Coming Full Circle: White, Euro-Canadian Teachers' Positioning, Understanding, Doing, Honouring, and Knowing in School-Based Aboriginal Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Madden
In Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 2014, pp. 57-81
Description
Presents a narrative study that explores the research question: "What are the decolonizing processes of practicing teachers involved in a provincially funded initiative to improve schooling for urban Aboriginal students?"
Coming Home
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryle Partridge
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 9, Special Edition In Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School of Indigenous Relations, February 2014, pp. 41-55
Description
The author discusses journey as a student in the Indigenous Social Work Program to a professor in the School of Indigenous Relations.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 41 to read article.
Comparing Histories of Education for Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda J. Child
Brian Klopotek
Description
Presents introduction to the essays in Indian Subjects: Hemispheric Perspectives on the History of Indigenous Education edited by Brenda J. Child and Brian Klopotek.
Comparing the Lived Experience of Urban Aboriginal Peoples with Canadian Rights to Quality of Life: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Joe Garcea
John G. Hansen
Rose Antsanen
Jethro Cheng
Bill Holden
Description
Determines six factors in need of improvement for quality of life (QoL): education and training, justice system, understanding of culture and rights, employment opportunities, community funding, spiritual spaces.
Comparison Analysis of "Custer Died for Your Sins" and "Killing the White Man's Indian"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dee Ansbergs
Description
Compares two books, written more than twenty years apart, for their strengths, weaknesses, biases, and value to Native American Studies.
A Comparison of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Students on the Inter-Related Dimensions of Self-Concept, Strengths and Achievement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Whitley
Edward Rawana
Keith Brownlee
Brock Education , vol. 23, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 24-46
Description
Looks at school related outcomes and self-concept from a sampling of grade 4 - 8 students in northwestern Ontario. Results indicate Aboriginal students have the same or higher self-worth and competence compared to non-Aboriginal students.
Compulsive Measures: Resisting Residential Schools at One Arrow Reserve, 1889-1896
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trevor John Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 197-222
Description
Details the various tactics used by Indian Agent R.S. Mackenzie: coerced baptisms, arrests, police manhunts, and withholding rations.
Confronting Race and Colonialism: Experiences and Lessons Learned From Teaching Social Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan Smith
In Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 2014, pp. 25-39
Description
Looks at the ethical and moral commitment of introducing critical race theory to primary and junior elementary students.
Conquest Through Benevolence: The Indian Residential School Apology and the (Re)Making of the Innocent Canadian Settler Subject
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura McKinley
Description
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (M.A.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2014.
Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions: Balancing Competing Needs in Canada [Unit 1]
Alternate Title
Expeditionary Learning
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
UnboundEd
Description
Uses the book The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations, by Alootook Ipellie with David MacDonald as a starting point to teach about how the Inuit have used the natural resources available to meet the needs of their communities. For use with students in Grade 5.
Constructing Living Bridges: Learning to Listen to Culture in an Indigenous Pre-School Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheryl Smith-Gilman
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2014.
Contemporary Practice of Traditional Aboriginal Child Rearing: A Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 66-79
Description
Looks at Aboriginal child rearing practices to determine if traditional ways are still in use and if so, how these practices differ from mainstream child rearing.
Contextualized Science Outreach Programs: A Case for Indigenizing Science Education Curriculum in Aboriginal Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha DeCoito
Wanja Gitari
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2014, pp. 26-51
Description
Findings indicate that culturally relevant, hands on experiential learning activities should be incorporated to improve outcomes.
Creating and Negotiating Native Spaces in Public School Systems: An Arizona Example
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Benally
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 11-24
Description
Compares original intent of legislation requiring instruction about Native American government, sovereignty, culture and history to actual instructional practices in five urban school districts.
Creating Pathways to a Better Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jerry Worley
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses how tribal colleges in Montana and North Dakota are initiating new innovative accelerated curriculum programs to address the region’s workforce necessities.
Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Marker
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 167-170
Description
Book review of: Creating Space by Verna J. Kirkness.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 167.
Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 4, December 2014, pp. 670-672
Description
Book review of: Creating Space by Verna J. Kirkness.
Creating Space: My Life and Work in Indigenous Education
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Helen Armstrong
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 214-215
Description
Book review of Creating Space by Verna Kirkness.
A Critical Understanding of Adult Learning, Education and Training Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Remote First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Beaton
Penny Carpenter
Description
Reports results of an online survey conducted with Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) First Nations community members in 2014. Respondents were asked questions about how they used technologies, their experiences with them, and their perspectives on ICT in their communities
Cultivating the Arctic's Most Valuable Resource: An Analysis of Barriers to High School Completion Among Inuit Youth in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melanie O'Gorman
Manish Pandey
Description
Looks at 50% dropout rate for Nunavut youth and delves into reasons for it.
Cultural Safety for Mi'kmaw Students and Staff at Cape Breton University
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Schmidt
Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, vol. 7, no. 1, 2014, pp. 50-55
Description
Discusses the results of a needs assessment study.
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Stories of a First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Cross-Curricular Infusion in Teacher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Vetter
Celia Haig-Brown
Melissa Blimkie
Learning Landscapes, vol. 8, no. 1, Autumn, 2014, pp. 305-322
Description
Looks at a set of guiding principles and demonstrates what their implementation looks like in the classroom.
Current Issues in Mental Health in Canada: The Mental Health of First Nations and Inuit Communities
Alternate Title
In Brief (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; no. 2014-02-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norah Kielland
Tonina Simeone
Description
Brief overview of the unique contextual factors underlying the mental health challenges faced by First Nations and Inuit communities.
De/colonizing Preservice Teacher Education: Theatre of the Academic Absurd
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Spy Dénommé-Welch
M. Kristiina Montero
Journal of Language and Literacy Education, vol. 10, no. 1, Literacy and/For Social Justice, Spring, 2014, pp. 136-165
Description
Looks at social justice as viewed through First Nations, Métis and Inuit children's literature.
Dealing With Difficult Emotions: Anger at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Reynaud
Anthropologica, vol. 56, no. 2, 2014, pp. 369-382
Description
Attempts to understanding how survivors felt after giving their statements to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Dechinta Bush University: Mobilizing a Knowledge Economy of Reciprocity, Resurgence and Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erin Freeland Ballantyne
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [67]-85
Description
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
[Decolonizing Archives]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Greg Bak]
Description
Podcast discusses the destructing of archives which amounted to lost records of residential school students experiences.
Duration: 25:29
Accompanying material.
Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jennifer Brant
Brock Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 2014, pp. 116-119
Description
Book review of: Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit by Marie Battiste.
Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mandy Krahn
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 60, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 615-618
Description
Book review of: Decolonizing Education by Marie Battiste.
Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 203-206
Description
Book review of Decolonizing Education by Marie Battiste.
Decolonizing Institutional Practices: Supporting Aboriginal College Student Success
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Patricia Blanchard
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.
Deepening Knowledge to Inspire Action: Including Aboriginal Perspectives in Teaching Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Nardozi
Jean-Paul Restoule
Kathy Broad
Nancy Steele
Usha James
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 108-122
Description
Comments on the need to address three common questions from teacher candidates, to help encourage teachers to include more Aboriginal perspectives in the classroom.
Defining "Success" in Indigenous Education: Exploring the Perspectives of Indigenous Educators in a Canadian City
Theses
Author/Creator
Martha Moon
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2014.
Depictions of Success: Voices From Grade 12 Aboriginal Students
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tim R. Claypool
Jane P. Preston
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2014, pp. 67-82
Description
Based on student interviews, paper reports that success was an individual phenomenon indicated by past experiences and personal ambitions.
