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Aboriginal Educational Policy
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Sandra Bellegarde
Trish LaFontaine
The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Description
Gives a short history of the policies of the Indian Act, residential schools, the integration period and jurisdictional dilemmas between the province and the Federal Government.
Aboriginal Identity: A Perspective on Hegemony and the Implications for Canadian Citizenship
Alternate Title
Ministry of Advanced Education's 3rd Annual Post Secondary Education Forum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
in education exploring our connective educational landscape, vol. 17, no. 3, Autumn, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the hegemonic value system imposed on Aboriginal peoples, the impact on cultural identity, and the connection to citizenship in the realm of education.
Aboriginal School a Joint Effort
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 132, no. 7, September 2006, p. 9
Description
Creation of Shingwauk University the result of collaboration of the Anglican diocese of Algoma, several First Nations in Ontario, and the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association.
Aboriginal Students and Canadian Citizenship Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Deer
The Journal of Educational Thought, vol. 42, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 69-82
Description
Discussion of Aboriginal education and its relationship with accepted conceptions of Canadian citizenship that are used in schools.
Aboriginal Students and School Mobility in British Columbia Public Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Aman
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 356-377
Description
Reviews literature on school change and student achievement, data relating to school change of Aboriginal students in public schools, and consequences for schools with high rates of mobile Aboriginal students.
Administrative Service
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald A. Olsen
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 7, no. 3, May 1968, pp. [20-23]
Description
Describes all the functions assumed by the Navajo community responsible for Rough Rock Demonstration School.
An Alternative to Failure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Fitzgerald
Thomas Davis
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 2, May 1974, pp. [1-3]
Description
Describes the founding and evolution of the Menominee County Community School at Keshena, Wisconsin.
American Indian Adult Education and Literacy: the First National Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney L. Brod
John M. McQuiston
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 22, no. 2, January 1983, pp. [1-16]
Description
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.
American Indian Cultures and School Success
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Reyhner
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 32, no. 1, October 1992, pp. [30-39]
Description
Response to an earlier article by Glen Latham that advocated an assimilationist approach to improving education.
American Indian Education: Historical Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Connell Szasz
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
Description
Discusses conference including topic of self-determination.
American Indian Self-determination in Education and the Department of Interior
Alternate Title
Reports from the Field
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom R. Hopkins
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 1, 2014, pp. 54-60
Description
Looks at two instances in which the Department overrode community concerns: closure of two off-reservation boarding schools and the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act.
American Indian Studies Programs: Surviving the '80s, Thriving in the '90s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bobby Wright
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 30, no. 1, October 1990, pp. [17-24]
Description
Examines the importance and increasing prominence of American Indian studies at colleges and universities.
An American Indian University: A Proposal For Survival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack D. Forbes
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 5, no. 2, January 1966, pp. [1-7]
Description
Describes the need for, and sketches a vision of an "institution of higher learning both Indian-controlled and Indian-centered".
American Indians Higher Education Before 1974: From Colonization to Self-Determination
Alternate Title
Section A: International
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David R.M. Beck
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, vol. 27, no. 2, 1999, pp. 12-23
Description
Brief overview of significant events in the evolution of secondary education.
American Indians in High Education: A History of Cultural Conflict
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bobby Wright
William G. Tierney
Change, vol. 23, no. 2, March/April 1991, pp. 11-18
Description
Explores Indian higher education beginning with early colonial efforts to the federal control focused on assimilation efforts and finally the move to self controlled Tribal colleges.
An Anglo-American Rethinks Native American Education: Can We Avoid Yesterday's Tragedies?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mitchell J. Moore
Essays in Education, vol. 14, 2005, p. article 13
Description
Discusses three eras of Native American education: the Pre-Colonial, Colonial, and Post-Colonial and looks at the relevance of the changes on culture recovery.
Anishinaabe Pedagogy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Chartrand
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 35, no. 1, Indigenous Pedagogies Resurgence and Restoration, 2012, pp. 144-162, 221
Description
Discussion on restoring pedagogies of wholeness in Aboriginal education.
As If Indigenous Knowledge and Communities Mattered:
Transformative Education in First Nations Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer-Autumn, June 1, 2004, pp. 454-479
Description
Discusses educational partnerships with postsecondary institutions as a method of community development.
Athabascans Get a School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melvin Hirschi
Thomas Glass
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 16, no. 3, May 1977, pp. [16-19]
Description
Brief look at some of the problems and considerations of initiating high school programs for youth in isolated regions of Alaska.
The Baker Lake Affair: Case Study of a Cancelled Training Workshop
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Mark Stiles
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, 1982, pp. 25-50
Description
Differing perspectives of the 1977 attempt to clarify Northwest Territories policy concerning the governments' role in Dene and Inuit workshops that led to major bureaucratic changes.
Bellegarde Reveals Grim Statistics...
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jerry Bellegarde
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 8, no. 1, January 1978, p. 18
Description
Albert Bellegarde, Executive Director of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, discusses education and attainment at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College's Cultural Day
Beyond Segregation or Integration: A Case Study From Effective Native American Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Pertusati
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 27, no. 2, January 1988, pp. [10-20]
Description
Study examined two issues: whether a minority-controlled educational institution could be academically effective and whether a bicultural program could be successful in a desegregated school.
Bill C-33: First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act
Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 41-2-C33-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tonina Simeone
Description
Bill introduced in the House of Commons by the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development April 10, 2014.
Boarding School Abuses, Human Rights, and Reparations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 89-102
Description
Discussion on the injustices suffered by Aboriginal children in schools, and the compensation offered to address those human rights violations.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eric Bonfield
David Sheach
Dick Henley
Allan J. Ryan
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 351-359
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Moon of Wintertime: Missionaries and the Indians of Canada in Encounter Since 1534 by John Webster Grant.
Migration Tears: Poems About Transitions (Native American Series Number 7) by Michael (Lomawywesa) Kabotie.
Establishing Pathways to Excellence in Indian Education: Selected Papers from the First Mokakit Conference. July 1984 edited by H. A. McCue.
The Ojibway Dream by Arthur Schilling.
Border Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celia Haig-Brown
Canadian Literature, no. 124-125, Native Writers & Canadian Writing, Spring/Summer , 1990, pp. 229 - 241
Description
Discussion on educational border work and the struggle for control of education, namely between First Nations and Canadian society.
Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 229 to read article.
A BScN Program for Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary L. Ellerton
Heather Fudge
Ruth Martin-Misener
Catherine Thibeault
Canadian Nurse, vol. 95, no. 10, 1999, p. 31
Description
Discussion of the Nunavut Act which required that 80 per cent of the nursing positions in Nunavut be occupied by Inuit and the creation of BScN program.