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Theses
Author/Creator
Darcy Hallett
Description
Developmental Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.
Against All Odds: [Reversing Low Achievement of One School's Native American Students]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
William H. Parrett
School Adminstrator, January 2005, p. [?]
Description
Discusses success stories at Lapwai Middle School and Lapwai Elementary School and the eight common factors that have become apparent to reverse low school performance.
Being Influenced: A Cherokee Way of Mentoring
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Lowe
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 37-49
Description
Reports on research findings related to how the Cherokee male achieves self-reliance and how health care professionals can incorporate the Cherokee concept of self-reliance into health care.
Can University/Community Collaboration Create Spaces for Aboriginal Reconciliation? Case Study of the Healing of The Seven Generations and Four Directions Community Projects and Wilfrid Laurier University
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ginette Lafrenière
Papa Lamine Diallo
Donna Dubie
Lou Henry
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 53-66
Description
Illustrates two community-based projects that were developed because of four people who believed in the project.
Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2005
Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.
A Complex Ecological Framework of Aboriginal Family Resilience
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Description
Discusses the need to develop strategies for assisting communities move forward by understanding both the traditional and contemporary family dynamic.
Culture and Education Among the Ditidaht: Reflecting on Sacredness, Origins, and Language
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernice Touchie
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.
Daughters of Indian Residential School Survivors: Healing Stories
Theses
Author/Creator
Heidi Rae Meseyton
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2005.
Early Learnings
Alternate Title
Indigenous Community Development Projects Early Learnings
Telstra Foundation Research Report ; vol. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
Description
Looks at 14 educational projects showcasing Indigenous initiatives likely to contribute to positive change for Indigenous groups, individuals and communities across Australia.
Educator Uses Talents for the Good of All
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 2, May 2005, p. 9
Description
Describes why Eber Hampton, an educator, was recognized in 2005 with a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.23.
Effects of Colonialism on the Métis in Canadian Northwest: Catholic Religion and Education System as the Main Colonial Instruments
Theses
Author/Creator
Eva Flášarová
Description
English and American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Masaryk University, 2005.
Engaging Feminism: A Pedagogy for Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Marlene Elizabeth McKay
Description
Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
Guide to Relationships and Learning with the Indigenous Peoples of Alberta
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
College of Alberta School Superintendents
Description
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.
I Want To Tell You A Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tibetha Kemble (Stonechild)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, pp. 114-121
Description
A discussion of how colonialism created the conditions that were used to justify the removal of Indigenous children from their families, both historically and in modern times. The author use her own personal story as means to discuss its effects.
Indigenous Identity Development through Sport
Theses
Author/Creator
James Alexander McCourt
Description
Education Thesis (MA) -- Queen's University, 2021.
Indigenous Teachers: Narratives of Identity and Change
Theses
Author/Creator
Blanche Christine Stewart
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.
Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Restoration: Restoring Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes with Iskatewizaagegan No. 39 Independent First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
William John Roberts
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.
James Bay Cree Students and Higher Education: Issues of Identity and Culture Shock
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Darius Stonebanks
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2005.
"Know Your Roots": Development and Evaluation of an Oral History Curriculum for Native American Middle-School Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanne Lacourt
Darlene St. Clair
Patricia K. Kokotailo
Dale Wilson
Betty Chewning
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 59-74
Description
Examines why there is a need for Native Americans to become more involved in the education of youth.
A "Lack of Homelike Surroundings": Resident Health, Home, and Recreational Infrastructure at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1952–1962
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Braden Te Hiwi
Histoire sociale / Social History, vol. 54, no. 110, May 2021, pp. 99-125
Description
An examination of the efforts of Pelican Lake residential school officials to recreate a sense of home through the recreational activities.
[Métis History & Identity: Lesson Plan]
Alternate Title
[Métis Nation Governance]
[Métis History and Identity: Lesson Plan]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Centre for Teaching and Learning
Description
Created for Grades 10-12.
Module 10: Education, Recreation, and Family
Alternate Title
Module Ten: Education, Recreation, and Family
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Four: Expressions of Self-Determination in Greenland, the North Atlantic, and Northern Scandinavia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe
Description
Overview of the importance of kinship relations, attitudes about child-rearing, education systems, and leisure activities in Greenland, the North Atlantic, and northern Scandinavia.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 2: Identity and Language
Alternate Title
Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies 322: Peoples and Cultures II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Description
Teaching module for use with Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies 322: Peoples and Cultures II.
