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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia L. Hardré
Brian Lieuanan
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 3, 2010, pp. 41-65
Description
Contends that rural schools offer advantages to both Native American and non-Native American students.
Moving Toward Reconciliation in Ontario's Publicly Funded Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqui Strachan
Annie Kidder
Daniel Hamlin
Description
Examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, data from the People for Education's Annual School Survey, and Pamela Toulouse's paper What Matters in Indigenous Education: Implementing a Vision Committed to Holism, Diversity and Engagement to examine ways of lessening achievement and knowledge gaps.
Muskwa: Fearless Defender of Natural Law
Alternate Title
Bear Paw Legal Education and Resource Centre Comics; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Greg Miller
Description
Comic book tells the story of three youth encountering Muskwa the Bear and learning about natural laws and respect for the natural world.
My Family
E-Books
Author/Creator
Penny Condon
Description
Story suitable for Grades K-3.
Narragunnawali Research Report #2: Reconciliation in the Classroom, around the School or Early Learning Service, and with the Community
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Focuses on institutions that have commenced a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and analyzes responses to the initial Reflection Survey.
Narragunnawali Research Report #3: Preparing for Data Collection
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Updates the analysis of the factors associated with participation in a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and outlines proposed methodology and content for a quantitative and qualitative survey of teachers/educators.
Narragunnawali Research Report #4: The Process of Developing Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Provides an updated analysis of school participation and documents the factors associated with the level of RAP development.
Narragunnawali Research Report #5: Preliminary Data Collection Findings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Hannah Paddon
Karen Kellard
Description
Updates the analysis of the factors associated with participation in a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and outlines preliminary findings from the qualitative and quantitative data collection. Includes five case studies.
A Narrative Inquiry into Nlaka'Pamux Children's Responses to Online Digital Curriculum Featuring Nlaka'Pamux Parents and Elders
Theses
Author/Creator
William Rowluck
Description
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2016.
National Indian Education Study 2009: Part 1 - Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2009 Reading and Mathematics Assessments
Alternate Title
National Assessment of Education Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[W. Grigg
R. Moran
M. Kuang]
Description
Compares accomplishments of AI/AN students to other ethnic groups in response to three reading behaviours: locate and recall information, integrate and interpret, critique and evaluate.
See Part II - The Educational Experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Grades 4 and 8 Statistical Analysis Report.
National Indian Education Study 2009: Part II - The Educational Experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in
Grades 4 and 8: Statistical Analysis Report
Alternate Title
National Assessment of Education Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[N. Mead
W. Grigg
R. Moran
M. Kuang]
Description
Based on survey findings, looks at how students, teachers and schools integrate Native culture and language into their education.
See Part 1 - Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2009 Reading and Mathematics Assessments.
The Native American Experience: Coyote and the Buffalo Folklore Tale Retold by Mourning Dove
Alternate Title
Unit 1: Early American Writing
[Holt McDougal Literature: American Literature Grade 11, Texas Edition]
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Includes brief discussion of Mourning Dove, text of the traditional story and student exercises.
The Native American Experience: The World on the Turtle's Back
Alternate Title
Unit 1: Early American Writing
[Holt McDougal Literature: American Literature Grade 11, Texas Edition?]
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Student lesson to accompany the Iroquois creation story.
The Native American Mascot Controversy: A Handbook
Alternate Title
American Indian Imagery and the Miseducation of America
Defensive Dialogues: Native American Mascots, Anti-Indianism, and Educational Institutions
Putting the Moccasin on the Other Foot: A Media History of the "Fighting Whities"
The Problems with Native American Mascots
What the "Fighting Sioux" Tells Us about White People
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Laurel R. Davis
Robert Jensen
Ellen J. Staurowsky
C. Richard King
Bruce E. Johansen
Description
Selection of essays from the book.
Native Americans: A Resource List for Teaching - To or About - Native Americans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debbie Reese
Jean Mendoza
Description
Sampling of recommended children's books and young adult literature, most are American, and all are suitable for general use.
