Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit
Description
Colloquium had six themes: policy questions, context of K-12 education, curriculum questions, transitions from education on-reserve to off-reserve, governance and service delivery and publicly regulated education systems.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 83-99, 154
Description
Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 353-372
Description
Article explores different theories and methods surrounding the discipline of American Indian or Indigenous Studies. Makes recommendations for best practices.
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
Presents a short story titled, The Indian in the Child, written by the seventeen-year-old winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge, Stephanie Wood.
Looks at suits filed by residential school survivors against the Canadian government for loss of culture, spirituality and physical and sexual abuse.
Duration: 7:13.
Argues that the state-sponsored alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process reflects a misuse of ADR because it represents the government’s attempt to pacify
residential school survivors through social control.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Description
Website for organization responsible for out-of-court alternative dispute resolution process for claims of abuse suffered at residential schools.
Contains links to material for legal counsel and former students, statistics, publication, fact sheets, etc.
Report on the activities of the independent, quasi-judicial tribunal which administers the Independent Assessment Process for claims related to acts committed at the schools which resulted in physical and/or psychological injury..
Discusses how being raised in a unhealthy social environment and having cultural practices repressed contributed to Aboriginal criminality.
Duration: 6:35.
Education Canada, vol. 50, no. 5, Special Issue on Marginalized Youth, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Canada's failure to address training and educational needs of First Nation, Métis and Inuit learners resulting in under performance, drop out rate and under-representation at higher learning institutions.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 88-95
Description
Looks at how a community-based model of education can provide an avenue for integrating Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing into a Western-based educational system.
BMC International Health and Human Rights , vol. 7, no. 9, 2007, p. article 9
Description
Looks at life expectancy, educational attainment and income between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations to determine if the gap between socioeconomic and health status has improved or decreased between 1990 and 2000.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Mary Eunice Romero-Little
Larisa Warhol
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Study of five Native American languages and three language families over a period of five years.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 23-33
Description
Looks at why the author's daughter was drawn to her Aboriginal identity; and examines the use of alternative methods of education focusing on Indigenous knowledge and peace building activities that encourage healing, and reconciliation for Aboriginal youth.
Historical Studies in Education, Fall, 2010, pp. 58-74
Description
Looks at nuns who staffed two schools in located in northern Alberta (St. Martin school and St. Bruno school) and their lack of education and teacher training.