A Promising Approach: Best Practices in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shelley Svidal
ATA Magazine, vol. 86, no. 1, 2005-2006, p. [?]
Description
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
Promoting School Achievement Among American Indian Students Throughout the School Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Powers
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 338-342
Description
Identifies factors contributing to underachievement and provides suggestions to remedy these issues.
Protecting Educational Rights of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Challenges and Efforts: An Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jyotsna Pattnaik
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 314-318
Description
Introduction to special issue.
Proyecto Kuatiañe'e: Saving a Language for Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Almidio Aquino
James Kirylo
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 349-354
Description
Looks at the work of the Institute of Guarani Linguistics in Asuncih, Paraguay to raise awareness of the Ava Guaraní culture and language.
The Psychological Impact of White Settlement on Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pat O'Shane
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 24-29
Description
Paper given at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 30th Congress held in Cairns, Queensland, May 1994. Discusses the issue of dispossession,
Psychosocial Factors Influencing the Academic Persistence of American Indian College Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynn Lakota Brown
Description
[Counseling Psychology] Thesis (P.h.D.)--Arizona State University, 1995.
Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Moore
Wende Tulk
Richard Mitchell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-129
Description
Describes the challenges faced by non-Inuit teachers and communities in a cross-cultural educational setting and suggests that teachers would benefit from learning about Inuit culture before beginning to teach.
Qaneryaramta Egmiucia: Continuing Our Language
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walkie Charles
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 107-111
Description
Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.
Raven's Children II: Aboriginal Youth Health in B.C.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim van der Woerd
Brittany Dixon
Tricia McDiarmid
Aileen Murphy ... [et al.]
The Ready-to-Work Program: Opening Doors to the Tourism Industry
Alternate Title
Case Study (Conference Board of Canada) ; September 2005
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 061-06]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Douglas Watt
Description
Discusses the program that introduces Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals into the tourism workforce.
Reaffirming Cultural Identity: A Case Study of Stó:lō Pithouse Reconstructions
Theses
Author/Creator
Tamara Maureen Little
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1995.
"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.
Rebirthing Traditions: Women Taking Charge of Culture, Medicine and Each Other
Articles » General
Author/Creator
JoAnn Lowell
Herizons, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1995, p. 25
Description
Discusses birthing procedures introduced to the Northwest Territories in 1982 and how the government is now incorporating traditional Aboriginal knowledge into its mandate.
Recasting Alaska Native Students: Success, Failure and Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Denise Grantham-Campbell
Description
Cultural and Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2005.
Recent Dissertations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathon Erlen
Jay Toth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 738-743
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations, 2000-2005 alphabetical by author.
Reclaiming Connections: Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Chansonneuve
Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joy Hendry
Reclamations of the 'Dis-Possessed': Narratives of Survivance by Indigenous Survivors of Canada's Residential Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Sam Walker McKegney
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2005.
Recommendations to Government From the National Aboriginal Mental Health Association 1980
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cyril Hennessy
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 1988, pp. 7-14
Description
Offers ten recommendations to the government for Aboriginal mental health training.
Reconciling Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Perspectives in Aboriginal Literacy Practice
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eileen M. Antone
Description
Paper examines Aboriginal perspectives and historical relations impacting literacy .
Reconsidering Indian Schools
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 636-642
Description
Essay reviews: Battlefield and Classroom: An Autobiography by Richard Henry Pratt, edited by Robert M. Utley, and Assimilation's Agent: My Life as a Superintendent in the Indian Boarding School System by Edwin L. Chalcraft.
Recycling Lives - Students to Believe In
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 1, Telling Our Stories, Fall, 2005
Description
Reports on a American Indian College Fund and American Indian Higher Education Consortium ceremony honouring the students of the year and awarding of scholarships.
Red Circles, White Boxes: How Wolastoq Women Understand the Processes of Their Own Learning
Theses
Author/Creator
J. Leigh Gillis
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of New Bruswick, 2005.
The Red River Indian Mission School and John West's "Little Charges", 1820-1833
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Winona Stevenson
Native Studies Review, vol. 4, no. 1 & 2, 1988, pp. 129-165
Description
Paper presents 3 objectives: to determine factors which encouraged the Hudson Bay Company and Church Missionary Society to offer education and Christian instruction to Indian children; to look at students experiences, acquisition and treatment; to assess changing priorities and focuses of educational programs in Rupertsland.
Red Sky Presents Sun Spirits: Caribou Song and Raven Stole the Sun: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pat McCarthy
Tomson Highway
Drew Hayden Taylor
Description
Includes discussion questions, classroom activities, and curriculum connections.
Redefined Rhetorics: Academic Discourse and Aboriginal Students
Alternate Title
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda-Ruth Dyck
Description
Discusses opportunities to redefine writings in ways that allow for Aboriginal students to engage their own oral discourse with the traditional print paradigm.
