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Casting a New Light on a Long Shadow: Saskatchewan Aboriginal High School Students Talk About What Helps and Hinders their Learning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Stelmach
Margaret Kovach
Larry Steeves
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 63, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-20
Using interviews with Indigenous high school students to discuss the influences to the their educational experiences and what can be learned from those students' voices.
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Celebrating the Year of the Métis: Junior

Alternate Title
2010 Year of the Métis Junior
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elementary Teachers’ Federation Of Ontario
Assignment to explore the qualities of a hero, leader, & role model, and then research & create a short biography on one to three of those Métis individuals. Designed for primary, junior and intermediate students.
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Characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native Education: Results From the 1990-91 and 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Surveys

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. Michael Pavel
Thomas R. Curtin
Summer D. Whitener
Equity & Excellence in Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Issue, 1998, pp. 48-54
Highlights chapters from the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education report on school districts, schools, principals, teachers and students.
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Cherokee Culture and School Achievement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony D. Brown
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1980, pp. 55-74
Study compared 72 Cherokee students to 72 Anglo-American students enrolled in public elementary schools; looked at age and sex trends, cross-cultural differences in cooporative and competitive behaviour, and how those behaviours might affect academic achievement.
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Cherokee High School Dropouts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Kutsche
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 3, no. 2, January 1964, pp. [22-30]
Dropout rate due to schools operating on European models which does not take into account cultural differences.
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The Cherokee Nation Immersion School as a Translanguaging Space

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lizette Peter
Tracy Hirata-Edds
Durbin Feeling
Wyman Kirk
Ryan “Wahde” Mackey ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 5-31

Looks at a Cherokee language immersion school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.  

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Child Rearing Practices of the San Communities in Botswana: Potential Lessons for Educators

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annah Anikie Molosiwa
Dipotso Galeforolwe
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 130-137
Using narratives, focus group discussions and interviews this study gathers and analyzes qualitative data from 15 Basarwa (San) participants about how they transmit their cultural practices to their children. Results show the San want education that is inclusive of their cultural practices and language; they would like to see San teachers in the schools.
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The Children Are Worth the Investment

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 5

Looks at the underfunding of First Nations education and the necessity of involving First Nations people in any discussion regarding educational reform.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Children's Services in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities: Practices and Challenges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyn Fasoli
Veronica Johns
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 1, Indigenous Approaches to Early Childhood Care and Education, 2007, p. 83
Discusses insights gained from the Both Ways Children's Services Project which looked at the question of "What constitutes an effective and sustainable children's service in remote Northern Territory communities?"
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Chooutla School — Carcross, Yukon

Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Brief history of the Carcross Residential School from 1903 to 1969. Revised version.
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Civilizing an Indian: A Story by Melvin Begaye

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melvin Begaye
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 3, May 1971, pp. [10-13]
Fiction by a creative writing student from a mission school.
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A Class Divided

Alternate Title
Frontline ; March 26, 1985
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Jane Elliott
Charlie Cobb
William Peters
Original documentary was about a two-day exercise in discrimination. Third grade students were divided into two groups, the blue-eyed and the brown-eyed. The first day one group was told they were better than the others and received special privileges; the next day the roles were reversed. Includes additional links to follow-up documentary, interviews with producer and teacher, teacher's guide and frequently asked questions.
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Closing the Gap Ministerial Statement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kevin Rudd
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 25-29
Presents a speech, delivered by the Prime Minister of Australia, addressing narrowing the gap in life expectancy and life opportunities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2014

Alternate Title
Closing the Gap Report 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tony Abbot
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Clothing Styles

Alternate Title
Hodinohso:ni Art Lesson ; no. 11
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rick Hill]
[Roxanne Sky]

Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.

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Co-constructing Early Childhood Programs Nourished by Inuit Worldviews

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 38, no. 1-2, Cultures Inuit, Gouvernance et Cosmopolitiques / Inuit Cultures, Governance and Cosmopolitics, 2014, pp. 73-94
Contends that Inuit approaches to child rearing should be incorporated into educator training programs.
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Coalition Supports Literacy Programs

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 5, August 2003, p. 20

Comments on several programs and opportunities that the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition (ONLC) provides to empower Native people to improve literacy rates.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

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A Cognitive Pattern of the Yakima Indian Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhett Diessner
Jacqueline L. Walker

Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [39-43]
Wechsler test results studied to gain understanding of learning styles of high school students.
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Cold Journey

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
David B. Jones
Martin Defalco
George Pearson
Drama looks at an Indigenous youth attempting to find a place for himself. Duration: 1:15:36.
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Collaboration and Indian Education: Exploring Intergovernmental Partnerships between Tribes and Public Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thaddieus W. Conner
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 48-65
Looks at relationships in New Mexico and Oklahoma using qualitative interviews with tribal leaders, quantitative data from survey of 150 Indian education directors, and secondary data on school district characteristics.
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Colour-Blind: Discursive Repertoires Teachers Used to Story Racism and Aboriginality in Urban Prairie Schools

Alternate Title
Color-Blind: Discursive RepertoiresTeachers Used to Story Racism and Aboriginality in Urban Prairie Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Brock Education, vol. 21, no. 1, Fall, 2011, pp. [16]-33
Explores teachers' representations of racism and contextualizes the high rates of Aboriginal students who are not completing high school.
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A Commitment To Leadership

Alternate Title
Report on All-American Upward Bound Project at Arizona State University: A Commitment to Leadership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 1, October 1970, pp. [5-7]
Describes a program offered at Arizona State University that prepares Native American high school students for higher education and leadership roles.
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