An overview of First Nations-specific curriculum; identifies the curriculum needs, barriers and challenges; looks at cost estimates for curriculum development ; and makes recommendations to improve the current First Nations curriculum.

Report primarily based on semi-structured interviews with six Indigenous faculty members. Outlines methodology and discusses findings, including: resources used, current gaps in resources and services, community members' lack of access, experiences with librarians/archivists, and research-related issues. Seven recommendations are made.

As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Arizona interviewed 5 scholars on their research practices and the supports provided by the library. Makes several recommendations for improving supports and services in the library.

Discusses data about when and to what post-secondary institutions students transitioned from 2002/03 to 2005/06 in British Columbia.

As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers interviewed six Indigenous Studies scholars at Haskell Indian Nations University (Haskell) and the University of Kansas (KU). Report explores the four themes that surfaced--knowledge, connection, journey, and giving back—in the context of Library and Information Services (LIS).

Describes how a culturally sensitive research process is important when exploring Indigenous issues.

Book review of: Reshaping the University: Responsibility, Indigenous Epistemes, and the Logic of the Giftby Rauna Kuokkanen.

Study consisted of a one page questionnaire sent to 18 directors in order to determine whether programs had objectives, staff, and clinical experiences to ensure adequate knowledge.

Study to determine why some culturally traditional students succeed in post-secondary institutions despite cultural conflict, while others do not.

List of works relating to Indigenous language and Indigenous knowledge that foster a spiritually rooted Native identity. Draft.

Contains links to: provincial/territorial resources, National Literacy Secretariat, National Literacy Database, etc.

Author speaks about specific experiences and challenges with teaching Aboriginal spirituality.

Examines the development of a respectful collaboration between Indigenous communities and academic researchers to provide research interactions that is mutually beneficial for both sides. Chapter from Co-operative Membership and Globalization: New Directions in Research and Practice edited by Brett Fairbarn and Nora Russell. Entire ebook on one PDF. To access chapter, scroll down to page 207.

Looks at the descriptive analysis of "A Conceptual Framework of Aboriginal Knowing" as a guide to understanding how the literature describes Aboriginal Knowledge.

Authors describe their experience teaching a mandatory course in Indigenous education at Western University; articulate the challenges, mistakes, and successes they experienced in hopes of further decolonizing the practice of teacher education.

Discusses the reasons why the notion of responsibility requires re-examination.

Discusses ways in which the new Master's program can meet the research needs of communities.

Looks at key findings from an evaluation study of a nursing education access program in Labrador, Canada.

Book review of: Restoring the Balance edited by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout, and Eric Guimond.

Discusses a successful educational partnership, in which all stakeholders participated, resulting in a student completion rate of over 40%.

Discusses barriers to completion of degrees and suggests strategies to overcome them.

Survey analyzed 108 students for obstacles to success and identified strategies for improvement.

Educational Administration and Higher Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Arizona, 1995.

Research project that examines social work education and the professional needs, in terms of curriculum, of the Kahnawake and Kanehsatake communities.

Comments on the challenges faces by northern students attending post secondary education institutions in southern Canada.

Purpose of paper was to review various methods of gathering data at the provincial level, identify best practices and make recommendations for the development of standards.

Book review of Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit by Marie Battiste

Purpose of the study was to evaluate the program administered by Indian and Northern Affairs, the applicability of First Nation University of Canada's structures to other Aboriginal institutes of higher learning, and the benefits of existing Aboriginal intuitions to students.

Book reviews of: Alaska Native Political Leadership and Higher Education: One University, Two Universes by Michael L. Jennings. Alaska’s Daughter: An Eskimo Memoir of the Early Twentieth Century by Elizabeth Bernhardt Pinson. Choctaw Tales collected and annotated by Tom Mould. De Religione: Telling the Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Story in Huron to the Iroquois edited and translated by John L. Steckley. Evil Corn by Adrian C. Louis. Have You Thought of Leonard Peltier Lately? by Harvey Arden. Indians in Unexpected Places by Philip J.

Book reviews of: American Indians in U.S. History by Roger L. Nichols. Blanket Weaving in the Southwest by Joe Ben Wheat. Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney. “The Cherokee Night” and Other Plays by Lynn Riggs. Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World by Robbie Ethridge. Enduring Legacies: Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies edited by Bruce E. Johansen. Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption by Enrique R.

Book reviews of: Grandmother, Grandfather, and Old Wolf: Tamánwit Ku Súkat and Traditional Native American Narratives from the Columbia Plateau edited with introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer. Native American Identities: From Stereotype to Archetype in Art and Literature by Scott B. Vickers. The Meade Solution by Robert J. Conley. The “Real People” Novels by Robert J. Conley. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

1975 interview with Bark Jack and Bill Edmunds regarding education and natural resources.

Looks at the vital role the Aboriginal Institutes play in closing the educational gap and meeting labour market needs, the funding challenges they are facing, and short and long-term goals.

Background history about the creation of the Navajo Community College (NCC). The colleges creation represented to people the establishment of a cross-cultural brokerage intended to overcome assimilationist tendencies.

Looks at the role that culture, particularily acculturation to Canadian Aboriginal heritage culture, plays in emerging adulthood.

Describes the evolution of the role of chiefs and states how they need to delegate and not micro-manage.

Comments on the high attrition rate of Aboriginal students.

Examines the concept of self determination used in the Ramah Navajo community and gives a Navajo perspective on self-determination and education.

Debate over the most effective approach to First Nation postsecondary education programs. Asserts that Elder participation as role models and guest teachers add value.

Contends that Elders' participation not only contributes to student success by providing cultural and spiritual guidance to students, but also benefits the community, faculty and institutions by increasing cultural knowledge, sensitivity and competence.

Offers suggestions to enable faculty to establish relationships with students and therefore lower the attrition rates.

Summary of study which investigated the role that housing plays in recruitment and retention of students.

Study involves teacher-mentors, post-internship education students and university teachers looking at teaching in a cross-cultural environment.

Author surveys participants following a mandatory Aboriginal Education course for teacher candidates; analysis of the results indicated three areas in which self-reflection plays a major role: (1) self-evaluation, (2) establishing personal connections with course theory, and, (3) developing a culturally inclusive pedagogy.

As part of the Ithaca S+R report When Research is Relational researchers at the University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) interviewed thirteen faculty members/grad students regarding library services for Indigenous studies and peoples.