Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda L Paulsen
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 23-28
Description
Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.
Native Student and Faculty Experiences: Supportive Systems from the Outside
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki A. Green
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 228-232
Description
Author encourages Indigenous people looking at careers in academia to seek out mentorship from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members and stresses the roles that allies can play to support Indigenous people entering the academy.
Native Women's Studies: Dialoguing with Community, with Academia and with Feminism
Theses
Author/Creator
Mélody Martin
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2003.
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates' Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quintina Ava Bearchief-Adolpho
Aaron P. Jackson
Steven A. Smith
Moroni T. Benally
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-25
Description
Looks at the primary reasons for returning back to the reservation to live and work: family support, community, cultural identity, the simple life, reservation economy, and commitment to the reservation.
Navigating Structural Violence With Indigenous Families: The Contested Terrain of Early Childhood Intervention and the Child Welfare System in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison J. Gerlach
Annette J. Browne
Vandna Sinha
Diana Elliott
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-23
Description
Reports findings from inquiry into Aboriginal Infant Development Program (AIDPs) in British Columbia.
Need Identification and Proctor Selection for Distance Education on Isolated Reserves
Theses
Author/Creator
Andras Akos Tamas
Description
Continuing Education Thesis (M.C.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1978.
New National Qualifications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robin Flynn
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 17-18
Description
Provides information on updated Australian standards which are expected to be implemented in 2004.
New School to Train Aboriginal Doctors
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 3, June 2003, p. 22
Description
Explains how the Northern Ontario Medical School will be a viable option for Aboriginal student by allowing them to complete their medical education close to home.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.50.
A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Simon
A New Start in Indian Education
Alternate Title
A Start in Indian Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Wade
John Anderson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 1, October 1978, pp. [1-5]
Description
Describes the ESEA Title III Indian Education Project at Ashland, Wisconsin that successfully addressed both system improvements and attendance in the public school system.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
Non-Indians in Indian Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Mahan
Mary F. Smith
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 2, January 1978, pp. [1-6]
Description
Describes project that immerses student teachers from one ethnic group into the community and schools of a different ethnic group to raise their culturally awareness.
Northern Indicators 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew Dalley
Description
Primary data source Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM 2)..
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council & Dennis Franklin
Cromarty High School’s First Annual Joint Report on the
Status & Implementation of Jury Recommendations from
the Inquest into the Deaths of Seven First Nations Youth [2017]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School
Description
The youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school.
2018 Report.
2019 Report
Not Strangers in These Parts: Urban Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew J. Siggner
Carole Lévesque
Eric Guimond
Mary Jane Norris
Paul S. Martin ... Terry Wotherspoon
Evelyn J. Peters ... [et al.]
Description
Collection of papers from the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference addressing some issues and needs faced by communities in urban areas.
Notes from the Melting Pot: 463 Years after Cherokees Met DeSoto
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Blake Hausman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 233-239
Description
Author examines the way that the current narratives surrounding Indigenous Peoples in what is now The United States historicize first peoples and marginalize their involvement in diversity programs within the academy.
Novel Depicts Agony of Residential School Life
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 129, no. 6, June 2003, p. 21
Description
Book review of: Porcupines and China Dolls by Robert Arthur Alexie.
"Now I'm a Mandow": Cree Students Adaptation to Studying in the South
Theses
Author/Creator
Anthony Franchini
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2003.
Nunavut, Canada & Territories Registered Apprentices and Completions, 2001 to 2015
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada.
Nunavut Labour Force, Highest Certificate, Diploma and Degree by Region and Community, 2016 Census [3 tables]
Alternate Title
Labour Force Activity fro the Total Population 15 Years and Over, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Population 25 to 64 Years with Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Proportion of the Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, by Nunavut, Region and Community, 2016 Census
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Catalogue #98-401-X2016055.
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1999 to 2016 (2 tables)
Alternate Title
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Nunavut Secondary School Gross Graduation by Region, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Department of Education, Government of Nunavut and Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) table #051-0001.
Nurturing Native Languages
Alternate Title
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium ; 8th, 2001
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Angayuquq Oscar Kawagley
Gary Owens
Lizette Peter
Ella Christie ... [et al.]
