Journal of World History, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 1992, pp. 219-237
Description
Discusses girls' experiences at residential schools, contrasts them to traditional child-rearing practices, and highlights the implications for subsequent generations.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 4, International Indigenous Education, Summer, 2005
Description
Discussion of an international initiative to control access to indigenous knowledge, aimed at protecting sacred and secret knowledge and ensuring proper compensation for intellectual property which is shared.
Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country.
Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.]
Scroll to page 66 to access chapter.
Authors look at the retention and graduation rates of American Indian post-secondary students and suggests recommendations to increase retention rates.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 50-68
Description
Discusses whether the program changed attitudes toward American Indians among young learners and therefore potentially improve interracial relationships among Native Americans and non-Native Americans.
Addresses concerns regarding lack of cultural knowledge to inform programs of support, screening, and intervention.
Paper from: World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Aotearoa, New Zealand, November 27-December 1, 2005
Indian Residential Schools: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Presents the background to the Blackwater v. Plint case, which was about the harm done to children at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the implications of this decision for the United Church of Canada.
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
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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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 119-136
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Article discusses the influence of state ideology on social thought as it applies to the coverage of American Indian topics in the Soviet press and in Indian Studies.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 83-99, 154
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Discusses the successes and failures by the provincial government on their attempts to modernize schools, and promote racial tolerance and cross-cultural understanding.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 145-160
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Discusses how Eastman's contradictory roles as "an Indian, an American" challenge understandings of cultural assimilation.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article scroll down to appropriate article.
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Spring, 2005
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Looks at the ways Native-American teachers influenced the experiences of children in boarding schools by helping students value both white education and their Native-American heritage.
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.
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.
Reports on the progress of the Department established to attempt to resolve claims, address the results of the school system, and foster healing and reconciliation.
Proceedings 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, vol. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tomas J. Cooper
Annette R. Baturo
Elizabeth Warren
Description
Reports on part of a 3 year study to enhance students' outcomes by improving relationships between teachers, teacher-aides, students and community members.
From Proceedings 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, vol. 2 edited by Helen L. Chick and Jill L. Vincent.
Education Canada, vol. 50, no. 5, Special Issue on Marginalized Youth, 2010, p. [?]
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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.