Native Americans in Picture Books Recommended for Early Childhood Classrooms, 1945--1999
Theses
Author/Creator
Debbie Ann Reese
Description
Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
Native Leaders of Canada
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
New Federation House
Description
Website presents three sections: brief biographies of leaders, resources for educators, and a community section for people to express their ideas on leadership.
Native Studies 10: A Bibliography of Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Resources Centre, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Description
Annotated list compiled for use by teachers; current as of 2016.
Native Studies 20: A Bibliography of Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Resources Centre, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Description
Annotated list of resources for use with the Saskatchewan Grade 11 curriculum; current as of 2016.
Native Studies 30: A Bibliography of Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Resources Centre, Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
Description
Annotated list of resources for use with the Saskatchewan Grade 12 curriculum; current as of 2016
Native Studies Middle Years (Grades 5 to 8): A Teacher's Resource Book
Alternate Title
Renewing Education: New Directions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dan Thomas
Native Treaties: 1871-1897
Alternate Title
1871-1897 Native Treaties
Documents & Presentations
Description
Excerpted from A Country by Consent. Information is intended for elementary school audiences.
Native Youth Speak Out
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Windh
Crawford Kilian
Description
Multi-part series that has teenagers sharing their views, with Jacqueline Windh, about school, alcohol and drug use, family, culture and language.
Neighbors Matter: Poor Neighborhoods and Urban Aboriginal Policy
Alternate Title
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute) ; no. 175
Neighbours Matter: Poor Neighbourhoods and Urban Aboriginal Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Richards
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute)
‘A New View of Body Image’: A School-Based Participatory Action Research Project with Young Aboriginal Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tara-Leigh F. McHugh
Kent C. Kowalski
Action Research, vol. 9, no. 3, 2010, pp. 220-241
Description
Using interviews with female Indigenous high school students to discuss body image and some suggestions to improve those perspectives.
Night: A Collective Creation by Human Cargo, Written and Directed by Christopher Morris: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
NITS-STI-TA-PII: The Real People
Alternate Title
Imataa Manistsi: Blackfoot Dog Travois
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mari King
Description
Lesson plan for constructing a dog travois developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Northern Exploring: A Case Study of Non-Native Alaskan Education Policymakers' Social Construction of Alaska Natives as Target Populations
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Beth Hirshberg
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2001.
Northwest Coast Basketry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Silvia Koros
Description
Accompanies virtual exhibit, Entwined With Life: Native American Basketry. Teacher's guide for K-12. Contains maps, activities and explanation about baskets, basketry types, uses, materials and techniques.
Now Is the Time: Our Data, Our Stories, Our Future: The National Report of the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Kyla Marcoux
Katherine Wood
Jarret Laughlin
Margo Greenwood
Esther Usborne
Eric Crighton
Martin Cooke
Norm Lavallee]
Description
Nunavik's Labour Market and Educational Attainment Paradox
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2016-13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jasmin Thomas
CSLS Research Report
Description
Examines three types of social program funding: employment training, education, and health care.
O Tatou Ō Aga'i i Fea?/ `Oku Tau Ō Ki Fe?/Where are We Heading?: Pacific Languages in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Alternate Title
Where Are We Heading?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John McCaffery
Judy Taligalu McFall–McCaffery
AlterNative, vol. 6, no. 2, Ngaahi Lea a e Kakai Pasifika: Endangered Pacific Languages and Cultures, 2010, pp. 86-121
Description
Discusses the health of the four Polynesian Pasifika languages from the researchers and writers perspective.
Ochapan: Perspectives of Elders and Students on the Elders in Residence Program
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 196
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Russell Fayant
Linda Goulet
Joanne Pelletier
Calvin Racette
Sarah Longman ... [et al.]
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Uses data from talking circles and focused conversations with students from elementary and high schools.
On the Edge of Discovery: Purposefulness; Learning and Teaching; Assessment and Accountability
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rita Bouvier
Description
Power point from presentation that discussed the issues pertaining to complete assessment of Aboriginal learning while acknowledging and integrating elements that are unique to the learning perspectives of Aboriginal people.