Module 2: Identity and Language
Alternate Title
Module Two: Identity and Language
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Two: Expressions of Self-Determination in North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristina Fagan
Description
Reviews concepts of identity and culture and discusses the importance Indigenous languages, reasons they are threatened, and efforts that have been made to revitalize them in northern Canada and United States.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 4: Education, Recreation, and Family
Alternate Title
Module Four: Education, Recreation, and Family
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Two: Expressions of Self-Determination in North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Description
Overview of the importance of kinship relations, attitudes about child-rearing, education systems, and leisure activities in northern Canada and the United States.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 5: Identity and Language
Alternate Title
Module Five: Identity and Language
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Andreyeva
Nina Vasilieva
Description
Discusses concept of ethnicity and socio-linguistics of Indigenous peoples of northern Russia, lists languages spoken, gives reasons for assimilation process, and looks at current language usage and policies.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module 7: The Education, Recreation, and Family of the Small-Numbered Peoples of Russia
Alternate Title
Module Seven: The Education, Recreation, and Family of the Small-Numbered Peoples of Russia
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sardana Boyakova
Liya Vinokurova
Description
Discusses impact of communist policies and changes communities have made in an attempt to revitalize their cultures, languages and traditional social structures.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Mohawk Girls: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with Mohawk Girls, a documentary by Tracey Deer about the lives of three girls from Kahnawake Reserve and the issues they face.
Documentary.
The Native American Lens: Native American Identity Visualized by Native American Directors
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle-Francine Natascha
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Graz, 2021.
Focuses on Barking Water and Mekko directed by Sterlin Harjo, and Rhymes for Young Ghouls directed by Jeff Barnaby.
Poverty, Racism Obstacles Overcome
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deirdre Tombs
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 2, May 2005, p. 19
Description
Focuses on the achievements of Emma LaRocque, a winner of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the education category, and describes how she overcame many obstacles to achieve her goals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.
"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 759-761
Description
Book review of: "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by Bonita Lawrence.
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Hendry
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William J. Bauer
Philip J. Greenfeld
S. Carol Berg
Nile R. Thompson
Carol Ward
John M. Shaw
Karl Davis
Margo Lukens
John C. Mohawk
Lee Schweninger
John Sanchez
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 2, 2005, pp. 119-172
Description
Book reviews of:
The American Indian Integration of Baseball by Jeffrey Powers-Beck.
The Apache Indians: In Search of the Missing Tribe by Helge Ingstad.
Assimilation’s Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System by Edwin L. Chalcraft.
Coming to Shore: Northwest Coast Ethnology, Traditions, and Visions edited by Marie Mauzé, Michael E. Harkin, and Sergei Kan.
Every Day Is a Good Day by Wilma Mankiller.
Friends and Enemies in Penn’s Woods: Indians, Colonists, and the Racial Construction of Pennsylvania edited by William A.
Rupertsland Institute Lesson Plans
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Rupertsland Institute
Description
Video presentations accompanied by lesson plans for Kindergarten through Grade 12 arranged under the themes of Métis language, culture and traditions, homeland history, governance, and the Métis in Alberta.
The Silent Language of Ethnicity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Britt Kramvig
European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, February 2005, pp. 45-64
Description
Argues that the symbolic practice of gift exchange in Sami coastal communities represents identity.
‘So, where are you from?’ Glimpsing the History of Ottawa-Gatineau’s Urban Indian Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Karyn Pugliese
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2005.
Spiral of Fire
Alternate Title
Indian Country Diaries
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
LeAnne Howe
James M. Fortier
Carol Cornsilk
Vision Maker Media
Description
Documentary about the challenges faced by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and how they have combined economic development in the form of tourism, cultural preservation, and spirituality as a means to carry the tribe into the future.
Duration: 1:26:30.
State of Métis Nation Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathy Hodgson-Smith
Infinity Research
Description
Gives historical and current context of education and argues for Metis-specific policies and programs which emphasize culture and identity.
Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Meena Nallainathan
Herizons, vol. 18, no. 4, Spring, 2005, p. 40
Description
Book review of: Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival edited by Kim Anderson and Bonita Lawrence.
Taloyoak: Stories of Thunder and Stone: Archaeological and Oral Narrative Project
Alternate Title
Thunder and Stone Nunavusiutit 9
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Inuit Heritage Trust
Description
Project undertaken to preserve Taloyoak history and connect oral stories to the archaeological survey of Netsilik area. Includes links to oral narratives, the survey, stories and legends as well as Grade Nine teaching module, Thunder and Stone.
Use HTML version. Flash Player no longer available.
Transformational Resistance and Social Justice: American Indians in Ivy League Universities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, 2005, pp. 193-211
Description
Analyzes how students acquired skills and credentials that
enabled them to serve their tribal communities.
Transmission des Savoirs Oraux dans les Écoles Inuit: Étude du Cas de la Communauté d"Arviat (Nunavut)
Theses
Author/Creator
Anne-Pascale Targé
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Laval University, 2005.
Text in French.
Understanding and Finding Our Way: Decolonizing Canadian Education
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Verna St. Denis
Alison Duke
Description
Film highlights Canada's history of racism and injustice toward Indigenous peoples which persists to this day in both the larger society and the educational system and how Indigenous culture and perspectives must be taught and valued in the classroom in order to address inequities and change the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Duration: 32:29.
Urbanization and Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Responses for the Questionnaire from the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Description
Questions were posed about key factors driving urbanization, impacts on social, economic and cultural cohesions, discrimination, identity, recognition and culture, at risk populations, and Indigenous-led initiatives and state responses.
You Can't Kill Coyote: Stories of Language Healing From Chief Atahm School Secwepemc Language Immersion Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathryn Michel
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.