Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2004, p. 30
Description
Author who is Chair of the Bidgerdii (Australia) Aboriginal Community Health Service describes her choice to go to University and the price she paid in loneliness and isolation.
Factors contributing to success include: strong governance and leadership, high expectations, stategic use of funds and resources, respect, welcoming atmosphere, and a wide range of programming.
Effective Language Education Practices and Native Language Survival
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Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Clarice Kootenay
Duane Mark
Description
Brief description of Stoney Langauge Education Program and its outputs.
Chapter 4 of Effective Language Education Practices and Native Language Survival edited by Jon Reyhner.
Education Canada, vol. 47, no. 1, Making Space For Critical Reflection: Dreams & Solutions For Aboriginal Children, Winter, 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Through the author's experiences, looks at how power and privilege spills over into the classroom setting through oppression that is related to gender, race, class and sexual orientation.
Includes a theoretical story about victim and suggestions for communities and outsiders providing help, explanation of abuse and why there is reluctance to report it, strategies to prevent abuse before and after settlement monies are received, and examples from communities themselves.
The Review of Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 81-107
Description
Study conducted in 2005 at a Midwestern university with an American Indian enrolment of 6.3%. Surveyed sample of seven college juniors and seniors. Found programs played a significant role in reducing attrition rates.
Paper prepared for the Eighth Annual Conference of the Indigenous Women’s Conference “Celebrating Our Diversity” Trent University, Peterborough, ON, March 15-17, 2007.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 109-119
Description
Explores the controversy surrounding overemphasis on Native American fictional literature in American Indian Studies and the dire need for understanding and solutions for social issues and challenges currently faced by Native Americans.
Deviant Behavior, vol. 28, no. 3, 2007, pp. 219-246
Description
Tests Robert Agnew's general strain theory to explain suicide in minority groups. Results shows how coercive parenting, caretaker rejection, and negative school attitudes contribute to youth suicide.
Links to text and audio recordings of five legends: Coyote and Grizzly Bear Make the Seasons and Night and Day, Wolf and Wolverine, Story of Hunger (Famine), Wala and the Moon and Coyote and the Salmon.
Journal of College Student Development, vol. 48, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 405-416
Description
Based on a study using a sample of 643 students who had taken the College Students Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ), two variables affecting student success were identified.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
Description
Discussion of the Summer 2004 Chips Quinn Scholars program and the students who were chosen to work in internships program at daily newspapers across the United States.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, pp. 30-35
Description
Findings of a three-year study of science students who had transfered to larger institutions to complete their degrees found three predictors of success: academic readiness, financial security and support systems.
Examines the relationship between Aboriginal self-esteem and educational attainment and the connection between the physical, emotional/mental, intellectual and spiritual domain.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 88-111
Description
Comments on a review, survey findings, and analysis of the Northern Nishnawhe Education Council policies of secondary education programs and services for First Nations people.