The Native Youth Project
Theses
Author/Creator
Elena Ann Perkins
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1991.
Examines the collaborations between archeology and educators as a means of teaching Indigenous history in schools.
Discusses the need for a collaborative technique for educators to use using both oral and written histories.
Focuses on Kuk-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations in Ontario, a project using information and communications technology to support Native communities.
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Author has learned that Indigenous peoples can engage in dialogue in the universities and create their own intellectual, theoretical, and epistemological spaces rather than embracing only cynicism and suspicion of academia.
Discusses Indigenous holistic approaches to teaching whole language.