 1999.
Looks at the learning style preferences of adult Indigenous students.
Reviews of Canadian made Indigenous films.
Primary topic is negotiations between the British government and the Hudson's Bay Company for the cession of of the Company's rights back to the Crown and the Government of Canada's desire to annex the lands granted in the Charter of the Company.
Source: Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 8th Parl, 4th Sess, 1865 at 44-57.
Discusses the importance of oral stories for Indigenous education.
Presentation relating to land claims and self-government. The presenter believes that "(T)he difficulty of self-government and land claims is that although it is aimed at reviving the culture and identity of Indian people, it is only accessible to those who are educated and trained in the political, legal and economic intricacies of a non-Indian system."
Villebrun discusses discrimination and low self-esteem issues; alcohol and drug abuse; the need to make Aboriginal history mandatory and a priority in Canadian schools; the intergenerational effects of cultural deprivation; and the need to better equip youth for "living in two cultures."
A reflection on the author's collaboration with Secwepemc Elder Sophie Robert and how it impacted her academic career.
Examines the social and academic failures of Indigenous students moving from Indigenous controlled schools, where they were successful, to non-Indigenous run high schools.