Reflections from the field: Redefining the Ojibwe Classroom: Indigenous Language Programs within Large Research Universities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mindy J. Morgan
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 96-103
Description
Uses the example of a program at Michigan State University to explore issues in incorporating heritage languages into the curriculum of post-secondary institutions.
The Relevance of Culturally Based Curriculum and Instruction: The Case of Nancy Sharp
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffy Lipka
Nancy Sharp
Betsy Brenner
Evelyn Yanez
Ferdinand Sharp.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 44, no. 3, 2005, pp. 31-54
Description
Case study of a successful teaching approach that combined the mathematical content with the indigenous culture.
Relocations upon Relocations: Home, Language, and Native American Women's Writings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Ávila
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 491-507
Description
Examines some recurring themes in Native American women's literature, like home and relocation, and the resulting implications that arise.
"Removing That Which Was Indian from the Plaintiff": Tort Recovery for Loss of Culture and Language in Residential Schools Litigation
Alternate Title
Removing That Which Was Indian from the Plaintiff: Tort Recovery for Loss of Culture and Language in Residential Schools Litigation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoë Oxaal
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2005, pp. 367-402
Description
Examines the progress of cultural loss claims and explores tort law's potential to address the issue.
rendez-vous voyageur: Le portail du voyageur
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Productions Rivard
Description
Interactive website for elementary students contains links to information about the voyageurs world, trading posts, and games.
NOTE: Adobe Flash Player must be enabled for full functionality.
Rendezvous: Canada 1606
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joan Henson
Description
Story of the lives of both a French and a Huron boy at the time of first contact. Accompanying material: Rendezvous: Canada 1606 [Study Guide].
Duration: 29:03.
Renewing Aboriginal Education Through Relationship and Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Firman
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.
A Report on the Status of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Education: Historical Legacy to Cultural Empowerment
Alternate Title
NEA/NIEA Moving from Research to Practice: A Summit on Indian Students
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Octaviana V. Trujillo
Denise A. Alston
Description
Focuses on one of eight undeserved identified groups, using information from proceedings of national summits, to discuss problems experienced in public schools and strategies for change in policy and practices to close the gaps in academic achievement.
Representations of Mohawk and Native Histories in High School Textbooks: A Comparative Analysis of English-Language and Mohawk Textbooks in Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela Briscoe
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.
Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Mehmoona Moosa-Mikha
Sally A. Kimpson
Kathy Absolon
Cam Willett ... [et al.]
A Research Study to Determine Perceptions of Job-Related Stress by Bureau of Indian Affairs Education Employees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Sue Warner
Jim Hastings
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [16-29]
Description
Findings indicated differences in the levels of perceived stress depending on the type job position held at a school.
Residential School Claims Unsettled
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, February 21, 2005, p. B1
Description
Comments on how the government has "fossilized" the claims process, making people fill out complex forms, spending millions on administration costs and spending only 25% of the total so far for victims.
Residential School Issue Must be Resolved
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, June 6, 2005, p. B1
Description
Critical commentary on the slow pace toward a resolution in regards to issues surrounding residential schools.
Resiliency and Collateral Learning in Science in Some Students of Cree Ancestry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Sutherland
Science Education, vol. 89, no. 4, July 2005, pp. 595-613
Description
Found that students having a larger number of protective factors were more likely to learn science in the way described by the collateral learning theory.
Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School
E-Books
Author/Creator
Celia Haig-Brown
Restoring FNUC Health Needs Concerted Effort
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, September 23, 2005, p. A15
Description
Advocates restoration of academic freedom, a process which could take years but is critical to the long term health of the institution.
Retention Factors for First Nations Students in the Public School System of British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert S. Watchorn
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Seattle University, 1995.
Retention of Native Americans in Higher Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Wilma Soroosh
Description
Educational Administration and Higher Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Arizona, 1995.
A Retrospective Study of School Success: Voices of Successful Aboriginal Professionals
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason Young
Description
Educational Administration Thesis ( M.Ed.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2005.
Returns of Education Among Northwestern Ontario's Native People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. B. Jankowski
B. Moazzami
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, 1995, pp. 129-161
Description
Regional survey, conducted in 1993, found each additional year of primary and secondary education resulted in a 7.8% increase in earnings and university education showed 31.5% increase in earnings.
Reunited We Stand
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeela Palluq
Inuktitut, no. 95, Winter, 2005, pp. 37-45
Description
Recollections from the first high school reunion of former students of Gordon Robertson Education Center (GREC) in Iqaluit.
Reversing the Academic Trend for Rural Students: The Case of Michelle Opbroek
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara L. Adams
A. Shehenaz Adam
Michelle Opbroek
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 44, no. 3, 2005, pp. 55-79
Description
Case study exemplifies a learning environment, based on embedded cultural knowledge, in which rural students thrive.
A Review and Analysis of the Major Challenges and Concerns of Aboriginal Youth in Canada: Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Highlights issues in the areas of cultural identity, education, and justice and compares recommendations made by youth to those found in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' final report.