Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 23-29
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Edited transcript of conversation between Mary Simon, Chair of the National Community on Inuit Education and Paul Quassa, Minister of Education for the Government of Nunavut.
Lists schools and district support recommendations, culturally responsive teaching strategies for the classroom, and state and national programs and initiatives.
Study involved interviews and focus groups with 32 community members and front-line service providers both in Aboriginal organizations and government. Themes which emerged were health, parenting supports, mobility, and employment, as well as three overarching issues: service gaps and barriers, funding gaps, and impermanence of programs and funding.
Canadian Literature, no. 215, Indigenous Focus, Winter, 2012, p. 104
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Discusses author's use of the Woods Cree dialect to place his characters in the context of northern Manitoba and as way to limit accessibility by the dominant Anglophone culture.
Interview with the authors of a book, Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture and Language researched over 35 years, about the language, culture and history of the Nooksack indigenous people .
Duration: 38:30.
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Author asserts that language policies and ideologies have been at the foundation of attempts to remove Native inhabitants and create a "White America".
Reclaiming Children and Youth, vol. 21, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 27-30
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Comments on how the model of The Circle of Courage identifies strategies and methods for meeting needs to assure that all children and youth may thrive.
Users are able to browse and search in both Ojibwe and English; includes audio for pronunciation of most words, terminology relating to specific topics, and links to cultural galleries.
General statistics and well as more detailed for language, living arrangements of children, housing and mobility, educational attainment, and labour force.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 19-40
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Looks at factors which contribute to educational gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students: history, political organization, socio-economic status, and health.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 3, The Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992 - Retrospect and Prospects, 2012, pp. 92-94
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"An Act: To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide for the revitalization of Native American languages through Native American language immersion programs; and for other purposes".
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 1-22
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Discusses examples of intellectual and aesthetic practices in Hawaiian literature that layer cultural and historic ideologies within deeper meanings and themes important to Hawaiian culture.