Theorizes that Native American students in Waubun-Ogema-White Earth school district underachieve because those with a vested interest in their education have lowered standards to a point that under-achievement is more likely than not.
Paper from AERA Annual Meeting, 2006.
Results of scoping review organized into five themes for quality indicators (Curriculum/programming, reflection of cultures, family engagement, external perspectives, and barriers) and six themes for educator dispositions (practice of relationships, cultural humility, critical pedagogy, honouring families' knowledge, cultural match, and preservice education).
Social Indicators Research, vol. 79, no. 2, November 2006, pp. 191-213
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Surveys found differences in how the three groups ranked their quality of life; unemployed respondents ranked lower than Aboriginal respondents; the strongest predictors for life satisfaction for Aboriginal respondents were friendship and self-esteem.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 17, no. 1, 2006, pp. 55-78
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Looks at factors contributing to the smallpox epidemic and quarantine in Sandy Bay which took a toll on the Aboriginal population resulting in the loss of land and resources.
American Literary History, vol. 18, no. 1, 2006, pp. 152-174
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Argues many scholars still look at Native literary texts as mainly interpretive literature about different cultures. In this article the author examines whether this concern with relationship is a necessary scholarly pursuit or a distraction from more pressing issues.
Describes the 8 week Arctic tour of Invitation: the Quilt of Belonging, which involved the transport of a16 person team and the120 feet long, 10 feet high quilt with 263 blocks, one for each nation of the world.
Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, vol. 11, Soft Launch, Summer, 2021, pp. 3-21
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Discusses how the COVID pandemic provided the opportunity to establish a community of allies to provide access to health services. This discussion could be used to help Indigenous people living with HIV and AIDS.
Discusses how members of the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq First Nations were charged in New Brunswick with unlawful possession or unlawful cutting of Crown timber.
Drawing on research from the Canadian High Commission Institutional Research Program, the paper examines how the attitudes of those administering justice may affect courtroom outcomes, availability of anti-racist programs for personnel, and to what extent anti-racist training is incorporated into policy and practice.
The History Teacher, vol. 39, no. 2, 2006, pp. [153]-173
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Discusses the following contributing elements that inspired some history departments to offer Native studies classes: the Meriam Report of 1928, the Indian Reform Movement of the 1920s and 1930s, the Indian claims research of the 1950s, and the political climate of the 1960s.
Website explores the excavation, weaving techniques and conservation of basketry artifacts found on the banks of the Snoqualmie river. Includes audio, text and video.
Study identifies the literacy experiences of successful Native American University students as information for the teaching practices of high school teachers.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2006, pp. 439-441
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Book review of: 'Real' Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood by Bonita Lawrence.
Scroll to page 439 to read review.