Determining the Factors Influencing the Success of Private and Community-Owned Business across Remote, Regional and Urban Australia: Final Report Prepared for the Australian Research Council and Indigenous Business Australia, December 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Morrison
Jock Collins
P.K. Basu
Branka Krivokapic-Skoko
Developing an Education Research Agenda in Nunavut: A Northerner's Point of View
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather E. McGregor
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Nunangat, 2014, pp. 77-79
Description
Shows how getting a university on Inuit Nunangat lands is linked with improving education research scope and access to post-secondary education.
Entire issues on one pdf. Scroll down to page 77 to read article.
Developing Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices in First Nations Communities: Learning Anishnaabemowin and Land-Based Teachings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Oskineegish
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 60, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 508-521
Description
Discusses examples for non-Native teachers to use that involve specific cultural and linguistic knowledge to merge with their teaching practices.
Developing First Nations Courts in Canada: Elders as Foundational to Indigenous Therapeutic Jurisprudence+
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelly Johnson
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Knowledges: Resurgence, Implementation, and Collaboration in Social Work, December 2014, pp. [1]-14
Description
Identifies existing diverse First Nations court models and processes which include Elders and spirituality in court proceedings, Healing courts, Gladue courts, and Aboriginal and tribal courts.
Developmental Screening in a Canadian First Nation (Mohawk): Psychometric Properties and Adaptations of Ages and Stages Questionnaires (2nd Edition)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmen Dionne
Suzie McKinnon
Jane Squires
Jantina Clifford
BMC Pediatrics, vol. 14, no. 23, 2014, pp. 1-8
Description
Looks at results from tool used by teachers and parents of children between the ages of 9 and 66 months who went to the Child and Family Center.
Developments and Challenges to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years on: Insights on Biodiversity and Case Studies in Bangladesh, Brazil, Japan and Uganda: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Claire Wright
Alexandra Tomaselli
Silvia Ordóñez Ganoza
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-3
Description
Outlines the five articles in this issue written by scholars working on the implementation of UNDRIP.
Dickinson College Builds Carlisle Indian Industrial School Resource Center
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Malinda Triller Doran
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 149-150
Description
Looks at building a searchable database that will provide information about a specific student, tribal affiliations or outing assignments.
Discerning Success of Indigenous Health Students in Community-Based Programs
Theses
Author/Creator
Marti Harder
Description
Nursing Thesis (MSN)--Trinity Western University, 2014.
Discipline Disproportionality among American Indian Students: Expanding the Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn A. Brown
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 29-47
Description
Analyzes office discipline referral data and removal rates using data from the State of Arizona.
Disrupting Colonial Mindsets: The Power of Learning Networks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine McGregor
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 89-107
Description
Looks at a particular teacher-learning network that explains how transformational change can occur.
Dodgy Data, Language Invisibility and the Implications for Social Inclusion: A Critical Analysis of Indigenous Student Language Data in Queensland Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally Dixon
Denise Angelo
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 37, no. 3, 2014, pp. 213-233
Description
Studies student language data held by schools and gaps in the research.
Drawn to Change: Comics and Critical Consciousness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Carleton
Labour/Le Travail, vol. 73, Spring, 2014, pp. [151]-177
Description
Looks at academic engagement with comics and how they link to promotion of activist learning to take action against oppression.
Drowning in the Social Determinants of Health: Understanding Policy's Role in High Rates of Drowning in Aboriginal Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audrey R. Giles
Lauren Brooks Cleator
Tricia McGuire-Adams
Francine Darroch
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 198-213
Description
Comments on the serious public health problem and the need to address root causes.
“Each has a house of her own”: Purpose, Domesticity and
Agency of First Nations Women in Canada’s Industrial School
System, 1883-1923
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sarah Nason
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 2, December 2014, pp. [20]-37
Description
Discusses government's and churches' goals for female students, and their failure to achieve them. Focuses on schools located in Fort Qu'Appelle and North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and High River, Alberta.
Early Childhood Education and Care for Aboriginal Children in Canada
Alternate Title
Moving Childcare Forward Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jane Preston
Description
Policy brief taken from the article Aboriginal Early Childhood Education in Canada: Issues of Context published Journal of Early Childhood Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2012.