Of Hating, Hurting, and Coming to Terms With the English Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lenore Keeshig-Tobias
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 89-100
Description
Discusses how language can empower people or disenfranchise them.
Of Linguicide and Resistance: Children and English Instruction in Nineteenth-Century Indian Boarding Schools in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Griffin
Paedagogica Historica, vol. 53, no. 6, 2017, pp. 763-782
Description
Examines government documents and school newspapers to explore sanctions against the use of their Indigenous languages by residential school students.
An Offering: Lakota Elders Contributions to the Future of Food Security
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer II
Mary Kate Dennis
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Study works with 25 Elders living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to explore narratives surrounding food and food production over their lives. Four themes emerged: family homestead, food as security, food preservation, and generational gardening. Discusses potential implications for future programming to improve food security.
Oh Canada, Whose Home and Native Land? Negotiating Multicultural, Aboriginal and Canadian Identity Narratives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Momina Khan
Michael Cottrell
Education Matters: The Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 5, no. 1, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the need to restructure the social studies curriculum that allows for more voices and narratives to be heard.
"Oh How Different!": Regimes of Knowledge in Aboriginal Texts for Children
Alternate Title
"Oh How Different": Regimes of Knowledge in Aboriginal Texts for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clare Bradford
The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 27, no. 2, April 2003, pp. 199-217
Description
Examines Australian children's literature including Booyooburra, a story of the Wakka Wakka people from Barambah in Queensland, Australia, the Papunya School Book of Country and History and Killing Darcy, a novel for adolescents.
Ohio Is Not without Its Share of Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki Whitewolf-Marsh
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 452-455
Description
Author discusses their work at a university in Ohio; details progress they have made since they were a graduate student and in their current role as an instructor and describes ongoing anti-Indigenous racism.
Oil and the Iñupiaq: Linking Industry and Education at Iļisaġvik College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pearl Kiyawn Brower
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on college programming designed to support industry jobs.
Old School?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anonymous
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 52-61
Description
Author describes their experience as a member of the Natives Studies faculty at an American University; articulates different conflicts and institutional practices that led to their leaving the faculty.
One-Time Negotiator Calls Accord `Unwise': Church Says Cultural Issues are Addressed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 129, no. 3, March 2003, p. 3
Description
Memo criticizes residential schools agreement as detrimental to relations with Aboriginal peoples; Church claims it will lead toward healing rather than litigation.
Online Learning for Aboriginal Community Health Workers
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Barnett
Irene Buck
Description
Distributed Learning Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2003.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Ontario's First Nations Public Libraries: An Overview With Observations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patty Lawlor
Feliciter, vol. 49, no. 5, [Information Resources for Aboriginal Peoples], 2003, pp. 240-244
Description
Looks at the six priorities for the future success of First Nations public libraries. The current priorities are start-up support, sustainability, schooling, staffing, salaries and succession planning.
Open Arms, Open Hearts, Open Minds: Welcomed Once Again
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross Hoffman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 249-251
Description
The author, a non-Indigenous man and a PhD candidate in Native Studies, describes his experience in the discipline as a generally positive, and notes that it has inspired personal growth and reflection.
An Open Epistle to Dr. Traditional Cherokee of the Nonexistent Bear Clan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert W. Redsteer
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 376-380
Description
Author discusses issues of identity appropriation and identity verification in academic institutions within the United States; provides context of the history of persecution of Indigenous peoples and cultures.
Open Letter to Academic Freedom Fighters: What Part of No Don't You Understand?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fyre Jean Graveline
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 203-227
Description
Narrative poem which describes the author’s experience with their University and their faculty association in grieving an issue of Academic Freedom.
Open Professional Learning Resources: Audience Profiles
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BCcampus
Indigenization Project Steering Committee
Description
Focuses on desired outcomes rather than current practices in the areas of intention, behaviour, community and systems fit in each of six post-secondary staff groups: front line staff / student services / advisors; leaders / administrators; curriculum / educational developers; educators / teachers / instructors; and researchers.
The Opening of the First Nations University of Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bonnie Leask
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 34, no. 1, Summer, 2003, pp. 26-27
Description
Presents the grand opening of the First Nations University of Canada which was formerly the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation