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.
More Than Missions: Native Californians and Allies Changing the Story of California History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Khal Schneider
Dale Allender
Margarita Berta-Ávila
Rose Borunda
Gregg Castro ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 58, no. 3, Fall, 2019, pp. 58-77
Description
Examines the shift towards a more inclusive California state history that incorporates Indigenous perspectives.
"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.
Music Education in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham Chadwick
George Rrurrambu
The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, vol. 5, no. 2, 2004, pp. 159-171
Description
Presents two papers and a general discussion on intercultural music education.
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: A Closer Look
Alternate Title
National Assessment of Educational Progress
NCES ; 2019-048
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Center for Education Statistics
Institute of Education Sciences
Description
Focuses on two major concerns raised throughout first decade's results from the National Indian Education Study: contextual factors associated with higher- and lower-performing students and how students see themselves in terms of their languages, culture and hopes for the future.
Studies related to academic performance of fourth- and eighth-grade students in mathematics and reading, and their school experiences.
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 Alaskan Dropouts in Western Alaska: Systemic Failure in Native Alaskan Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig D. Freed
Mary Samson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 43, no. 2, 2004, pp. 33-45
Description
Comments on the need for educators to find solutions to meet the needs of Indigenous students.
Native American Dolls
Alternate Title
Smithsonian in Your Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Genevieve Marie Simermeyer
Lynn-Steven Engelke
Smithsonian in Your Classroom, Fall, 2004, pp. 1-28
Description
Lesson plan for elementary school students which looks at Native American dolls, how they are made and the cultures they represent.
Native American Education Curriculum Guide: Grades K-12
Alternate Title
Empowering Teachers to Empower Students; vol. 1
Documents & Presentations
Description
Intended for use with American students, but much of content applicable to Canadian context.
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
Alternate Title
Native Americans Teacher Guide
Core Knowledge History and Geography
Core Knowledge Curriculum Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rosie McCormick
Description
Five stories intended for use with Kindergarten students.
Accompanying Material: Teacher Guide.
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 Art, Native Voices: A Resource for K-12 Learners
E-Books
Author/Creator
Minneapolis Institute of Art
[Marlena Myles
James Autio Gordon Coons
Margaret Swenson... [et al.]
Description
Includes art essays, lesson plans, artist interviews and description of American regions and environments.
The Native Education Equity Project: Educating for the Future
Theses
Author/Creator
Lucas Wyman Mulvaugh
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Montana State University, 2004.
[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 Native Women's Association of Canada Background Paper: Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable Economic Opportunities Sectoral Session
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Proposes a variety of solutions to issues such as inadequate housing and income, low levels of employment, education, and overall economic advancement for Aboriginal women.
The Native Women's Association of Canada: Background Paper - Life Long Learning ("From the Womb to the Tomb")
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Discusses a range of options to improve learning opportunities and programming for Aboriginal women.
Navajo Philosophy and Its Application in Education
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jutta Vogelbacher
Description
Discusses how a curriculum framed from the Aboriginal perspective benefits Native American students.
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
A New Native Teacher Corps: Integrating Culture and Language in Schooling
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Figueira
NABE news, September/October 2004, pp. 22-25
Description
Contends that nature of the relationship between Native American students and their teacher, along with cultural context, can be important factors in academic success and retention .
Niitsitapiisini: Our Way of Life: The Story of the Blackfoot People
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Virtual exhibition divided into six sections: how we lived with the buffalo; how we lived with the land; how we lived with other people; our world; and traditional stories.
Includes link to teacher toolkit.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Description
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder.
Related Material:
for Grades 7-12.
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
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.
[Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1999 to 2017 (2 tables)]
Alternate Title
Nunavut Secondary School Gross Graduation by Region, 1999 to 2017
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistics.
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.
Opening Doors to the Future: Applying Local Knowledge in Curriculum Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Veronica Ignas
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Transformative Sites of Indigenous Education, 2004, pp. 49-60
Description
Discusses linking local ecological knowledge and science education.
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[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.
Parent Marginalization, Marginalized Parents: Creating a Place For Parents on the School Landscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Pushor
Bill Murphy
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 50, no. 3, Fall, 2004, pp. 221-235
Description
Parental involvement is categorized in four types: family support, parent education and school, parenthood, education and home, and parent involvement/parent participation.
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.
Peer Perspectives: Expressions of Aboriginal Youth - Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Access to Media Education Society
Description
Teacher's guide designed to bring issues affecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people into the classroom, in a manner that speaks directly to youth.