Discusses how administrators of the school modified the curriculum to reflect economic realities of the region. Students returned to their villages but were still disconnected from their communities.
Focuses on situation on Belcher Island, Northwest territories and in particular on Inuit concerns that current educational program is not fulfilling the goal of reducing dependency on the Canadian government.
The picture shows some Aboriginal men sitting at school desks in the foreground, with a crowded group of mainly Aboriginal people at the back of the room. The political dignitaries are not visible.
Discusses how the value of literacy has been recognized by the Micmac Tribe for over 300 years and illustrates how varieties of scripts imposed by outside cultures has impeded production of bi-cultural educational materials.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 11, 1984 regarding a request by Bruce Sanderson of the Saskatchewan Association of Friendship Centres that City Council respond to a tentative proposal to integrate Aboriginal people in Urban Communities. The Council moves that the letter be received and referred to the Planning and Development Committee.
File contains a negative from a ceremony held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan by the Urban Indian Association to honour graduates on May 2, 1970. Image shows men receiving diplomas on stage.