['We Are Deeply Sorry' for Abuse in Residential Schools]
Alternate Title
1st Edition ; January 7, 1998
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kas Roussy
Nora Bernard
Jean Knockwood
Reg Moloney
Description
Brief news story discusses history of residential schools, the apology by the Minister of Indian Affairs and some solutions to problems on the Indian Brook Reserve in Nova Scotia. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 5:13
“We are Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey”: An Assessment of the Impact of the Mi'kmaw Knia'matnewey Self-Government Agreement on the Improvement of Education for Participating Mi'kmaw Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Orr
Description
Includes brief history of the education authority, overview of its activities, discussion of programming in areas of language and culture at the elementary level, and analysis of success indicators for secondary and post-secondary students.
We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For: Towards the Development of an Indigenous Educational Advocacy Organization for Indigenous Children in Canada's Custody
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelly Johnson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 36, no. 1, Indian Control of Indian Education--40 Years Later, 2013, pp. 126-145
Description
Briefly discuses the applicability of the 1972 Indian Control of Indian Education policy statement for urban Aboriginal students who are in the child protection system, reports results of interviews conducted with 14 individuals involved in the system, and argues for an agency specifically mandated to eliminate educational gap between those in care and those who are not.
We Have a Story to Tell: Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Tayac
Edwin Schupman
Description
Guide focuses on how Powhatan, Nanticoke, and Piscataway peoples responded to the upheavals that started with the colonial period. Intended for use with students in grades 9-12.
We Look More, Listen More, Notice More: Impact of Sustained Professional Development on Head Start Teachers' Inquiry-Based and Culturally-Relevant Science Teaching Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian H. Roehrig
Mia Dubosarsky
Annie Mason
Stephan Carlson
Barbara Murphy
Journal of Science Education and Technology, vol. 20, Science Education in Preschools and Primary Schools: Classrooms, Teachers, and Children, October 2011, pp. 566-578
Description
"This article presents results from Ah Neen Dush, a sustained and transformative professional development program for Head Start teachers on an American Indian Reservation."
"We Went in as Strangers, and Left as Friends”: Building Community in the Wahkohtowin Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Buhler
Priscilla Settee
Nancy Van Styvendale
Engaged Scholar Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, Quality of Life: Towards Sustainable Futures, 2015, pp. 96-113
Description
Using interviews from a Wahkotowin classroom participants to discuss its use as a model for engaged pedagogy.
Weaving Loincloth With Whitecoat: Teaching Aboriginal and Modern Skills at a Winter Camp in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Claude Doucette
Peggy Ransom
David Kowaleski
Our Schools, Our Selves, vol. 16, no. 3, Spring, 2007, pp. 33-47
Description
Describes a 10-day winter camp, for high school aged students, designed to combine aboriginal skills with modern skills.
Weaving Ways: Indigenous Ways of Knowing in Classrooms and Schools: An Introductory Guide
Alternate Title
Education for Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortium
Education for Reconciliation Team
Description
Provides a series of inquiry questions and guiding information organized around four themes: cultures of belonging, instructional design, pedagogy, and sharing through stories.
[Week 11: Indigenizing the University]
Alternate Title
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustin
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Eleanor Benard
Dan Christmas
Description
Discusses moving forward with education on all levels. Inspirational story by Eleanor Bernard about successful Indigenous controlled educational approaches.
Presentation begins at 21:40.
Duration: 2:42:25.
Well-Being of the Non-Reserve Aboriginal Population
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vivian O"Donnell
Heather Tait
Canadian Social Trends, no. [72], Spring, 2004, pp. 19-23
Description
Statistics on health status, chronic conditions, education, crowding in homes, and language.
Information from the 2002 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
What Inuit Middle-Years Students Say About Their Learning
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Barbara McMillan
Journal of the Manitoba Educational Research Network, vol. 3, 2009, pp. 45-72
Description
Students consider having a teacher that cares about them and their success as students, greatly influences their classroom learning.
Scroll down to page 45 to read article.
