Canada's Aboriginal Education Crisis
Looks at the need for quality education for First Nations children equitable to that of all other Canadian children.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.
Looks at the need for quality education for First Nations children equitable to that of all other Canadian children.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.18.
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Looks at the underfunding of First Nations education and the necessity of involving First Nations people in any discussion regarding educational reform.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Compares the self-awareness of Indigenous and non-Indigenous grade one and two students on their writing abilities.
2nd edition.
Overview of Métis history from the 1600s to the early 1870s when many Métis migrated from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. Includes questions for students.
2nd edition.
Library Science Paper (MSc) -- University of North Carolina, 2010.
Looks at components that enhance student engagement in place based educational programs in the Yukon and Cree Nation reserve schools in northern Alberta.
Includes annotated bibliography, book critiques, and four lessons plans appropriate for sixth grade.
Scholarly, peer reviewed paper argues the idea that emphasis on "culture" will improve educational outcomes with urban Aboriginal youth is not working and that the issue of race is more important in the urban context.