Education

Explains the curriculum of place, what it is, how it works and the importance in education.

Children's Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

Report details policy recommendations which the Calgary City Council could implement in order to engage the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) Calls to Action

Excerpt from a dissertation entitled The Attitudes of Selected Educational Groups in Arizona Toward Indians..

Provides information to help in the development of an Aboriginal school. Related documents: Report of the Aboriginal Education Task Force: Executive Summary. Aboriginal Culturally Focused Secondary School Initiative Report. Summary Report: SD #91 Aboriginal Education Needs Asse

An interview with Wilfred and Harriet Chocan about the joys and challenges in their lives from childbirth to caring for the elderly and death.

General discussion about the Walpole Island Reserve.

Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.

William Okeymaw attended the signing of Treaty 8 when he was 12 years old. He talks about: signing of treaty; treaty promises; establishment of reserves around Lesser Slave Lake; and expansion of these reserves as population grew; and the present need for further expansion.

Includes an account of the signing of Treaty #7; allocation of lands;leasing land to Mormons; trust fund.

Related material: Full Report.

Related material: Community Guide.

A set of 44 photos of a caribou project at Wollaston Lake that involved students in preparing and cooking caribou meat, making dry meat, drying the hides, and taking part in follow-up activities in the classroom.

Educational Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.

Discussion on issues of poverty, health care, education, skills training and the labour shortage, foreign policy, and the environment.

Recommendations developed in areas education and training, economic development, programs and services, traditional materials/medicines, support services and staff, terminology and evaluation.

Looks at a learning needs analysis which revealed adolescent mental health workers ranked their learning needs as high and their knowledge and skills in working with depression and other disorders as low.

Author explore issues surrounding the improvement of Indigenous food security and food sovereignty, noting the traditional and non-traditional market-based food-based practices of Indigenous peoples are simultaneously structured by Indigenous and liberal governmental logics.

Elders present songs and prayers with discussion about the loss of traditions and values, evils of alcohol, role of elders, etc. Also stories of adventures in intertribal warfare ; a story of a man who married a thunderwoman.

Looks at orthographic or spelling systems developed for each of the case studies.

Artist performs for Montreal Lake youth as part of the Upgrading and Life Skills class.

Introduces a new eLearning website offering daily and weekly news as well as opinions on Indigenous peoples' issues and more.

Website offers links related to a variety of topics including gaming, education, law, health, and a blog.

Interview is a general account of Mr. Ouellette's life.

Indigenous Language Revitalization Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2016.

Website for a college that educates and prepares First Nation students for employment on and off First Nation communities.

Provides links to language resource materials, some publications, culture, education and history.

Address to the Second Annual Navajo Youth Conference stresses the importance of planning for your future by obtaining a good education.

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Distinguished Academic award-winning lecture given April 26, 2013.

Focused on the disproportionate number of Aboriginal youth in Saskatchewan and the health, legal and education choices facing them.

Book review of: Youth, Education, and Marginality edited by Kate Tilleczek, H. Bruce Ferguson.

Discusses the social and economic challenges that Indigenous youth face in maintaining their culture and identity.

Comments on the young and growing Aboriginal population as it relates to education, employment, and future potential.

Comments on the Math in a Cultural Context curriculum which effectively brings together cultural knowledge and challenging mathematics.

Book review of: Yup'ik Eskimo Grammar by Irene Reed, Osahito Miyaoka, Steven Jacobson, Paschal Afcan, Michael Krauss.

Reports on the present state of Yupik language instruction in Gambell and a project to translate and transcribe into English older Siberian Yupik folk stories.