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Dechinta Bush University: Mobilizing a Knowledge Economy of Reciprocity, Resurgence and Decolonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erin Freeland Ballantyne
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. [67]-85
Description
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
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Decolonization, Reinhabitation and Reconciliation: Aboriginal and Place-Based Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexa Scully
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 148-158
Description
Argues that place-based education can promote greater cross-cultural understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, promote social and ecological justice, and act as a site for Indigenous resurgence.
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Decolonizing Cyberspace: Online Support for the Nunavut MEd

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander McAuley
Fiona Walton
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol. 12, no. 4, May 2011, pp. [17]-34
Description
Discusses the challenges involved in development and delivery of the distance education portion of the program.
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Deconstructing Children's History Books: Residential Schools

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Samantha Cutrara
Description
Discusses portrayals in four picture books for children ages 4-8: We Feel Good Out Here = Zhik gwaa'an, nakhwatthaiitat qwiinzii, Arctic Stories, Shi-shi-etko, and Shin-chi's Canoe; as well as When I Was Eight and "Mush-hole": Memories of a Residential School.
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Defining Quality: New Insights for Training Practitioners

Alternate Title
Training Approaches: Defining Quality: New Insights for Training Practitioners
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claude S. Endfield
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 1, Indigenous Approaches to Early Childhood Care and Education, 2007, pp. 145-157, 189
Description
Questions what 'quality' early childhood care and education mean in United States schools after an Indigenous Early Childhood Development Symposium was held in Victoria, BC.
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Delima F. Parenteau Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Delima F. Parenteau
Brenda Arnault
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview covers highlights of her life.
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Developing a Culturally Responsive School Division: Final Report

Alternate Title
Developing a Culturally Responsive School Division: An Aboriginal Education Research Network Grant
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatoon Public Schools
Description
Outlines background and purpose of the study, and reports on establishing an advisory committee and the principles developed in consultation with it, knowledge gathered through international, national and local site visits, and practices in place at Princess Alexandra Community School and Mount Royal Collegiate, Saskatoon.
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Developing Culturally Sensitive Evaluation and Assessment Tools for Early Childhood Programs: Research Report to the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (2015-2015)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda McDonell
Danielle Alphonse
Caitlin Johnston
Description
Looks at the Qeq College Transition program developed by the BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development, Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre and School District 68 (Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools). The program supports young children and their families as they transition from early childhood to kindergarten settings.
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Development of a Native American Evaluation Team

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Canyon
Sandy Gibbs
David Churchman
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 15, no. 1, October 1975, pp. [23-28]
Description
Development of the Tribal American Consulting Corporation (TACC) and its recommendations for education of Native Americans in Los Angeles.
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The Development of "New" Languages in Native American Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Goodfellow
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 41-59
Description
Describes the need for a new approach to learning Indigenous languages in the classroom, arguing that programs should emphasize both written and the contemporary local usage of the language.
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Development of the Physical Activity Interactive Recall (PAIR) for Aboriginal Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lucie Lévesque
Margaret Cargo and Jon Salsberg
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 1, no. 8, March 29, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the development and testing of a physical activity computer program for Kanien'keh´ka (Mohawk) children and concludes it is suitable for children between the ages of nine and thirteen.
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Digital Narratives as a Means of Shifting Settler-Teacher Horizons Toward Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexandra Bissell
Lisa Korteweg
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 3, 2016, pp. [1]-25
Description
Comments on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action report which calls for the integration of Indigenous Knowledge and teaching methods into the curriculum and provides better preparation of teachers to deliver Indigenous content.
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Dilemmas of an Indigenous Academic: A Native Hawaiian Story

Alternate Title
Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts
[Engaging/Performing Theories of Decolonizing Research]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Julie Kaomea
Description
Author discusses her efforts to reconcile competing expectations of her community and the academy by developing a hybrid research methodology. Chapter one from Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts edited by Kagendo Mutua and Beth Blue Swadener.
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Discourse Practices in Nuuk, Greenland: Language Usage and Language Attitudes of Students at the Gymnasium, a Pilot Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Langgård
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 235-274
Description
Reports on language use after Grade 10 and prior to university and warns of possible future problems resulting from conflicts between the Danish and Greenlandic languages. Some comparisons are drawn with Nunavut.
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Discourses of Cultural Relevance in Nunavut Schooling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Lynn Aylward
Journal of Research in Rural Education, vol. 22, no. 7, 2007, pp. 1-9
Description
Provides critique on the beliefs connected to culturally appropriate schooling within the context of indigenous schools.
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Discursive Power and Problems of Native Inclusiveness in the Public Education System: A Study of Mandated School Councils

Alternate Title
NALL [New Approaches to Lifelong Learning] Working Paper; no. 23, 2001
WALL Working Paper; no. 23, 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George E. Burns
Description
Study found that parental, elder and community participation was needed to improve the quality of education for Aboriginal children, youth and adults.
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