E-Books
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
The Invisible Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Desjardins
Robert Monderie
Description
Film about the contemporary Algonquians of Quebec and Ontario.
Duration: 93:20 .
Accompanying material: The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan.
The Invisible Nation: Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louise Sarrasin
Description
Guide to accompany film, The Invisible Nation". Target audience students aged 15-20. Contains start and preparatory activities, reflective sharing, comparing two Algonquin communities, observation checklist and suggested questions.
Inviting American Indian Arts Curriculum Into a School: The Short Life and Long Term Effects of an Arts Program
Theses
Author/Creator
James W. Bequette
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D)--Stanford University, 2006.
Involvement to Engagement: Community Education Practices in a Suburban Elementary School and an Inner-City Community School
Theses
Author/Creator
Ted Amendt
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.C.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Involving Community Members to Develop Culturally Relevant Word Lists For First Nations and Métis Students
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 187
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Minnie McKenzie
Leda Corrigal
Otto Fietz
Cynthia Cook
Grace Cook
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Developed for use as a guideline to teach students to speak and comprehend the Cree language in classrooms, early childhood programs and the home.
The Ipperwash Inquiry
Alternate Title
Landmark Case (Ontario Justice Education Network)
[Ontario Justice Education Network Courts and Classrooms Resource
Documents & Presentations
Description
Background to the protest, synopsis of events of which lead to the death of Dudley George, and key recommendations from the report.
Accompanied by discussion questions for use in Grade 11 and 12 classrooms.
IQ: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Adventure Website
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Contains links to interactive movie, learning resources, Elder interviews (transcripts in English), artwork database, educator's guide, and Inuktitut lessons.
Iroquois Beadwork: Cultural Portraits of the Past and Present
Alternate Title
Iroquois Beadwork Kids' Zone
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Societies and Territories
Description
Teacher resource includes general overview and series of "learning scenarios" developed by educators.
Iroquois Creation Myth
Documents & Presentations
Description
Student handout.
Is B.C. Getting it Right?: Moving Toward Aboriginal Education Success in British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jo-ann Archibald
DeDe DeRose
Education Canada, vol. 54, no. 3, [Aboriginal Student Success], Summer, 2014, p. [?]
Description
Highlights approaches that have contributed to the increased graduation rate of 3 percent per year for the past 3 years.
Is Cultural Discontinuity an Adequate Explanation for Dropping Out?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Ledlow
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 31, no. 3, May 1992, pp. [21-36]
Description
Examines the complex problem of Native Americans leaving school before completion.
Is Diversity a Mask or a Bridge? The Indian Mascot Debate
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gary Arthur
Description
Discusses how the issue played out in Port Townsend, Washington due to the high school team name Redskins and the associated imagery.
Is Time-Structure an Issue for Cowichan First Nations Students in the School System? If So, How Can the School Calendar be Changed to Better Meet Their Educational Needs?
Theses
Author/Creator
H.T. Cadwallader
Description
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001.
Iskigamizigedaa: Let's Boil Maple Sugar
Alternate Title
The Akawe Biindaakoojigen Series (First You Offer Tobacco)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erik Redix
Description
Colouring storybook features a grandparent and grandchildren engaging in conversations about traditional teachings, when to begin and end harvesting, the equipment used, and processing and use of maple sugar. Text in English with some Ojibwe words interspersed.
Island Métis K-12 Resources Project: A Living Document of Métis Resources and History for Students and Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lauren McLean
Description
Lists illustrated bboks, novels, videos, DVDs & film, short story/creative writing, and non-fiction for primary, intermediate, secondary grades.
Islet: [Study Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Guide to accompany the film, Islet. Target group ages 11 and up. Objective is to write and illustrate a story about life in the Arctic.
Issues and Recommendations Related to Educating Native American Students
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 7th, 2007
Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John B. Love
Michael Kallam
Description
Assesses the academic performance of Native American students relative to other ethnic groups based on cultural issues, learning styles, and questions of choice and participation in educational opportunities.
