From a Place Deep Inside: Culturally Appropriate Curriculum as the Embodiment of Navajo-ness in Classroom Pedagogy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 46, no. 3, 2007, pp. 72-93
Description
Comments on three implementation goals: preservation of language and culture, teaching academic content successfully, or or focusing on both preservation and academic learning.
From Enemy to Mascot: The Deculturation of Indian Mascots in Sports Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cornel Pewewardy
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 176-189
Description
Challenges educators to display leadership to teach a critical perspective in regards to Indigenous sports teams mascots.
From JSTOR to Jiní: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in Teaching Information Literacy at Tribal Colleges
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhiannon Sorrell
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 31, no. 1, The New Information Age, Fall, Aug 11, 2019
Description
Discusses the challenges faced by tribal librarians as they work to teach information literacy in both mainstream news and social media outlets while incorporating traditional or Indigenous knowledge and teachings.
"From Many Peoples, Strength": Towards a Postcolonial Law and Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Ariel, vol. 35, no. 1/2, Law, Literature, Postcoloniality, Jan.-Apr. 2004, pp. 163-188
Description
Discusses the significance of cultural heritage and the support of Aboriginal peoples towards the institution of postcolonial law and literature.
From Native North American Oral Traditions to Western Literacy: Storytelling in Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Piquemal
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 49, no. 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 113-122
Description
Looks at Western literacy versus First Nations oral traditions, myths in oral traditions and response by First Nations to Egan's theoretical model of the use of storytelling in education.
From School in Community to a Community-Based School: The Influence of an Aboriginal Principal on Culture-Based School Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 64, October 9, 2007, p. [?]
Description
Looks at influences on educational reform in the northern community of Aklavik and development of a science curriculum.
From the Credibility Gap to Capacity Building: An Inuit Critique of Canadian Arctic Research
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pitseolak Pfeifer
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1, Redefining the Northern Research Landscape, July 2018, pp. 29-34
Description
Author looks at possibilities for research conducted by Inuit people for the benefit of Inuit communities; discusses factors including academic credibility (what counts as knowledge), harmonizing science with needs of Inuit, and the marginalization of Traditional Knowledge (TK) by the academy.
From Turtle Mountains to the Badlands: Learning to Teach Native Ways of Knowing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tibi Marin
Carmelita Lamb
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 4, Success by Accountability and Assessment, Summer, 2008
Description
Discusses the Native Ways of Knowing (NWOK) program for pre-service secondary science teachers aimed at integrating Aboriginal and Western science.
From Where the Sun Rises: Addressing the Educational Achievement of Native Americans in Washington State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Pavel
Susan Rae Banks-Joseph
Ella Inglebret
Laurie McCubbin
Jason Sievers ... [et al.]
Description
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
Fundamental Considerations: The Deep Meaning of Native American Schooling, 1880-1900
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Wallace Adams
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 58, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses deeper meaning of assimilation policies as factors of Indian schooling based on 3 perspectives; Protestant ideology, civilized versus savage paradigm, and land quest of whites.
Funding and Best Practices Research: BC First Nations Post-Secondary Institutes: Indian Studies Support Program Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Storytellers’ Foundation
Gitxsan Wet’suwet’en Education Society
Description
Survey results from 10 organizations were divided into four themes: diversity, responsiveness, personalized service and instability from lack of reliable funding.
Funding Options for Nunavut Schools: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Costa Kapsalis
Description
Proposed funding options for K-12 schools in Nunavut to deal with high pupil-teacher ratios, low student outcomes, high non-attendance, teacher recruitment and retention, and insufficient funding for special needs students.
The Fusion of Identity, Literatures, and Pedagogy: Teaching American Indian Literatures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie LaMay Abner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 2, Series 2; Teaching American Indian Literatures, Summer, 1996, pp. 1-6
Description
Guest editor briefly discusses articles appearing in themed issue.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Future in the Past of Native and Indigenous Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Warrior
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 55-58
Description
Discusses some of the issues of the beginnings of Native and Indigenous studies. The article also suggests that what one needs to look at more precisely is at what people mean when they talk about those beginnings, namely specific figures and practices within indigenous traditions.
Future of Language Depends on Children
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 10, December 1999, p. 3
Description
Residential schools healing fund helps to fund development of Kwak'wala hymn book incorporating both orthography systems so young and old are able to use same book.
