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Aboriginal Curriculum Integration Project
Description
Lesson plans for K-12 in the areas of: English, Social Studies, Math, Science and Physical Education. Includes some instructional videos.
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Education in the Era of Standardization and NCLB: An Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-9
Description
Introduction to the articles in this special issue which add to the research on the No Child Left Behind Act and its impacts on communities and schools.
"Because We Do Not Know Their Way": Standardizing Practices and Peoples Through Habitus, the NCLB "Highly-Qualified" Mandate, and PRAXIS I Examinations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sundy Watanabe
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 1, 2008, pp. 118-135
Description
Comments on the contribution the No Child Left Behind Act has made to the miseducation of American Indian/Alaska Native populations.
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.
Canada's Residential School Apology
Alternate Title
CBC-TV News in Review
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
CBC News in Review, September 2008, pp. 35-46
Description
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.
Children of the Broken Treaty: Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charlie Angus
Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Description
Shows how community and culture based education contributes to academic success for American Indian and Alaska Native children. Recommendations are provided.
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.
Forcible Removals: The Case of Australian Aboriginal and Native American Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claire Palmiste
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 75-88
Description
Discusses the assimilation policies regarding child removal in the United States and Australia.
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Pavel
Susan Rae Banks-Joseph
Ella Inglebret
Laurie McCubbin
Jason Sievers ... [et al.]
Description
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
The Impact of High-Stakes Accountability Policies on Native American Learners: Evidence from Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Description
Discussion on the disparities in public education, policies intended to improve and enhance equity, and recommendations for accountability & policy reform.
Native American Boarding Schools: The Education and Cultural Transformation of American Indians under the United States Government Boarding Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mathew LaMore
Description
Lesson plan for Grades 6-8 teaching about the experiences of Native youth in Indian boarding schools.
Native American Education Research and Policy Development in an Era of No Child Left Behind: Native Language and Culture During the Administrations of Presidents Clinton and Bush
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Beaulieu
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 1, 2008, pp. 10-45
Description
Article is a personal narrative which covers ten years of federal Indian education policy development.
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.
Policy Communities and Policy Networks: The Establishment of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Education Policy in the Saskatchewan Region
Theses
Author/Creator
Larry D. Wilke
Description
Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Poor Educational Outcomes for Aboriginal Students Threaten Canada’s Prosperity
Articles » General
Maytree Policy in Focus, no. 5, September 2008, pp. 1-8
Description
Describes the failure of the educational system on reserves and gives recommendations to improve educational attainment.
Presents background and context to Michael Mendelson's research Improving Education on Reserves: A First Nations Authority Act
Response to Nielsen et al.: Coyote & Raven Discuss Mathematics, Complexity Theory and Aboriginality
Alternate Title
Coyote and Raven Discuss Mathematics, Complexity Theory and Aboriginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Cole
Pat O'Reilly
Complicity, vol. 5, no. 1, 2008, pp. 49-62
Description
Discusses learning styles, within the context of cultural circumstances, for Aboriginal peoples.
State Secret: North Carolina and the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Bryant
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 2, 2008, pp. 3-21
Description
Discusses a fourth grade textbook's lack of information on an important historical event.
Teacher Guide for High School for Use with the Educational DVD Contemporary Voices along the Lewis & Clark Trail
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bob Boyer
Kim Lugthart
Elizabeth Sperry
Sally Thompson
Description
Film explores Tribal members' perspectives on traditional knowledge, history, the impact of early contact and westward expansion, the importance of language, and cultural continuity.
Testing, Testing, Testing: Rural and Urban Responses to Alaska's High-Stakes Assessment Regime
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry McBeath
Maria Elena Reyes
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 207-229
Description
Compares the environment of schooling in urban and rural Alaska plus the progress state educators have made following the initial implementation of the legislation.
"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.
Two Worlds Collide, 1850-1887
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.