Control

Creation of a certificate program the Faculty of Education, Brandon University, to train teachers to provide special services appropriate to local needs.

Describes collaborative effort involving Northwest Indian College and Washington State University.

Power point from presentation that discussed the issues pertaining to complete assessment of Aboriginal learning while acknowledging and integrating elements that are unique to the learning perspectives of Aboriginal people.

Examines the surprise firings of administrators and faculty members, a criminal investigation, lawsuits, and a multimillion-dollar deficit at the First Nations University of Canada, in Saskatchewan.

Identifies issues and makes recommendations in several areas: Indigenous knowledge, language and culture, parental and community participation, early childhood development, special needs and gifted programs, and teacher recruitment, training and retention.

Advocates Aboriginal control of education with a unique approach to learning that involves Elders, networking and implementation in the community.

Article describes the philosophy behind, and the structure of the Male Seminary school operated by the Cherokee National Council; details the curriculum and the daily lives of boys who attended the institution.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 2000.

Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2012.

Pioneering Native American school has Navajo peoples directly and actively involved in the operation of the local school.

Examines four research questions as possible priorities in the pan-Canadian research program. Presented at the first Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda (PCERA) Symposium held in 1999.

Discusses the financial resources needed to provide acceptable, quality education for students of all levels.

Revealed that locally controlled schools in the United States were reported to be more respectful of children and culturally inclusive than the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools.

Survey results conclude that Hopi and Navaho parents are usually very supportive, want local knowledge and tradition content, want to be included in the educational process, and desire local control.

Looks at environment of school-community interactions, involvement in children's schooling, and patterns of control related to student success. Interviews were conducted with parents, teachers, administrators and influential community members in over 20 sites between 1982 and 1993.

Educational Policy Studies Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Alberta, 2007.

Examines the association between retention/identification and ethnicity and suggests a relationship between educational attainment and Indigenous language fluency.

Argues that Aboriginal control of education is essential to address problems and ensure successful integration with social and economic development goals and contends that Universities have a key role in encouraging Aboriginal students to participate in higher education.

Discusses five areas: legal tribal status, funding, students supports, relationship between universities and American Indian nations, and respect for culture and languages.

Examines classroom teaching and learning strategies to uncover what might make science and mathematics more attractive to Indigenous and minority students.

Looks at the rejection of federal Bill C-33, First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act, and an alternative education decision-making model that is more aligned with the Mi'kmaq "Talking Circle" tradition.

Articulates why Indigenous people have strong feelings regarding education rights and why it should be delivered in a culturally appropriate method.

Advises reading on events, actions or behaviours that are important to a community in assessing their educational system.

First Nations want control of their education policies.

Methodists and Ojibwa cooperatively developed a system, which included bilingual instruction, some Ojibwa teachers and the Pestalozzi teaching method that seemed more suitable for the learning styles.

Article reveals that some unique approaches exist and raises a series of challenges including: implementing goals, evaluation, relevance, access, completion rates and Indigenous control.

Discusses the challenging process involved in establishing a reservation-based charter high school.

Argues that problems identified are an inevitable result the clash between Inuit and Western cultures.

Adult and Higher Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1995

Process undertaken to gather input as to whether a designated Aboriginal K-12 school was desirable, how it should function, and what elements should be included in its curriculum.

Looks at factors which contribute to educational gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students: history, political organization, socio-economic status, and health.

Focuses on the areas of education and child protection services, questioning whether or not self-administration is a step towards self-government.

[Education] Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2010.

States that Native Americans have little input with respect to education and that culturally sensitive teaching would better prepare students for success.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2004.

Describes the disintegration of Inuit culture by exposure to Euro-American institutions.

Discussion of educational standards for First Nation schools.

Discusses tribal sovereignty and self-determination relating to education.

Article asserts a holistic approach that addresses intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical needs of the child.

Author describes his own schooling and notes the changes and progress in the system since the seventies.

The file contains a book entitled "Regulations Relating to the Education of Indian Children" issued by the Government of Canada in 1908. The regulations deal with the role and responsibilities of Indian Agents in carrying out educational policy; sectarian schools; and related matters.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Looks at a reparations movement among Indigenous Peoples in the United States, and discusses land-based struggles, financial compensation, and the boarding school project.

Discusses important issues relating to First Nations education control.

Looks at community efforts to work within federal programmes and develop and deliver services to First Nations students with limited funding from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Notes from a visit to an Aboriginal school including how the school is governed, what the facility is like, how it is funded, other Aboriginal schools in the area, aboriginal student population, parental involvement and academic achievement. Related documents: Report of the Aboriginal Education Task Force: Executive Summary>. Aboriginal Culturally Focused Secondary School Initiativ

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2005.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Seattle University, 1995.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2009.

Books reviewed: A People's Dream: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada by Dan Russell, Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec edited by Colin H. Scott, Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of the Aboriginal Title Settlements in B.C. edited by Roslyn Kunin, Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Study in Decolonization edited by K.P.

Describes the evolution of the role of chiefs and states how they need to delegate and not micro-manage.