Paper from Sixty-Seven Nations and Counting: Proceedings of the Seventh Native American Symposium edited by Mark B. Spencer and Rachel Tudor.
Issues in Cross-Cultural Assessment: American Indian and Alaska Native Students
Alternate Title
Knowledge Brief (Far West Laboratory) ; no. 12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elise Trumbull Estrin
Sharon Nelson-Barber
Description
Looks at underlying factors affecting student's learning and suggests strategies for improvement.
Issues in English Language Assessment of Indigenous Australians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian G. Malcolm
Language Assessment Quarterly, vol. 8, Current Issues and Trends in Language Assessment in Australia and New Zealand, 2011, pp. 190-199
Description
Examines contextual factors and calls for a more context -sensitive approach to assessment.
Issues in Evaluation of a Health Promotion Intervention: 'Taking Big Steps'
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anousha Victoire
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 10-14
Description
Cites examples of health promotion targeting Australian Indigenous youth at risk of not completing high school.
Issues in Indigenous Initial Teacher Education: Canadian Perspectives
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
Jane Preston
Carmen Gilles
Mark Aquash ... [et al.]
Description
Examines the need for and challenges to implementing Indigenous perspectives in the Canadian education system.
Chapter in Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education edited by Thomas Falkenberg.
To access chapter, scroll down to page 19.
Issues in the Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Students with Disabilities
Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 448009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan Faircloth
John W. Tippeconnic
Description
Addresses the needs of students with disabilities in the classroom by looking at preparation and recruitment of special educators and service providers, rights and responsibilities of parents, cultural assessments and environment.
Issues of Language Maintenance and Education of Aboriginal Children in India
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jyotsna Pattnaik
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 360-364
Description
Interview with Ajit K. Mohanty, internationally acclaimed Indian psycholinguist.
The Issues of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada: Teaching Unit
Alternate Title
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada Lesson Plans Series
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Lees
Gordon McMahon
Description
Series of six lesson plans geared toward students in Grades 10 to 12.
Accompanying PowerPoint.
"It feels like a healing process..."
-The Maintenance of Traditional Values among the Mohawk of Akwesasne
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisabeth Holm
Description
Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Tromsø, 2008.
"It's huge in First Nation culture for us, as a school, to be a role model": Facilitators and Barriers Affecting School Nutrition Policy Implementation in Alexander First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kris Murray
Alexander Research Committee
Anna Farmer
Katerina Maximova
Noreen Willows
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Comments on the importance of school nutrition policies to create a healthy learning environment for students and how to go about doing so.
It's Okay To Be Native: Alaska Native Cultural Strategies in Urban and School Settings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Grantham-Campbell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue on American Indians and the Urban Experience, 1998, pp. 385-405
Description
Looks at Aboriginal life and education in and around Fairbanks, the second largest city in Alaska.
It's Our Time: First Nations Education Tool Kit: Teacher's Guide (National and Manitoba)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre
Description
Designed to be used with a series of brief "Plain Talk" papers covering a variety of topics.
It Sometimes Speaks to Us: Decolonizing Education by Utilizing Our Elders' Knowledge
Theses
Author/Creator
Joshua Manitowabi
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2017.
It Takes a Native Community
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Boyer
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 4, Reforming Our Schools, Native Style, Summer, 2006
Description
Suggests that the problems many Native American children experience in school, such as low academic achievement and absenteeism, need to be addressed by the school system and Native American communities.
"It Was Two Different Times of the Day, But in the Same Place": Coast Salish High School Experience in the 1970s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Marker
BC Studies, no. 144, Being Young: Journeys to Young Adulthood, Winter, 2004/2005, pp. 91-113
Description
Discusses federal Indian education policies and racism in small town high schools. Compares the state of Washington with the province of British Columbia.
ITK Education Initiative, Education Accord and Summit Report
Alternate Title
Discussion Paper for the National Inuit Education Summit
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Education ...
