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Education Today, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 7-9
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Plea for Integration by John W. and Virginia Friesen.
ADR Process Launched
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003, pp. 11-16
Description
Criticizes the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) as not being a satisfactory process to fairly compensate all residential school survivors in a timely fashion.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies [Textbook]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Charles Menzies
Brent Peacock
Carrie J. Reid
John Borrows
Description
Accompanying material:
Teacher's Guide.
Integrated Resource Package.
Birth of a Family [Educational Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
Betty Ann Adam
Bonnie Thompson
David Christensen
Description
Documentary about three sisters and a brother meeting for the first time after being taken from their mother and adopted out as part of the "Sixties Scoop". Edited version of the original.
Duration: 45:00.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Building Partnerships: First Nations and Métis Peoples and the Provincial Education System
E-Books
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Policy framework for Saskatchewan's prekindergarten to Grade12 Education system.
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charlie Angus
Denying Indigenous Education In British Columbia: Examples from Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) and We Wei Kai (Cape Mudge)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Dubensky
Helen Raptis
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 13-34
Description
Looks at two examples in which community requests for formal education were ignored by the federal government until 1955, when integrated schooling was introduced.
Designing an Aboriginal Strategy.
Alternate Title
Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response: Report of the Standing committee on Human Resources Development and Status of Persons With Disabilities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Description
Chapter Four of Raising Adult Literacy Skills: The Need for A Pan-Canadian Response
Education Work: Canadian Schools and the Emergence of Indigenous Social Movements
Theses
Author/Creator
Cameron Riopelle
Description
Sociology Theses (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
First Nations Schools / Provincial Schools Funding Analysis: 2002/03 School Year: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bill Postl
Description
Study compares per-student federal expenditures for on-reserve schools to that for students enrolled in provincially-funded schools. Concludes with recommendations.
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2017 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Formula
Girls’ Literacy in the Progressive Era: Female and American Indian Identity at the Genoa Indian School
Alternate Title
Girls and Literacy in America: Historical Perspectives to the Present
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Amy M. Goodburn
Description
Looks at how educational and societal ideologies shaped girls' writing and its reception by examining content of students' essays.
Chapter from Girls and Literacy in America: Historical Perspectives to the Present edited by Jane Greer.
The Governor's Letters: Uncovering Colonial British Columbia
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
[Jenny Clayton
Lindsay Gibson
Martin Holmes
Critical Thinking Consortium]
Description
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Self-Government Agreement-in-Principle For the Beaufort-Delta Region: Which is an Agreement-in-Principle Among the Gwich'in, as Represented by the Gwich'in Tribal Council and The Inuvialuit, as Represented by the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Description
Agreement-in-Principle for the Beaufort-Delta region.
"Investing in the Future": First Nations Education in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Jordan Tootoo: Hockey Night in Nunavut
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, March 2003, pp. 46-57
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: March 2003.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
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
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.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
An Overview of the Educational Characteristics of Registered Indians in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeremy Hull
Description
Historical data based on 1981 Census. Looks at on-reserve elementary and secondary schooling, socio-economic factors influencing success, post-secondary education, educational attainment in adults, and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's expenditures.
Reading, Writing and Reindeer: The Development of Federal Education in Alaska, 1877-1920
Theses
Author/Creator
Victor William Henningsen
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Harvard University, 1987.
Report on Future Directions for Secondary Education in the Northern Territory
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gregor Ramsey
Description
Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.
Sivummut II Economic Development Strategy Conference: A Summary Report For Participants
Alternate Title
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sivummut Economic Development Strategy Steering Committee
Description
Overview of information from the conference and interpretation of the materials by the Steering Committee.
Successfully Educating Urban American Indian Students: An Alternative School Format
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda Baynes Jeffries
Lyndon Carson Singer
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 3, 2003, pp. 40-57
Description
Looks at culturally relevant teaching, in an alternative school, that addresses the needs of a changing society.
Summary of What We Heard: Challenges, Suggestions and Best Practices in Inuit Government Employment: Nunavummiut Perspectives from Nunavut Stakeholder Engagement Sessions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Employment and Social Development Canada
"There Are No Shortcuts": The Long Road to Treaty 7 Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Tarisa Dawn Little
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.
Tsimshian Involvement in the Forest Sector
Alternate Title
Forests for the Future ; Unit 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul Orlowski
Description
Recommended for Grade 10-11 Social Studies and First Nations Studies.
Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations: Educator Guide for Grades 6-12
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Frank Bibeau]
[Priscilla Giddings-Buffalohead]
[Jim L. Jones]
[Jack Judkins]
[Nanette Missaghi]
[Amanda Norman]
[Dennis Olson]
[Ramona Kitto Stately] ... [et al.]
Description
For use with the virtual exhibition Why Treaties Matter.