Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Quebec, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program Sharing Circle Stories : North Battleford, Saskatchewandac376Wed, 05/05/2010 - 00:00
Media » Film and Video
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Health Canada
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Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 35-42
Description
Uses the NWT Official Languages Act, as an example, to show it is possible to revitalize 55 Aboriginal languages using statutory legislation.
Scroll down to page 35 to read article.
Looks at how Aboriginal children develop language in Lac Brochet, a First Nations community in northern Manitoba.
Scroll down to page 35 to read article.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 37-44
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Highlights the foundational role of language in ensuring long-term academic, social, and economic success.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
Tracks the creation of a cultural apprenticeship program which aims to give youth in the community the necessary skills, knowledge and experiences in land, language and culture to retain and regenerate land-based practices which had been affected by environmental contamination.
Compares concentration of place names on King Island to those reported for other communities and poses factors that may have contributed to this difference.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 174-193
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"This paper reports on an ethnographic research project conducted to explore the narrative skills of a group of eight Anishinaabe children."
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 111-165
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Book reviews of 20 books:
The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan.
Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman.
Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 161-164
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Book review of: âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina. Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay told by Simeon Scott and translated by C. Douglas Ellis.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 113-163
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Book reviews of 22 books:
African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizen by Celia E. Naylor.
American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle and the Law by Matthew L. M. Fletcher.
Born of Fire: The Life and Pottery of Margaret Tafoya by Charles S. King.
Brothers Among Nations: The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 by Cynthia J.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
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Podcast discusses the research project kiskinohamâtôtâpânâsk: Intergenerational Effects on Professional First Nations Women Whose Mothers are Residential School Survivors.
Duration: unknown.
Accompanying material.
Contends that worldwide Indigenous peoples are gaining recognition and status and that the Canadian government has an important role to play in helping its Indigenous population preserve their culture and gain similar success.
Canadian Social Trends, vol. 51, Winter, 1998, pp. 8-16
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Presents data and factors related to endangerment and viability; based on 1996 Census data author suggests three languages could be considered "secure."
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 313-333
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Discusses ways Cayuga Chief Jacob E. Thomas (1922-1998) of the Six Nations Reserve taught language; examines the educational materials he produced, and some reactions to his efforts.