Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Heath Justice
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [20]-36
Description
Contends that because The Education of Little Tree was once viewed as a benign and non-racist autobiography, it became a widely accepted and powerful force in perpetuating inaccurate stereotypes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Louis Riel
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
Marie: A Disenfrancised First Nation Woman from Kipawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine Davis
Description
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
Mass Testing and Underdevelopment of Inner-City Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Hesch
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 46, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 49-64
Description
Discusses how standardized testing contributes to class polarization and underdevelopment in Manitoba's core neighbourhoods.
Math Achievement of Native Americans in Nevada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John H. Trent
Robert A. Gilman
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 1, January 1985, pp. [39-45]
Description
Recommendations to increase the math skills of Native American students in Nevada.
Metis Nation of Alberta Association Final Report: Native Education Policy Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis Nation of Alberta Association
Description
Outcomes and recommendations from a review to address issues such as educational attainment and unemployment.
Michif Language Research, Literature Review, Teaching Resources and Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
David Morin
Description
List includes peer-reviewed and grey literature, on-line resources, oral histories, language videos, audio tapes, and CDs.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Modified School Years: An Important Issue of Local Control of Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J S Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 158-168
Description
Reflects upon the nature of the educational system that begins in September one year and extends to June the next year as an entirely non-Native construct and calls for a modified school year for First Nations schools.
"Most Inhuman Barbarities": A Rhetorical Analysis and Codification of Images of Native Americans in Select Nineteenth Century Informational Texts Written for Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Gayle Marie Mercer
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2000.
Murra: Guidelines for the Evaluation of Indigenous Content on the WWW: Increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation in EdNA
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI)
Description
Includes strategies for finding content on the world wide web, five main questions to ask when assessing credibility and validity of sites, and suggestions for other resources which should be used in conjunction with materials found on the Internet.
My Summer on the Pow-wow Trail
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Narragunnawali Research Report #6: Visions For Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Hubert Wu
Description
Looks at the factors associated with participation in a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as well as the responses to a whole-school or early learning service Reflection Survey (RS)
National Indian Education Study 2015: American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8
Alternate Title
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[A. M. Ninneman
James Deaton
K. Francis-Begay]
Description
Focuses on the extent of culture and language integration into curricula and the school resources available for improving achievement. Divided into four sections: students and Native culture, teacher characteristics, schools and community engagement, and performance results. Reports on results from 14 states.
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 Americans in Social Studies Curriculum: An Alabama Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Denise Eileen Barragan
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2000
[Native Education Resource LIst]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Education and Aboriginal Services
SD #78 (Fraser-Cascade)
Description
Extensive list of storybooks and novels, colour-coded for grade level and annotated.
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.
Native People and the Challenge of Computers: Reservation Schools, Individualism, and Consumerism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. A. Bowers
Miguel Vasquez
Mary Roaf
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 182-199
Description
Authors argue that computer-facilitated learning in Indigenous communities will lead to cultural transformation and the erosion of cultural diversity leaving behind a digital and technologically dependent monoculture.
The Navajo Student and the Tennessee Self Concept
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Tempest
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 3, July 1985, pp. [1-7]
Description
Study used test, in combination with others, to evaluate self-concept as a contributor to academic underachievement.
Navajo Transition to Higher Education: Knowledge Systems, Cultural Values and Educational Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander W. Wiseman
International Journal of Educational Research, vol. 33, no. 6, 2000, pp. 621-629
Description
Explains transitional problems as being affected primarily by community characteristics such as socioeconomic status and rural location as well as those unique to the Navajo such traditions, theology and culture.
The New Assimilation Movement: Standards, Tests, and Anglo-American Supremacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 39, no. 2, Winter, 2000, pp. 1-35
Description
Asserts that curriculum standards are not always objective or free from biases
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
The North-West Resistance of 1885
Alternate Title
[Métis Historical Booklet Series]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joanne Pelletier
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
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1999 to 2016 (2 tables)
Alternate Title
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Nunavut Secondary School Gross Graduation by Region, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Department of Education, Government of Nunavut and Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) table #051-0001.
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.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Ten: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
'Our History Syllabus Has Us Gasping': History in Canadian Schools--Past, Present, and Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Osborne
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 81, no. 3, September 2000, p. 404
Description
Discusses various debates about the teaching of Canadian history over the past 100 years.
Out of the Ruts of Nova Scotia Education: Mi'kmaw Doors of Education Emerge
Alternate Title
Out of the Ruts of Nova Scotia Education: Mi'kmaq Doors of Education Emerge
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbara Muriel Johnson
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 2000.
Participation and Support - Associations with Swedish Pupils' Positive Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Warne
Kristen Snyder
Katja Gillander Gådin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1373579
Description
Looks at health-promoting influences on school environments like peer, teacher and parental support, affluence and classroom participation.
Patterns in Contemporary Canadian Picture Books: Radical Change in Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beverley Brenna
Shuwen Sun
Yina Liu
In Education, vol. 23, no. 2, Autumn, 2017, pp. 43-70
Description
Study examined two groups of books, 57 titles published 2005 and 120 published in 2015 in terms of authors, illustrators, characterization, genre, and audiences.
Perceptions and Practices of Principals: Supporting Positive Educational Experiences for Aboriginal Learners
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Preston
Tim Claypool
William Rowluck
Brenda Green
International Journal of Leadership in Education, vol. 20, no. 3, 2017, pp. 328-344
Description
Using interviews from Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan principals to discuss their roles in student success through promoting Indigenous learning and values.
Perceptions of Successful Adaption Strategies Used by Superintendents, Principals and Teachers in Rural Alaska Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Marjorie A. Grant
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Denver, 2000.
Plain Talk 1: KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Alternate Title
Assembly of First Nations Plain Talks
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 1
Plain Talk ; book 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
KAIROS
Ed Bianchi
Suzanne Doerge
Chris Hiller
Dr. Rose-Alma J. McDonald
Description
Document is an interactive teaching tool that assists participants understand the historic relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Plain Talk 20: Plan For Student Success
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 20
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Presents a road map for enhancing student success.
Plain Talk 21: First Nations Performance Indicators Checklist
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 21
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Advises reading on events, actions or behaviours that are important to a community in assessing their educational system.
Plants and Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Focuses on Yukon First Nations Traditional Knowledge.
Plants & Connection to Place
Alternate Title
Plants and Connection to Place
Yukon Grade 8 Cross-Curricular Unit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yukon First Nations Curriculum Working Group
Alyce Johnson
Liz Woods
Description
Teacher's guide.
Prescriptive Behavioral Intervention at the Dorm Level
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenn Latham
Richard West
Sarah Chambers Collins
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1985, pp. [25-37]
Description
Study of behaviour modification in students experiencing trouble during non-school hours by paraprofessionals at Intermountain Inter-Tribal School in Utah.
Prevalence of Otitis Media in Cree and Ojibway School-Children in Six Ontario Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wm. A. Scaldwell
Janet E. Frame
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 1, October 1985, pp. [1-5]
Description
Incidence of ear infections as a cause of language development difficulties due hearing impairment. Both early intervention and modified teaching techniques can help to reduce the impact.