Introducing Engineering to the American Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leon Leonard
James Freim
Jay Fein
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 14, no. 2, January 1975, pp. [6-11]
Description
Review of the program "First Americans—Tomorrow’s Engineers" designed to recruit engineers.
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Introduction [SAIL Special Issue on Children's Literature]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa A. Mitten
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2: Childrens Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [1]-2
Description
Introduces special issue with the theme of works of fiction for the young audience. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Teresa L. McCarty
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 3, Examining and Applying Safety Zone Theory: Current Policies, Practices, and Experiences, 2014, pp. 1-10
Description
Introduction to three papers delivered at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Philadelphia.
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Inuit Area of Residence (11), Aboriginal Identity (5), Age Groups (8), Sex (3) and Selected Demographic, Labour Force, Educational and Income Characteristics (218), for the Total Population of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

Alternate Title
Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 97-564-XCB2006003
Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population
[2006 Census of Canada: Topic-based Tabulations]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
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An Inuit Education: Honouring a Past, Creating a Future

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasing Corporation
Description
A group of articles and video clips from the CBC Archives provides an overview of the changing patterns and issues in the communities in the Arctic from circa 1950 to 2002.
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Inuit Self-Government in the Canadian North: The Next Step in the Nunavut Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katja Göcke
Heidelberg Journal of International Law=Zeitschrift fuer Auslaendisches Oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht , vol. 71, 2011, pp. 78-102
Description
Comments on the necessity to increase revenues to build homes, improve the education system, preserve the Inuktitut language, and to implement health and social programs.
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Inuit Youth in a Changing World

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard G. Condon
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Hydroelectric Dams and Indigenous Peoples, Summer, 1988
Description
Looks at the different roles and responsibilities expected of Inuit youth entering adulthood today compared with Inuit youth in the past.
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Issues in English Language Assessment of Indigenous Australians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian G. Malcolm
Language Assessment Quarterly, vol. 8, Current Issues and Trends in Language Assessment in Australia and New Zealand, 2011, pp. 190-199
Description
Examines contextual factors and calls for a more context -sensitive approach to assessment.
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"It's huge in First Nation culture for us, as a school, to be a role model": Facilitators and Barriers Affecting School Nutrition Policy Implementation in Alexander First Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kris Murray
Alexander Research Committee
Anna Farmer
Katerina Maximova
Noreen Willows
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Comments on the importance of school nutrition policies to create a healthy learning environment for students and how to go about doing so.
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ITK Education Initiative, Education Accord and Summit Report

Alternate Title
Discussion Paper for the National Inuit Education Summit
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Education ...
National Inuit Education Summit
Report on the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Education Initiative
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Inuit Education Summit
Description
Contains links to seven reports: 1) Education Accord - in Syllabics 2) Education Accord - in English 3) Education Summit Report 4) Indigenous Standards in Education 5) Inuit Early Childhood Education and Care 6) Partnering with Parents and Communities and 7) Post-Secondary Case Studies in Inuit Education.
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[Jamie Wilson and Racism. Part I]

Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Wilson
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
In interview, Manitoba Treaty Commissioner argues that while the education system should remove barriers and help Aboriginal students to achieve, it should not compromise standards. Duration: 28:55.
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Johnny Can't Talk, Either: The Perpetuation of the Deficit Theory in Classrooms

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca G. Eller
Reading Teacher, vol. 42, no. 9, May 1989, pp. 670-674
Description
Discusses the 'deficit' theory assumption that children from lower socioeconomic homes have lower levels of language skill, whereas the classes may provide fewer opportunities to speak out, and so may be perceived as less capable expressively.
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Journey From the Shadows

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
Description
Stories from residential school survivors and descendants of survivors. Duration: 44:59.
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The Journey to Reclamation through Oral Tradition

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 272
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diane Peekeekoot
Charlotte Campbell
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Follows up on Ē-kiwēyitotamāhk Kitāyisinēwinānāw: Reclaiming Our Cree Language through Oral Tradition and examines the impact on grade 7-9 students when Elders are integrated into Cree classrooms.
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