Search
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description
Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
Study Guide.
Let's Talk On-reserve Education: Survey Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hill + Knowlton Strategies Canada
Description
Results of survey conducted with parents and community members from January to April 2017. Gives statistics for general as well as regional responses.
The Lifestyles of First Nations Peoples before and after the Arrival of the Newcomers: Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 1
Alternate Title
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Field test draft.
The Light to the Left: Conceptions of Social Justice Among Christian Social Studies Teachers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Orlowski
In Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 66-91
Description
Study looks at economic and social issues in Saskatchewan and views about Indigenous representation in the curriculum.
Listening to the voices of Year 13 Māori students: A Case Study in a New Zealand Secondary School
Theses
Author/Creator
Joan-Marie Kay
Description
Educational Leadership Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Waikato, 2008.
Literacy: More Than Words: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Alternate Title
Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Literacy More Than Words: Presentations: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education
Canada
Description
Contains links to webcasts and presentations on Aboriginal literacy from the Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum 2008: Legacy, which was put on by the Council of Ministers of Education and took place in nine different locations across Canada.
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 and the Métis People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Educational Resources Branch Instructional Resources Unit, Manitoba Education
Citizenship and Youth
Description
Bibliography of resources for use in the classroom.
Mackay School — The Pas, MB and Dauphin, MB
Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Discusses two schools that share a common name, but are located in different regions of Manitoba and under different Anglican Dioceses.
Making Sense of Aboriginal Education in Canadian Public Schools: a Case Study of Four Inner City Elementary Principals and Their Vision of Aboriginal Education
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Myra Laramee
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, pp. 57-73
Description
Examines the concept of Aboriginal education as seen by four urban, inner-city elementary school principals and how they see it being put into practice in their schools.
Māori and Educational Leadership: Tū Rangatira
Alternate Title
Maori and Educational Leadership: Tu Rangatira
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margie Kahukura Hohepa
Viviane Robson
AlterNative, vol. 4, no. 2, 2008, pp. 20-38
Description
Discusses different cultural concepts of leadership and strategies that can improve students educational outcomes.
Marie: A Disenfrancised First Nation Woman from Kipawa
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine Davis
Description
Education Thesis (MEd) -- Queen's University, 2017.
Mathematics in Indigenous Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bob Perry
Peter Howard
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, vol. 13, no. 4, 2008, pp. 4-9
Description
Project carried out by the Board of Studies between 1999-2005 to develop contextual, multistage mathematics units for Aboriginal students at urban and rural schools in western New South Wales.
Measuring Success in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul Cappon
Description
Describes how the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) developed an index to measure lifelong learning and further refined it for Aboriginal learners.
Mémére Métisse = My Métis Grandmother: Educational Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with the documentary Mémére Métisse by filmmaker Janelle Wookey, who sets out to understand why her grandmother has denied her Métis roots.
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.
Mixed Messages: American Indian Achievement Before and Since the Implementation of No Child Left Behind
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David R. Garcia
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 1, 2008, pp. 136-154
Description
Study examines academic rates of American Indian students as a group, the rates of American Indian students relative to White students, and the rates of Black and Hispanic students relative to White students.
The Mohawk Institute — Brantford, ON
Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Presents the history and milestones of the oldest Anglican residential school in Canada.
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 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 Content in the Division One Language Arts Program in Two Saskatoon Elementary Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Marlene Agnes Iachella
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1989.
[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 Indian Learning Styles: A Review for Researchers and Teachers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur J. More
Journal of American Indian Education, Special Edition, August 1989, pp. [15-28]
Description
Assesses whether Native Americans have a unique learning style.
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 Reserve Students' and Native Public School Students' Ways of Knowing Math
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Nola Aitken
Annette Bruised Head
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2008, pp. 295-312
Description
Qualitative case study to measure the performance of Grade 3 students in various areas of mathematics and evaluates how teachers' attitudes may affect this performance. Also includes a literature review of the subject.
Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
National Library of Medicine [U.S.]
Description
Website with links to: exhibition, interviews, timeline, lesson plans and other resources.
The Need for Textbook Reform: An American Indian Example
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James P. Charles
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 3, May 1989, pp. [1-13]
Description
Findings, consistent with earlier studies, indicate stereotypes being reinforced by unbalanced and under-represented Indigenous writers in literature textbooks.
nēhiyawēwin, 10/20/30 Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Education
Description
Curriculum developed to help students obtain the skills necessary to communicate in the nēhiyaw language.
New Aboriginal Teacher's Experiences: An Undiscovered Landscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Cherubini
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 34-50
Description
Argues that not enough attention has been paid to Aboriginal teacher's perspectives. With this article, the author tries to correct that oversight and makes recommendations for improvements.
"A New View of Body Image": A School-Based Participatory Action Research Project With Young Aboriginal Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Tara-Leigh F. McHugh
Description
Kinesiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
[New Voices] Maths Monsters, Learning Trails, Games and Interventions
Alternate Title
New Voices] Maths Monsters, Learning Trails, Games and Interventions: Some of the Teaching Resources Developed by Teachers in the Mathematics For Learning Inclusion Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Reinfeld
Ken Lountain
Diane Mellowship
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, vol. 13, no. 4, 2008, pp. 28-32
Description
Program developed to improved mathematics teaching and learning in low socio-economic communities.
Nipi and Mother Earth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
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
The Numbered Treaties in Saskatchewan: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 2
Alternate Title
Teaching Treaties in the Classroom
E-Books
Author/Creator
Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC)
Description
Field test draft.
[Nunavut Census Educational Attainment by Region and Community, 2006 (2 tables)]
Alternate Title
Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2006 Census
Proportion of the Population 25 to 64 Years by Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2006 Census
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
2 statistical tables. Definitions found on third tab.
Source: 2006 Census of Population.
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.
Nutrition Positive: An Incentive Program in Saskatoon Elementary Schools: A Case Study & Preliminary Process Evaluation
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda E. Thompson
Description
Pharmacy and Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Of Warrior Chiefs and Indian Princesses: The Psychological Consequences of American Indian Mascots
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie A. Fryberg
Hazel Rose Markus
Daphna Oyserman
Joseph M. Stone
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, vol. 30, no. 3, 2008, p. 208–218
Description
Case studies examine the consequences of American Indian mascots on Native high school and college students, as well as community members.
Old School, New Outlook
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 9, September 2008, p. 9
Description
Discusses the many programs available for students of St. Mary's school including access to health care, bussing, after-school care and much more.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
Old Sun School — Gleichen, AB
Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Presents a brief history of the Old Sun school from its establishment in1883 to the year it was destroyed by a fire in 1928.
One Good Book Away from Becoming a Leader: First Nations Literature in a Northern Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Catlin
Language & Literacy, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how a teacher incorporated First Nations literature into high school English to motivate her students to read.
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 Ministry of Education Policy and Aboriginal Learners' Epistemologies: A Fundamental Disconnect
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorenzo Cherubini
John Hodson
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 79, August 2, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Overview of policy documents and Aboriginal achievement in publicly funded education and discussion regarding provincial assessments, teacher education and meaningful engagement.
[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