Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [6-9]
Description
Program emphasizes teaching languages and cultures is fundamental, takes wholistic approach including parental involvement, teacher commitment, continuing training, and life-long learning.
Looks at programs that foster innovation and facilitate academic success for young adults, as well as improvements to accountability, resources and control to enhance educational services.
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
Synthesizes research findings focusing on educational and health services and topical areas related to those services. Findings will be used in the development of future programs.
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.
Assessment of program for children between three and six which is based on six key components: culture and language, education, health promotion, nutrition, social support, and parental involvement.
Sociology Department, Faculty Publications. Paper 89
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrienne Freng
Scott Freng
Helen A. Moore
Sociological Focus, vol. 39, no. 1, February 2006, pp. 55-74
Description
Examines the condition of education from the perspective of young adult American Indians from the Ho-Chunk or Winnebago tribe, Omaha, Santee, Lakota, and Cheyenne tribes living in Nebraska.
Topics include: school improvement; literacy, mathematics, and science; language and culture; behavioural and social-emotional interventions; and parent, family, and community involvement.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 131-181
Description
Book reviews of :
American Indian Education, a History by Jon Allan Reyhner and Jeanne Eder.
The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West by Barre Toelken.
Battle for the BIA: G.E.E. Lindquist and the Missionary Crusade against John Collier by David W.
File contains a presentation by Donna Sears and Bernice Ireland on behalf of the Atenlos Women's Group. Sears discusses the "epidemic" of violence in Aboriginal communities, particularly with regard to family violence.
Excellent teacher resource includes links to information and videos about the following topics: worldviews, oral traditions, Elders, culture and language, kinship, Aboriginal and treaty rights, healing historical trauma, symbolism and traditions, connection to land, Indigenous pedagogy, well-being, and traditional environmental knowledge.
Related material: Talking Together: A Discussion Guide.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 144-151
Description
"Reviews concepts and approaches related to cultural responsiveness in the literature in the field of education, pointing out how these are parallel with or might further inform practices in communication sciences and disorders."