Indigenous Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ole-Henrik Magga
Childhood Education, vol. 81, no. 6, Education of the Aboriginal and Indigenous Child: Global Perspectives and Practices, 2005, pp. 319-320
Description
Offers solutions for retention and attainment of higher graduation rates for indigenous students.
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Indigenous Education and Epistemic Violence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Chandler
Education Canada, vol. 50, no. 5, Special Issue on Marginalized Youth, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Canada's failure to address training and educational needs of First Nation, Métis and Inuit learners resulting in under performance, drop out rate and under-representation at higher learning institutions.
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Indigenous Education for All?: A Metaphorical Counterstory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Kaomea
International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2009, pp. 109-121
Description
Discusses the ethical, cultural & political dilemmas that non-Hawaiian students present to open Indigenous education programs.
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Indigenous Education in Australia: Policy, Participation and Praxis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marnie O'Bryan
Mark Rose
UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Journal in the Arts, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. ii-10
Description
Introductory editorial article to special edition focusing on education for and about the Indigenous people in Australia.
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Indigenous Educational Attainment in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Gordon
Jerry P. White
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 1-26
Description
Comments on a 2014 reform proposed by government and proposes several policy recommendations to move educational attainment forward.
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The Indigenous Experience of Work in a Health Research Organisation: Are There Wider Inferences?

Alternate Title
The Indigenous Experience of Work in a Health Research Organization: Are There Wider Inferences?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharon K. Chirgwin
Adrienne Farago
Heather d'Antione
Trish Nagle
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, July 2017, pp. 1-32
Description
Interviews current and past staff to identify positive and negative things that impacted their work life.
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Indigenous Girls and the Canadian State

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cherry Smiley
Description
Explores issues such as colonization, male violence, the sex trade, poverty, child welfare system, and mental health.
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Indigenous Issues 101

Alternate Title
âpihtawikosisân
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Chelsea Vowel
Description
Prominent Métis blogger, lawyer and author of Indigenous Writes covers an extensive list of topics under the headings Specific Myths or Misunderstandings; Identity and Culture; Aboriginal Law and Treaties; Historic and Continuing Injustice; and Indigenous Health and Safety.
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Indigenous Knowledge Translation: Baseline Findings in a Qualitative Study of the Pathways of Health Knowledge in Three Indigenous Communities in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Nili Kaplan-Myrth
Kelly McShane
Health Promotion Practice, vol. 10, no. 3, July 2009, pp. 436-446
Description
Presents a research study that looks at the pathways of health information dissemination and use by community members in an urban Inuit community, urban Métis community, and semi-rural First Nations community in Ontario.
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Indigenous People in Cyberspace

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Lucas
Leonardo, vol. 29, no. 2, 1996, pp. 101-108
Description
Discusses computer and electronic networking projects addressing education, development and self-determination that Australian Aboriginal and Native American people are doing.
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Indigenous Peoples and Empowerment via Technology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katalina Toth
Daisy Smith
and Daphne Giroux
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. [21]-33
Description
Argues that increased access to communications technology and narrowing the digital divide would have positive effects in the lives of Aboriginal peoples in Quebec and discusses how, when implemented in accordance with cultural values, it can be used to improve education and health outcomes.
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Indigenous Research Methodology and the Indigenous Academic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Satoru Nakagawa
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 95-115
Description
Contrasts Indigenous and Western approaches to research in colonized communities. Stresses the need for research being done in Indigenous communities to serve Indigenous people. Highlights the importance of self-awareness on the part of the researcher and a commitment to community service.
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Indigenous Sport

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria Paraschuk
Journal of Sport History, vol. 35, no. 2, Indigenous Sport, Summer, 2008, pp. 191-194
Description
Introduction to special issue on Indigenous sport in North America.
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Indigenous Well-Being in Four Countries: An Application of the UNDP'S Human Development Index to Indigenous Peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Cooke
Francis Mitrou
David Lawrence
Eric Guimond
Dan Beavon
BMC International Health and Human Rights , vol. 7, no. 9, 2007, p. article 9
Description
Looks at life expectancy, educational attainment and income between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations to determine if the gap between socioeconomic and health status has improved or decreased between 1990 and 2000.
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The Indigenous World 2012

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Stephen Hendrie
Sebastian Felix Braun
Jorge Sarsaneda del Cid
Efraín Jaramillo
Aimé Tillett ... et al.]
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The Indigenous World 2015

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Stephen Hendrie
Jennifer Preston
Frank Sejersen
Marianne Lykke Thomsen ... [et al.]]
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The Indigenous World 2018

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Pamela Jacquelin-Andersen
Laila Susanne Vars
Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger ... [et al.]]
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Indigenous Worldviews: Cultural Expression on the World Wide Web

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wemigwans
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 31-38
Description
Article explores some of the meanings and implications of the online education project: FourDirectionsTeachings.com
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Indigenous Youth: Identity, Challenges and Hope: Articles 14, 17, 12 and 25 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Alternate Title
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Twelfth Session New York, 20-31 May 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Economic and Social Council
United Nations
Description
Overview of issues discussed focusing on recommendations for increased involvement of youth, support for the revitalization of Indigenous languages, education reforms and Indigenous youth suicide.
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Information Technology and Indigenous Communities

Alternate Title
AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference ; 2009
Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities Symosium ; 2010
E-Books
Author/Creator
Laurel Evelyn Dyson
Fiona Brady
Daniel Featherstone
Inge Kral
Cat Kutay ... [et al.]
Description
Developed from papers presented at the 2009 AIATSIS National Indigenous Studies Conference and the 2010 Symposium, Information Technologies and Indigenous Communities.
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