The Enweyang Program: Indigenous Language Nest as Lab School
Examines the University of Minnesota Duluth's Ojibwe language program.
Examines the University of Minnesota Duluth's Ojibwe language program.
Focuses on the Universite du Quebec a Chichoutimi's programs that have trained "Amerindians" in the educational field for the past 20 years. The university's original two programs were a certificate program in education sciences, Amerindian stream and a certificate program in Aboriginal technolinguistics. In 1990 a centre for Amerindian studies was created.
Greenland discusses Gwich'in language and culture, post-secondary education, and general youth concerns. Chief Pascal discusses the Mackenzie Delta region and its' significance; the legacy of cultural destruction; the importance of self-determination and self-governance; language education; the need for program development for the Gwi'chin of the Mackenzie Delta including "treaty, non-status, Metis;" a land claim agreement and its' particulars; and the need to decentralize powers from the federal and territorial governments back to the Gwich'in people.
Survey asked questions about ancestry, cultural-linguistic identity, participation in professional learning activities, language fluency, knowledge of specific Indigenous subject areas, and comfort level in integrating Indigenous perspectives in the classroom.
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