Theses
Author/Creator
Dwayne Trevor Donald
Description
Secondary Education Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Alberta, 2009.
The Perceptions and Experiences of American Indian High School Graduates and Dropouts
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Barry Peacock
Description
Education Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Minnesota, 2002.
Pilimmaksarniq: Working Together for the Common Good in Science Curriculum Development and Delivery in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Robert Renaud
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Science Education From Place: Best Practices on Turtle Island, 2009, pp. 154-172
Description
Outlines the mechanisms guiding and informing the development process.
Please Mind the Gaps: What We Don't Know about Young Aboriginal Children's Language and Literacy Development and How to Get Over it
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Looks at ways to improve language, literacy, and quality of life for young Aboriginal children.
Positive Experiment in Aboriginal Education: The Methodist Ojibwa Day Schools in Upper Canada, 1824-1833
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hope MacLean
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 23-63
Description
Methodists and Ojibwa cooperatively developed a system, which included bilingual instruction, some Ojibwa teachers and the Pestalozzi teaching method that seemed more suitable for the learning styles.
The Power of Place: Creating an Indigenous Charter School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Kay Fenimore-Smith
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 2, 2009, pp. 1-17
Description
Discusses the challenging process involved in establishing a reservation-based charter high school.
Practitioner's Aboriginal Literacy Resource: A Program for a Holistic Ecology of Aboriginal Literacy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristian Urstad
Marla M. Pryce
Description
Looks at literacy and educational strategies, teaching literacy to Aboriginal learners and indigenizing the educational process.
Preparing Teachers to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Student Success and Cultural Heritage
Alternate Title
ED 459990
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Trent Jacobs
Jon Reyhner
Description
Brief summary of literature related to preparing educators to bring about student success and discusses what success means to the students and their families.
Preparing To Teach Our Children the Foundations For An Anishinaabe Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. Anderson
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, 2002, pp. 293-308
Description
Looks at the lessons of seven generations.
Preschool Immersion Education for Indigenous Languages: A Survey of Resources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Johnston
Kimberly A. Johnson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 107-201
Description
Summarizes available information on programs worldwide and examines issues involved in establishing such programs in Indigenous communities.
Prince George Aboriginal Choice School: Community Engagement Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Corrigan
Description
Process undertaken to gather input as to whether a designated Aboriginal K-12 school was desirable, how it should function, and what elements should be included in its curriculum.
Project Eagle: Techniques For Multi-Family Psych-Educational Group Therapy With Gifted American Indian Adolescents and Their Parents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rockey Robbins
Stuart Tonemah
Sharla Robbins
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 10, no. 3, 2002, pp. 56-74
Description
Describes the program's organization plus culturally relevant techniques and activities.
Promising Practices and Programs in Aboriginal Languages
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre: Promising Practices and Programs in Aboriginal Languages
Animation Theme Bundle 3: [Learning Through Aboriginal Language]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Blue Quills First Nations College
Promising Practices Within Diverse Educational Systems
Alternate Title
Diverse Educational Systems and Learning Animation Theme Bundle Synthesis Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Description
Identifies successful practices in early learning, K-12 and post-secondary educational systems for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students.
Promoting Educational Success for Mi'kmaq Learners on Prince Edward Island
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiona Walton
Basil Favaro
Tim Goddard
Danielle Frenette
Lisa Cooper ..... [et al.]
Description
Study initiated to create a profile of Mi'kmaq learners needs.
Provocations on Sneakers: The Multiple Significations of Athletic Shoes, Sport, Race, and Masculinity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dylan A. T. Miner
CR: The New Centennial Review, vol. 9, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 73-107
Description
Looks at how the sneaker has become an object of cultural production, reflecting identity construction of youth subcultures.
Puzzles Rather Than Answers: Co-Constructing a Pedagogy of Experiential, Place-based and Critical Learning in Indigenous Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Barry O'Connor
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2009.