On the Path of the Elders
Alternate Title
Mushkegowuk Cree, Anishinaabe Ojibway: Explore Treaty 9: As Understood by Our Elders
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
On The Path of the Elders
Description
Includes links to: on-line game, galleries (elders video collection, Doug Ellis Collection of audio recordings of legends, personal stories, memories and conversations gathered between 1955 and 1965; Deschâtelets Archive of photographs taken around the time of Treaty 9), history, and teacher's guides for grades 4-10.
"Onward ever, backward never": Student Life and Students' Lives at Haskell Institute, 1884-1920s
Theses
Author/Creator
Myriam Vuckovic
Description
American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, [2001]
Opening Many Doors: A Final Report on Creating Conditions for Success of First Nation, Métis and Inuit Students in the Simcoe County District School Board
Alternate Title
Internal Evaluation: the Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project Simcoe County District School Board
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Haig-Brown Research & Consulting
Description
"Internal Evaluation: The Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project Simcoe County District School Board."
Addresses three central questions: How true to the guiding principles has this project been? How successful was the project team in implementing the aspects laid out in the original plan? and What is the model that results from assessment and analysis of this pilot project?
Optimizing the Effectiveness of E-Learning for First Nations
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; May 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 10-255]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Sisco
Description
Recommendations include: improving teacher and community engagement, developing and implementing strategies to deliver expanded and flexible programs to a variety of students, increasing and extending funding, and conducting needs and outcomes assessment.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2016
E-Books
Author/Creator
Productivity Commission for the Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Pathways for Indigenous School Leavers to Undertake Training or Gain Employment
Alternate Title
Resource Sheet (Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) ; no. 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Boyd H. Hunter
Patterns of Physical Activity Among American Indian Children: An Assessment of Barriers and Support
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice L. Thompson
Sally M. Davis
Joel Gittelsohn
Scott Going
Alberta Becenti ... [et al.]
Journal of Community Health, vol. 26, no. 6, December 2001, pp. 423-445
Description
Comments on a study to develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program in Native American schoolchildren in grades three through five.
Perceptions and Use of Community - and School-Based Behavioral Health Services Among Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth and Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Salvador
Jessica Goodkind
Sarah Feldstein Ewing
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 221-247
Description
Study looks at awareness of services and supports, privacy and confidentiality, initiation of services, importance of family and friends as supports, school support, and loss/lack of cultural practices.
Perceptions of Education: Voices from an Isolated Reserve Community in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Janice Mosher-Rae
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Lakehead University, 2001.
Perceptions of Power and Voice In an "Inner-City" School
Theses
Author/Creator
Myrne Ross
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.
Perceptions of Their Teachers by Aboriginal Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Godfrey
Gary Partington
Kaye Richer
Mort Harslett
Issues in Educational Research, vol. 11, no. 1, 2001, pp. 1-13
Description
Analysis of a questionnaire given to upper primary and lower secondary years students indicated the need for teachers to form strong relationships with their students to ensure their educational success.
Perspectives on Teachers' Work in One Ontario Remote First Nation Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawn V. Burleigh
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Western Ontario, 2016.
Philosophy for Children in Native America: A Post-Colonial Critique
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hell Rainville
Analytic Teaching , vol. 21, no. 1, November 2001, pp. 65-77
Description
Analyzes the Philosophy for Children program and curriculum.
Policy Levers for Improving Outcomes for Off-Reserve
Alternate Title
Colloquium on Improving the Educational Outcomes of Aboriginal People Living Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Raham
Description
Looks at the research in eight domains that influence Aboriginal learning outcomes; the implications for policy in each of these domains; and examines a set of ten policy recommendations to strengthen the success of Aboriginal learners across the system.
Policy through Practice: How Tribal Education Department Leaders View Educational Policy Problems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christie M. Poitra
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, 2016, pp. 83-99
Description
Comparative case study uses data gathered in multiple interviews conducted with two education directors located in California.
A Portrait of Aboriginal Elementary School Classroom: An Exploratory Study Using Elements of Ethnographic Research Design
Theses
Author/Creator
Haneef Abdulrehman
Description
Educational Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2010.