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Engaging Students in Science Courses: Lessons of Change From the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence K. Duffy
Anna Godduhn
Cindy E. Fabbri
Mary Van Muelken
Linda Nicholas-Figueroa ... [et al.]
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 105-136
Comments on the importance of incorporating the local landscape into science courses and focusing on real-world topics to engage students.
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Equality

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mars Patel
Samaira Prabhakar
Nahalia Scott
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. 6
Student artwork juxtaposes school on reserve and one found in their community.
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ESCD/ Alaska: An Educational Demonstration

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Orvik
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 166-172
Satellite delivered TV programming for education aimed at children in remote areas of Alaska, Appalachia and Rocky Mountains states; focus of programs was basic oral language development and health.
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Establishing Bilingual Education: Project Paiute

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evalyn Titus Dearmin
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 1, October 1977, pp. [1-10]
Describes a three-component project as a cultural preservation effort on a remote-rural Paiute community in northern Nevada.
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Eurocentric Roadblocks to School Change in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Berger
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit Knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 55-76
Presents examples of conflicting cultural values which the author believes result in poor academic outcomes for Inuit students.
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Evaluating Success: Mother Earth's Children's Charter School Longitudinal Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lola Baydala
Carmen Rasmussen
Jeffrey Bisanz
Merle Kennedy
Natalie Weigum
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 78-93, 116-117
Looks at the research approach and findings from the first three years of operation in the only Indigenous children's charter school in Canada.
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"The Event of Place": Teacher Candidates' Experiences of a Northern Practicum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie D. Janzen
In Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 10th Anniversary Online Special Issue: Teaching in the 21st Century Intercultural/Multilingual/Multi, Autumn, 2019, pp. 73-90
Author examines teacher practicums set in Northern Communities as potential opportunities to disrupt colonial narratives, create an understanding of place-based and land-based learning, and to inform ethical and inclusive education practices.
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Evidence - Standing Committee on Public Accounts: Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Alternate Title
PACP no. 8, 1st Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Wiersema
Michael Wernick
Douglas Stewart
Shelagh Jane Woods
Andrew Saxton ... [et al.]
Representatives from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Canada Mortgage and Housing, Dept. of Health, and Office of the Auditor General answer questions about the Office's 2011 status report, which contained the chapter "Programs for First Nations on Reserves".
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The Evolution of Mi'kmaw Education: Charting the Challenges, the Failures and the Successes

Alternate Title
Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq]
An overview of the traditional forms and philosophies of education in Native communities in Nova Scotia, and the changes that have occurred since pre-contact and colonization to the present. Chapter Four of Kekina’muek: Learning about the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia
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[Ewing Commission Report]

Alternate Title
[Report of the Alberta Enquiry Into and Concerning the Problems of Health, Education, Relief and General Welfare of the Half-Breed Population of the Province]
[Report of the Royal Commission on the Condition of the Half-Breed Population of the Province of Alberta.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Freeman Ewing
Edward Ainslie Braithwaite
James McCrie Douglas

Purpose of the commission was to "make enquiry into the condition of the half-breed population of the Province of Alberta, keeping particularly in mind the health, education, relief and general welfare of such population". As a result of the recommendations contained in the report the Métis Betterment Act was enacted and Métis Settlements were established.

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An Examination of Educational Success

Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jerry White
Paul Maxim
Nicholas D. Spence
vol. 1

Documents school success and school leaving according to indicators of attainment such as graduate rates, leaver rates, and age-appropriate achievement.

Chapter seven from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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An Examination of Social and Emotional Behavior Skills with American Indian Elementary Students: Issues of Measurement, Gender, Grade and Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alex C. Garn
Pamela H. Kulinna
Donetta J. Cothran
Matthew Ferry
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 3, 2010, pp. 24-40
Discusses the social competence framework known as social and emotional learning that could be useful for Native American students.
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Examining American Indians' Recall of Cultural Inclusion in School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Freng
Adrienne Freng
Helen Moore
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 46, no. 2, 2007, pp. 42-61
Comments on sixteen American Indians' school experiences, from elementary to high school, and their visions of ideal American Indian education.
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Examining the Relationship Between Neighborhood Environment and School Readiness for Kindergarten Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lapointe
Laurie Ford
Bruno D. Zumbo
Early Education and Development, vol. 18, no. 3, Special Issue: The Early Development Instrument, 2007, pp. 473-495
Presents research using the 2001 Canadian Census to measure neighborhood environment and the Early Development Instrument (EDI) to measure school readiness in British Columbia.
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Exceptional Youth Honoured

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mike Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2012, p. 1,3
Looks at the 14th Annual SaskTel Aboriginal Youth Award ceremony and some sage advice from the recipients. Article located on page 1 and continues by scrolling to page 3.
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The Exodus from Kitaskinaw School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora Voyageur
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 19, no. 1, 1992, pp. 35-45

Examines the shift from a 70% non-Indigenous student population in 1970's to only 3% by 1991 at the Kitaskinaw school located on the Enoch reservation.  

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The Experimental Eskimos

Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Teacher's resource for the documentary The Experimental Eskimos directed by Barry Greenwald. Tells the stories of Peter Ittinuar, Zebedee Nungak, and Eric Tagoona, three Inuit men who were sent to Ottawa as 12-year-olds for a "white" education. The men eventually became leaders in the Inuit community and helped to advance the interests of their people.
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