Qanukkanniq? The GN Report Card: Analysis & Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
North Sky Consulting Group
Description
Overview of government services in Nunavut resulting from a series of public consultations.
Raven Makes Drum: Taken from Skokomish Stories as Told by Bruce Miller
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roy Deboer
Bruce Miller
Description
Northwest Coast traditional story. For use with primary school students.
Related Material:
The Raven Steals the Light
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Daniel Foreman
Sharlene Millang
Gabriel Lazarick
Kelly Davies
Wes Doyle
Description
Animated short of the Haida creation story.
Duration: 9:27.
Re-visioning the Future of Education for Native Youth
in Rural Schools and Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan C. Faircloth
Journal of Research in Rural Education, vol. 24, no. 9, 2009, pp. [1]-4
Description
Discuses the need for self-determination and local control in American Indian education as a means to ensure cultural preservation and growth.
Redefining Parental Involvement: The Experiences of Wahpeton Dakota Caregivers
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Green
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 2002.
Reflections on Implementing Traditional Dene Teaching Methods, Skills and Values: Success Redefined
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 48
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann Alphonse
Sheena Koops
Joyce Mercredi
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Documents the process of implementing recommendations developed through previous research conducted at the Father Porte Memorial Dene School in Black Lake, Saskatchewan.
Initial report
Regina Students Mean Business
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 3, July 2002, p. 29
Description
Comments on the national internet-based business planning competition for Aboriginal youth and the two Regina students, Kristen Francis and Katherine Delorme who took top honors.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.
Registered Indian Status (3), Area of Residence (6), Age Groups (8), Sex (3) and Selected Demographic, Cultural, Labour Force, Educational and Income Characteristics (238), for the Total Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
Alternate Title
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population
[2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based Tabulations]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.
Registered Indian Status (3), Highest Certificate, Diploma or Degree (13), Major Field of Study - Classification of Instructional Programs, 2000 (14), Attendance at School (3), Area of Residence (6), Age Groups (10A) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data
Alternate Title
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population
Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-560-XCB2006038
[2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based Tabulations]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
Research or In-Search? A non-Aboriginal Researcher’s Retrospective of a Study on Aboriginal Parent Involvement
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bonnie Stelmach
First Nations Perspective Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 35-56
Description
Reflections on the authors experiences as a non-Aboriginal researcher interviewing five Aboriginal women about parental role in school improvement.
Reshaping Classroom and School Contexts: Learning From Stories of Aboriginal Children and Families
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 69
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janice Huber
Jean Clandinin
Marilyn Huber
Karen Keats Whelan
Dawna Labbé ... [et al.]
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Looks at shared stories of experiences by Aboriginal children and families and shared experiences of white teachers. Report is the result of a two year investigation.
Resiliency and Native American Teenagers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheryl Feinstein
Christopher Driving-Hawk
Jyl Baartman
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. 12-17
Description
Discusses core needs within the Lakota Sioux model of resiliency to include belonging, mastery, independence and generosity.
Review Articles: No Writing at All Here: Review Notes on Writing Native
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Laurie Ricou
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Literature, Spring/Summer, 1990, pp. 294-301
Description
Author reviews, in essay format, numerous books dealing with Aboriginal subject matter.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access review, scroll down to appropriate page.
A Review of First Nations Special Education Policies and Funding Directions within the Canadian Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry Hurton
Description
Paper Commissioned for the Minister's National Working Group on Education, October 2002.
Revisiting Indigenous Education
Alternate Title
CIS (Centre for Independent Studies) Policy Monograph ; 94
E-Books
Author/Creator
Helen Hughes
Mark Hughes
Revisiting the "Simple View of Reading" in a Group of Children With Poor Reading Comprehension
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George K. Georgiou
J.P. Das
Denyse Hayward
Journal of Learning Disabilities, vol. 42, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 76-84
Description
Study done to evaluate the Reading=Decoding (D) x Listening Comprehension (C) model done with a sample of First Nations children found that, contrary to the model, average decoding and listening skills did not correlate with average reading comprehension.
