Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 13-34, 154
Description
Looks at a research study in which teachers integrate stories, with critical analysis, in order to illustrate how multi-competences, that heritage languages can provide, benefit Aboriginal students' academic success.
Language Awareness, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 131-138
Description
Looks at the disadvantages Indigenous Australians endure in the education system and the factors that need to be examined to improve educational outcomes.
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.
Canadian Nurse, vol. 104, no. 4, April 2008, pp. 24-28
Description
Discusses a survey conducted by the Association of University Schools of Nursing as a follow-up to the original report entitled Against the Odds: Aboriginal Nursing, published in 2002.
Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, vol. 21, no. 2, 2010, pp. 19-34
Description
Examines historical, legal and socio-economic factors related to achievement gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education and discusses ways to improve experience & outcomes for Aboriginal students attending provincial and First Nations managed schools.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 143-155
Description
Looks at a sociolinguistic view of Aboriginal English; approaches to minority dialects in institutional settings; dialectal damage; a modified immersion model to address Aboriginal English needs; and Aboriginal English in British Columbia schools.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 279-321
Description
Stories about academic research, the area where theory and practice collide in the life of graduate students.The article also discusses how effective research assistantships are in imparting method, skills, attitudes and knowledge.
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.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 27-42
Description
Discusses the challenges of first-year course completion and reveals why American Indian students are more likely to report difficulties. Recommends strategies for enhancing academic success.
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 155-163
Description
Explores 'knowing differently' and how bi-epistemic research challenges the researchers preconceived world views and places them in unfamiliar experience.
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, vol. 16, no. 3, Sustaining Teachers in Teaching, June 2010, pp. 285-305
Description
Looks at experiences of Aboriginal teachers and impacts on them as students, teachers and within the greater community from the narrative of colonization.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 133, Winter, 2008, pp. 11-16
Description
Discusses a touring Native theatre company in Ontario and its dedication to helping young actors develop their craft through a unique outreach program.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 4, 2008, pp. 145-200
Description
Book reviews of 20 books:
Being and Place Among the Tlingit by Thomas F. Thornton.
The Cultivation of Resentment: Treaty Rights and the New Right by Jeffery R. Dudas.
Diabetes Among the Pima: Stories of Survival by Carolyn Smith-Morris.
Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden.
First Families: A Photographic History of California Indians by L. Frank and Kim Hogeland.
Households and Hegemony: Early Creek Prestige Goods, Symbolic Capital and Social Power by Cameron B.
International Criminal Law Review, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010, pp. 111-135
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada, formed to gather proof of genocide which could result in criminal cases against personnel responsible and compensation.
Lancet, vol. 372, no. 9644, September 27, 2008, pp. 1132-1133
Description
Brief comment on a study which revealed links between intergenerational trauma and the rates of HIV and Hepatitis C in young Aboriginal people in British Columbia.
Canadian Journal on Aging, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 385-397
Description
Adapted index using data from the Census of Canada and the Indian Register to see if the older generation's scores between 1981 and 2001 had improved in the same manner as the larger registered population. While levels had improved, the gap between this group and other older Canadians had increased.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 25-29
Description
Presents a speech, delivered by the Prime Minister of Australia, addressing narrowing the gap in life expectancy and life opportunities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The Comparison of Reading Comprehension Using Dual Language, Full Immersion, and Sheltered English Immersion Instructional Programs for Navajo Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Florinda J. Jackson
Description
[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--Arizona State University, 2008.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 130-153, 174
Description
Examines efforts to develop and teach a course on the history and culture of Indigenous peoples, which is missing from Canadian and United States public education systems.