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Aboriginal Home School Liaison Officers In Tasmania

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Claire Anderson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1986, pp. 58-59
Description
Program provides vital communication link between home and school for Aboriginal families in order to improve retention and success rates.
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Aboriginal Youth Benefit From Award Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 20
Description

Comments on the Duke of Edinburgh Award program that encourages participation of Aboriginal youth, provides meaningful activities, and recognizes community involvement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.15.

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Academic Performance and Cultural Marginality

Alternate Title
A Study of Haskell Students: Academic Performance and Cultural Marginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard E. Carroll

Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 1, October 1978, pp. [11-16]
Description
Study of problems arising from Native American students living on the margin of two societies
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Advisor Teaming

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Winterton
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 3, May 1978, pp. [19-25]
Description
Positive effects of the expanded counselling program at the Albuquerque Indian School in 1976-77.
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The American Indian Female Dropout

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ardy Bowker
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 31, no. 3, May 1992, pp. [3-20]
Description
Study examines factors related to the high rate of school dropout by females.
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Anti-dote for Racism

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Author/Creator
Melissa Nelson
Herizons, vol. 19, no. 4, Spring, 2006, pp. 6-7
Description
Comments on the Anti-dote Multiracial Girls' and Womens' Network that helps girls understand the impact of racism on their identity and offers coping strategies.
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Apache Parents and Vocational Choice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis C. Bernardoni
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 2, no. 2, January 1963, pp. [1-8]
Description
Study designed to determine the role parents played in the vocational choices of their sons at the public high school on the White-Mountain Apache Reservation.
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Applying Anthropology to Educational Problems

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leona M. Foerster
Dale Little Soldier
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 20, no. 3, May 1981, pp. [1-6]
Description
How to use the methods of anthropology to solve Native American educational problems.
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Being Influenced: A Cherokee Way of Mentoring

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Lowe
Journal of Cultural Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 37-49
Description
Reports on research findings related to how the Cherokee male achieves self-reliance and how health care professionals can incorporate the Cherokee concept of self-reliance into health care.
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The Blue Bay Healing Center: Community Development and Healing as Prevention

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp. 134-165]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Candace M. Fleming
Description
Comments on the development of the Center, and summarizes suicide prevention before and after the realization of the Center.
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British Columbia First Nations Coordinators (BCFNC) Handbook: A Guide for Serving Aboriginal Students in the Public Post-Secondary System in British Columbia

Documents & Presentations
Description
Resource contains general guidelines and specific recommendations for personnel who facilitate student transitions and retention. Topics include admissions, financial and cultural services, academic support, and maintaining institutional and community relationships.
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Career Counselling First Nations Youth: Applying the First Nations Career-Life Planning Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harly Neumann
Rod M. McCormick
Norman E. Amundson
Holly B. McLean


Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, vol. 34, no. 3, Innovations in Career and Employment Counselling, 2000, pp. 172-185
Description
Results of field-test designed to determine whether the Model was viable, practical, and culturally appropriate. Involved 13 high school students from British Columbia.
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A Career-Life Planning Model for First Nations People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rod M. McCormick
Norman E. Amundson
Journal of Employment Counselling, vol. 34, no. 4, 1997, pp. 171-179
Description
Discusses five components of Aboriginal culture which should be Incorporated into counselling: connectedness, balance, roles and responsibilities, aptitudes, and values.
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Career-Life Planning with First Nations People

Alternate Title
NATCON Papers 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathy Offet-Gartner
Description
Discussion of the counselling model developed by Rod M. McCormick and Norman E. Amundson which is based on an Aboriginal, rather than the Eurocentric worldview.
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CCAB Continues to Build Strong Relationships

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 1, April 2006, p. S1
Description

Discusses the growth of the Council For Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and attributes success to several initiatives including: networking events, recruitment/retention programs, and the hall of fame.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.

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Centre Takes the Frustration Out of Post-Secondary Blues

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Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 11
Description

Focuses on the three week orientation program offered by the Aboriginal Student Centre and how the centre has helped students make a successful transition into the university community.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.

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Change Can Happen: A Proactive Approach to Post-Secondary Preparation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jodie Lane
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 34-35
Description
Reports that using an educational counsellor to provide career education and stay-in-school initiatives from K-12 has had a positive effect on students.
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Change Can Happen at Any Age

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Boyd Leeson
Description
Story about a participant in the Oha'hi:yo (Cayuga word meaning a good road) programme at Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services.
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Coalition Supports Literacy Programs

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Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 5, August 2003, p. 20
Description

Comments on several programs and opportunities that the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition (ONLC) provides to empower Native people to improve literacy rates.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

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Cognitive and Personality Testing Use and Abuse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph N. Cress
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 13, no. 3, May 1974, pp. [16-19]
Description
Cultural factors should be considered when testing Native American students.
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A Commitment To Leadership

Alternate Title
Report on All-American Upward Bound Project at Arizona State University: A Commitment to Leadership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 1, October 1970, pp. [5-7]
Description
Describes a program offered at Arizona State University that prepares Native American high school students for higher education and leadership roles.
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Community Counselors and the Counseling Process

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Davis
Fred Sanderson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 14, no. 1, October 1974, pp. [26-29]
Description
Discusses how counsellours with a basic understanding of cultural values can act as advocates for community values in schools and vice versa.
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Community Schools Transitions Support Project

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 104
Teaching and learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Cratty
Belinda Daniels-Fiss
Sharon Laflamme
Ben Garchinski
Beverly Hanson
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Looks at developing support systems in elementary schools for at-risk students transitioning to high school.
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Comparison of the Dietary Intakes of Two Different Groups of Children (Grades 4 to 6) Before and After the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Michelle Jimenez
Olivier Receveur
Mary Trifonopoulos
Harriet Kuhnlein
Gilles Paradis
Ann C. Macaulay
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 103, no. 9, September 2003, pp. 1191-1194
Description
Survey findings indicated a marked increase in the intake of beverages with white-sugar; overall food intake is a complex matter, but the need for more nutrition education about newly available food items is evident.
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Connecting to Build Trust

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabriela Boskovic
Description
Discusses therapeutic relationship building using the Reality Therapy/Choice Theory at Ganohkwásra Family Assault Support Services.
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