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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.
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.
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.
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.
[Orange Shirt Day (Residential Schools)]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rupertsland Institute]
Description
Power Point presentation deals with the Métis residential school experience. Can be used with Grades 5-12.
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
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Alternate Title
Engaged Citizens 8: What Is Canada's Identity
[Grade 8: The Reserve Pass System and Its Impact on Treaty Relationships]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan]
Description
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.
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.
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.