Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 22, no. 2, January 1983, pp. [1-16]
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National Adult Indian Education Needs Survey conducted by the National Indian Management Service to determine levels of literacy and education for purposes of policy development.
History Teacher, vol. 8, no. 2, February 1975, pp. 229-241
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Discusses how marginalization and isolation of the Native American from written history disregards the historical roots of diplomacy and foreign relations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Autumn, 1975, pp. 237-245
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To rectify the lack of interest in Indigenous literature, the author critically examines nine Indigenous autobiographies to explore their literary value. Since Indigenous narratives are usually oral autobiographies, they are an ideal bridge between the written and the spoken forms.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 61, no. 1, The Transcultural Education of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Teachers and Students ..., Autumn, 1983, pp. 109-112
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Discusses conference including topic of self-determination.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 24, no. 2, May 1985, pp. [7-15]
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Reviews the needs of handicapped children and describes the American Indian Special Education Teacher Training Program, funded by the Department of Education, at Pennsylvania State University.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, 1983, pp. 51-68
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Explains why political power has eluded Native Americans and what chance they have in becoming a participating and policymaking force in mainstream American society.
Interview includes two stories: the first about a boy who saves a boy and wins a wife in the process; a second about a boy who upon returning to his band with a wife becomes chief.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 23, no. 1, October 1983, pp. [23-28]
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Claims that standardized test measurements of student performance do not adequately measure the quality of instruction and curricula of a school since other factors such as socio-economic status, school attendance and stability within a particular school have an impact on achievement.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 95-116
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Although Church Missionary Society (CMS) policy stated their intention to promote Indigenous people in the church, historians question whether it was biased in its practises in late 1800s.
Arsene Fontaine describes a curing by a medicine man and a brief description of how to make a canoe. She also gives a description of transportation by dog team.
Compares and contrasts 2 books, Visitors Who Never Left: The Origin of the People of Damelahamid by Kenneth B. Harris and The Downfall of Temlaham by Marius Barbeau.
Convention program for the Canadian Association of Social Studies and the Saskatchewan Council of Social Studies Teachers, held in Saskatoon, SK. The convention focus is on Batoche and the Northwest Resistance, with guest speakers including Grant MacEwan.
Prairie Forum, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 17-63
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Examines the Métis strategy during the Battle of Batoche, and the significance of the Northcote incident and the Gatling gun on the outcome of the battle.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 3, Autumn, 1985, pp. 108-117
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Excerpts from the journal kept in the Sergeant Major’s office at the Battleford NWMP detachment in 1885. Entries selected from May 10 to May 24 and edited for publication.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 108.
File contains a photocopy of a bibliography of sources pertaining to Aboriginal religion/spirituality taken from various unknown source books. There is also a proposal for a new Native Studies seminar class called "Native Spirituality" to begin in the 86/87 school year and be offered every two years. Barron's proposal includes lists of suggested seminar topics, required textbooks and recommended readings.