Gaa Bi Ombaashid Migizi Soaring Eagle Project: Final Report: 2001 Project Activities
Alternate Title
Educating Aboriginal Youth Using Traditional Knowledge and Western Environmental Science
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Boreal Forest Network
Description
Project was to design and deliver a ten-week community-based environmental education program, which combined Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Environmental Science, to Aboriginal youth (aged 18-30).
The Gap Between Text and Context: An Analysis of Ontario's Indigenous Education Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse K. Butler
In Education, vol. 21, no. 2, Autumn, 2015, pp. 26-48
Description
"This paper analyzes the 2007 Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework, alongside its 2014 Implementation Plan".
Gendering First Nations Education Reform: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Reviews key documents, identifies gaps in literature, and reports on information collected at the Native Women's Association's Annual General Assembly and an engagement session with Provincial and Territorial Member Associations.
A 'Generative Curriculum Model' For Supporting Child Care and Development programs in First Nations Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Alan Pence
Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 25, no. 2, Summer, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Overview of the success of University accredited diploma program in early childhood education and youth care.
Generative Generations: Adapting Culturally Rooted Science Ideas to Video Game Design
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensee
Christie Poitra
Angela Kolonich
Estrella Torrez
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, 2020, pp. 1-15
Description
Examines a pilot project to provide workshop kits designed to encourage Indigenous youth to create video games that reflect their Indigenous knowledge.
Genuine Community Ownership of Northern Education: From Theory to Practice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donald J. Taylor
Roxane de la Sablonnière
Laura French Bourgeos
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Report 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 55-59
Description
Discusses issues of poor school attendance through a cultural identity lens that encompasses the impacts of colonization on all aspects of Inuit life.
The Gift of Language and Culture Project: Instructional Curriculum Development Project: Teaching Resources:
nīhithowītān Cree Language & Cultural Programming Curriculum Resource Unit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Gift of Language and Culture Partnership Project
Description
Includes links to: introduction to curriculum, components of curriculum, First Nations language as a second language, foundational objectives, framework of objectives, planning guide and sample activities.
The Gifts Within: Carrying Each Other Forward in Aboriginal Education
Alternate Title
Our Schools, Our Selves
E-Books
Author/Creator
Athlueetuq
Margaret Tucker
Simeon Russell Blackbird
Anika Altiman
Janette Richmond ...
Kevin Lamure
Linda Lou (Sands) Classens ...
A. Whiteye
Muriel Sampson ...
JoAnn V. Henry
John K. Snake ... [et al.]
Giving Voice to Our Ancestors
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 2, 1992, pp. 145-149
Description
An edited transcript of Verna Kirkness' speech, at the Mokakit Education Research Conference in 1992, about the teachings of Indigenous ancestors.
Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 2, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, 2009, pp. 3-6
Description
Guest Editor, Keith Thor Carlson, introduces the issue, and discusses the community centered research.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
“Going Native”: Indigenizing Ethnographic Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 83-99
Description
Article pulls together several elements that when implemented together into ethnographic research create a process of Indigenization. These elements include: respecting distinct cultures and nations, rooting methods in culture, understanding the importance of story, language, place, and relationality, committing to an ethic of reciprocity.
Grade 3: Mawi-amskwesewey Ankukumkewey na ujit Kkijinu Maqamikew = The First Treaty is with Our Earth Mother = Amsqahsewey Lakutuwakon Wiciw Kci Kikuwosson
Alternate Title
Treaty Education Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development [Office of First Nations Education]]
Description
Content focused on the Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewiyik, and Passamaquoddy (Peskotomuhkati) peoples of New Brunswick.
Grassroots Suggestions for Linking Native-Language Learning, Native American Studies, and Mainstream Education in Reservation Schools with Mixed Indian and White Student Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Bo-yuen Ngai
Language, Culture and Curriculum, vol. 19, no. 2, 2006, pp. 220-236
Description
Findings based on interviews on the Flathead Indian Reservation with 89 participants, suggests building preK-16 curriculum that frames Indigenous-language learning as part of place-based multicultural education.
Growing Our Own: A Sustainable Approach to Teacher Education at Turtle Mountain Community College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carmelita Lamb
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses how Turtle Mountain Community College is meeting the educational needs of Native American Indians, strengthening tribal sovereignty and self-determination, and positively affecting people’s lives through its teacher education program.