Roots and Branches: A Resource of Native American
Literature—Themes, Lessons, and Bibliographies. Dorothea M. Susag. Foreword by Joseph Bruchac
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pat Nickinson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 2002, pp. [65]-
Description
Book review of: Roots and Branches by Dorothea M. Susag, foreword by Joseph Bruchac.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Rosella Carney: Birch Bark Biting [and Cree Counting]
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Perspectives
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Perspectives
Rosella Carney
Description
Rosella Carney discusses birch bark biting and counting in Cree.
Duration:
Video 1: 2:40.
Video 2: 2:53.
Saltwater People as Told by Dave Elliott Sr.: A Resource Book for the Saanich Native Studies Program
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dave Elliott
Description
Revised edition.
Saskatchewan Leads the Nation in Treaty Education in Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 11, November 2009, p. 10
Description
Comments on the importance, and success, of Treaty Education in Saskatchewan for kindergarten to Grade 12 students.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Saskatchewan Youth Continue to Amaze
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2009, p. 1,2
Description
Comments on the eleventh annual SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Awards of Excellence including the nominees, the first female recipient and the necessity of role models.
Article located on page 1 and by scrolling to page 2.
School Change and Aboriginal Students in Elementary Grade Levels in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Aman
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of contemporary Aboriginal Reality, 2009, pp. 93-101
Description
Looks at school mobility or changing schools as a contributing factor to school success. Compares kindergarten students both on-reserve and band-affiliated and non-band affiliated Aboriginal students to non-Aboriginal peers.
Scroll down to page 93 to read article.
School Experiences of Aboriginal Youth in the Inner City
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason Brown
Susan Rodger
Cheryl Fraehlich
Description
Results of interviews conducted with 54 youth aged 14-19 and 10 key informants from the community.
School Experiences of Off-Reserve First Nations Children Aged 6 to 14
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2006
Fact Sheet (Statistics Canada) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division
Statistics Canada
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: How Teachers' Attributions, Expectations and Stereotypes Influence the Learning Opportunities Afforded Aboriginal Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Tasha Anastasia Riley
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.
Setting the Agenda: American Indian and Alaska Native Education Research Priorities
Alternate Title
ERIC Digest ; 471718
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William Strang
Adrienne von Glatz
Patricia Cahape Hammer
Description
Identifies priority research topics on educational practices and implementation methods in schools.
Sisters Work to Put Native in Graduations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 1, May 2002, p. 27
Description
Brief profile of Muskawa Designs, a Saskatoon based business that designs graduation gowns and endeavors to incorporate Native flair in its creations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.27.
Six Miles Deep: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[National Film Board]
Description
Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.
The Sound of the Drum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jerome Jainga
Description
Storybook for use with primary school students.
The Spirit of the Flame: Spiritual Leadership of Four Indigenous Australian School Leaders: Dreaming Australia
Theses
Author/Creator
Annette Duffy
Description
Education and Professional Studies (Ph.D.)--Griffith University, 2009.
"Spontaneous Laughter and Good Marks:" Creating Conditions for Success of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students in the Simcoe County District School Board
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Celia Haig-Brown
Description
Reports the results of interviews conducted with twenty students, eight parents, and ten educational leaders.
St. Anne's Indian Residential School, Fort Albany, Ontario Treaty 9 (1905-1906): Photo Album [Extended Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Shingwauk Project Residential School Research
Archive and Visitor Centre
Description
General discussion of the establishment and operations of schools and student life, followed by in-depth look at St. Anne's and 41 pages of photographs of students.
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2009: Events of 2008: Education Special
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Cutis
Yusuf Sayed
Amina Osman
Vanessa Sedletzki
Zoë Gray ... [et al.]