National Inuit Education Summit
Report on the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Education Initiative
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Inuit Education Summit
Description
Contains links to seven reports: 1) Education Accord - in Syllabics 2) Education Accord - in English 3) Education Summit Report 4) Indigenous Standards in Education 5) Inuit Early Childhood Education and Care 6) Partnering with Parents and Communities and 7) Post-Secondary Case Studies in Inuit Education.
ITWĒSTAMĀKĒWIN: The Invitation to Dialogue with Writers of Cree Ancestry
Theses
Author/Creator
Joanie Crandall
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.
J.J Fletcher. Clean, Clad and Courteous: A History of Aboriginal Education in New South Wales
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Historical Studies in Education, Spring, 1992, pp. 151-152
Description
Book review of: Clean, Clad and Courteous: A History of Aboriginal Education in New South Wales by J.J Fletcher.
The James Bay Treaty Turns 100: Grade 12: Canada: History, Identity, and Culture
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Archives of Ontario
Description
Lesson plan involves students negotiating an agreement for two disparate groups to share a territory. To be used with the online exhibition James Bay Treaty Turns 100.
James Snares a Rabbit: Inspired by a Boyhood Adventure of James Apetagon of Norway House
Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Byron Apetagon
Description
Primary-level storybook.
[Jamie Wilson and Racism. Part I]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Wilson
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
In interview, Manitoba Treaty Commissioner argues that while the education system should remove barriers and help Aboriginal students to achieve, it should not compromise standards.
Duration: 28:55.
[Jeopardy Language Games]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Manito Ahbee?]
Description
Individual games for teaching Dakota, Cree, Ojibwe, Oji-Cree and Dene.
Jim Thorpe: The World's Greatest Athlete: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joseph Bruchac
Description
Guide to accompany DVD of the same name.
Jingle Dancer: A RIF Guide for Community Coordinators
Alternate Title
Jingle Dancer: A Reading is Fundamental Guide for Community Coordinators
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
Description
Lesson plan to accompany the book Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. Designed for use with Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
Johnny Can't Talk, Either: The Perpetuation of the Deficit Theory in Classrooms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca G. Eller
Reading Teacher, vol. 42, no. 9, May 1989, pp. 670-674
Description
Discusses the 'deficit' theory assumption that children from lower socioeconomic homes have lower levels of language skill, whereas the classes may provide fewer opportunities to speak out, and so may be perceived as less capable expressively.
Joining the Circle: A Guide for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Families, and Schools
Alternate Title
A Circle of Caring
E-Books
Author/Creator
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Description
Resource developed to encourage involvement in children's education and school, foster a positive environment for school-caregiver interactions, and suggest ways to prevent bullying and violence.
Accompanying Videos:
A Circle of Caring: 21 Short videos
Michif Version.
Inuktitut Version.
Mohawk Version.
Joining the Circle: A Practitioner's Guide to Responsive Education for Native Students
E-Books
Author/Creator
Agnes Grant
LaVina Gillespie
Joining the Circle: Guide for Educators
E-Books
Author/Creator
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions)
Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF)
Description
Accompanying material:
Jordan Tootoo: Hockey Night in Nunavut
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, March 2003, pp. 46-57
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: March 2003.
A Journey from the Heart: Sharing the Anishnaabe (Ojibway) Culture with the Public School System
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole Bell
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2000.
Journey From the Shadows
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
Description
Stories from residential school survivors and descendants of survivors.
Duration: 44:59.
A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Blueberry: Learning Journeys of the Whitefeather Forest, Pikangikum First Nation, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
C. Jane Driedger
Description
Natural Resource Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.
The Journey to Reclamation through Oral Tradition
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 272
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diane Peekeekoot
Charlotte Campbell
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Follows up on Ē-kiwēyitotamāhk Kitāyisinēwinānāw: Reclaiming Our Cree Language through Oral Tradition and examines the impact on grade 7-9 students when Elders are integrated into Cree classrooms.