Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 30, no. 3, May 1991, pp. [16-23]
Description
Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes test results indicated boys had weak study habits, some negative study attitudes, which may be a contributing factor in high dropout rate. Author suggests confluent education may be a partial solution.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, Spring, 2001, pp. 270-273
Description
Author discusses teaching students to perceive ideas from a different perspective in an introductory American Thought and Language class at Michigan State University.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 31, no. S1, Spring, 2001, pp. 132-149
Description
Framework identifies the following areas of need: data development, risk factors for youth suicide, evaluation of interventions to prevent youth suicide, suicide prevention services, public information and education, and broader approaches to preventing youth suicide.
Summary Report: School District Number 91 Aboriginal Education Needs Assessment
[Report of the Aboriginal Education Task Force: Appendix One]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Malatest
Irene Huse
Sharon Krebs
Mary Bumstead
Description
Summarizes results of both qualitative and quantitative data gathered from students, teachers, parents, and administrators. Highlights responses to questions in the areas of overall perceptions, curriculum, communication, support programs, staffing, and transition / retention.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Reveals findings and recommendations from a hearing surrounding the events that took place at Kanesatake and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
A brochure produced by Commemorate '85 Inc. (non-profit organization) that outlines events commemorating the Resistance of 1885 and short history of the resistance.
To accompany film The Sun Dagger about discovery of a prehistoric calendar system in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico and the culture that built the site. Guide is for grades seven to twelve. Contains lesson plans, handouts and suggested readings.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. 87-90
Description
Book review of: The Sun Unwound edited by Edward Dorn and Gordon Brotherston.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 53, 1991, p. 63
Description
Dismissal of a charge for supplying Kave, contrary to s.19 of the Consumer Protection Act, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Kava is the name given to a drink prepared from the root of the piper methysticum plant.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 269-270
Description
Administered by the American Indian Studies Center, the survey gathered information from institutions about their programs as well as information from Native American communities regarding their education and training needs.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 1985, pp. 41-52
Description
Wheeler’s anecdotal 1934 article in The Canadian Surveyor has served as the basis for describing surveyors' role in the 1885 Resistance, the discovery of his journal allows historians to examine how his perception of the North-West Resistance has changed over time.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 41.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 78, no. 1, January/February 2001, pp. 112-114
Description
Looks at the Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Network and how it develops networks of researchers, industry, government and Aboriginal partners, and offers innovative approaches in order to transfer knowledge.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 1996 Census (20 % sample), 1996 Coverage Studies, and Demography Division (population estimates).
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated.
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table. For example, geography and time frame.
Sources: Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2001, 2006, 2012.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 52, no. 3, February 2001, pp. 467-480
Description
Examines obstacles in recruitment, retention and professional development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health managers in Queensland, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.
File contains 17 negatives showing Tawney Ahdeman of Prince Albert off posing for a portrait before leaving for an Indian Princess Pageant, on August 8, 1991.
Journal of Nursing Education, vol. 40, no. 6, September 2001, pp. 282-284
Description
Explains one approach to developing cultural sensitivity and competence through study of five phenomena: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control and biological variation.