What is Working in Good Schools in Remote Indigenous Communities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kirsten Storry
Issue Analysis, no. 86, April 04, 2007, pp. [1]-[20]
Description
Contends that the best results come from a combination of good teaching and management on the school side, and support and determination on the community side.
What Matters in Indigenous Education: Implementing a Vision Committed to Holism, Diversity and Engagement
Alternate Title
Measuring What Matters
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Rose Toulouse
Description
Focuses on the requirements for implementing an inclusive learning environment. Discusses issues, medicine wheel (four domains) approach to teaching, and incorporating Indigenous worldviews into the classroom.
What Other Canadian Kids Have: The Fight for a New School in Attawapiskat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karl Reimer
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
What's the Word for...? Is There a Word for...? How Understanding Mi'kmaw Language Can Help Support Mi'kmaw Learners in Mathematics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Lunney Borden
Mathematics Education Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, Mathematics Education with/for Indigenous Peoples, March 2013, pp. 5-22
Description
Reports on the role of language in mathematics teaching.
[What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10]: Appendix B: Summary of Assessed Items
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Closing the Gap Clearinghouse]
Description
Appendix B, Summary of Assessed Items, to accompany What Works to Overcome Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Learnings and Gaps in the Evidence, 2009-10.
When is a Disadvantage a Handicap?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanette C. Smith
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 19, no. 2, January 1980, pp. [13-18]
Description
Examines the impact of the law in deeming Aboriginal children disadvantaged or handicapped upon entering school.
Where Are All The Native Grads
Alternate Title
Where Are All the Native Graduates
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 1, April 2003, p. 32
Description
Examines the factors affecting education of Aboriginal youth, creating graduation rates that lag behind that of their non-Aboriginal classmates.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.44.
Where Waters Meet: Merging the Strengths of Aboriginal and Mainstream Educational Practices to Improve Students' Experiences at School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sara Florence Davidson
English Practices, vol. 57, no. 1, Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education, Fall, 2015, pp. 9-[16]
Description
Looks at different methods of learning which may cause problems for Aboriginal students.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 9.
Whirlwind School: A Case Study of Church-State Relationships in Native American Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen McKellips
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 20, no. 1, 1993, pp. 18-25
Description
An overview of the history of the Whirlwind School, located on Cheyenne-Arapaho land in Oklahoma, and what lead to its closure.
White Rites Versus Indian Rights: Expanded Educational Opportunities For Indians May Not Be Opportunities at All
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A.D. Fisher
Society, vol. 7, no. 1, November 1969, pp. 29-33
Description
Study examines the failure of education system to benefit Aboriginal people based on results which display conflicts with moral and cultural values of the students.
Whose English Counts?: Indigenous English in Saskatchewan Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Sterzuk
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 9-20
Description
Focuses on how students' educational attainment is affected by differences in home and school dialects, and the impact of inadequate assessment and evaluation by teachers and speech practitioners.
Wicubami: Honoring Alexis Nakota Sioux Ish?awimin through Kinship, Language, Spirit, and Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lia Ruttan
Sherry Letendre
Elizabeth Letendre
Tanja Schramm-Trethowan
Fay Fletcher ... [et al.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 87-108
Description
Describes Elders' contributions to a community-based participatory research project, the Nimi Ichinohabi program, on substance abuse prevention for children at the community school.
Wiiji Kakendaasodaa: Let's All Learn: Final Report: The Model School Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Julia O’Sullivan
Description
Reports on six-year partnership to improve reading and writing skills for grade six students in two Ontario First Nations' schools. Initial phase (2010-2014) was followed by a sustainability phase (2014-2016).
Women the World Must Hear: A School For the Sky People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Weston
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Becoming a Healer, Fall, 2008
Description
Highlights the commitment of the Wind River reservation in Wyoming to offer Arapaho language immersion at the elementary school in an effort to keep the language alive for years to come.
Worldviews of Urban Iroquois Faculty: A Case Study of a Native American Resource Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Nix Hollowell
Rhonda Baynes Jeffries
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 764-785
Description
Looks at a unique public school in Buffalo known as P.S. #19, Native American Magnet School. Students come from six Iroquois tribes: Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tuscarora.