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Towards Indigenizing Higher Ed: An Online Storytelling Series

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Shelly Johnson
Roxane Letterlough
Lloyd Bennett
Naowarat Cheeptham
Natalie Clark … [et al.]]
Four-part video series featuring faculty from Thompson Rivers University looks at questions such as: What does indigenizing post-secondary education mean, why does it matter, and what are the benefits? What does an indigenized university look like? and How do you indigenize the curriculum?
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Towards Reconciliation Through Language Planning for Indigenous Languages in Canadian Universities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Sterzuk
Russell Fayant
Current Issues in Language Planning, vol. 17, no. 3-4, 2016, pp. 332-350
Contends that creating space for Indigenous language development in postsecondary settings can be a challenging process but is necessary if universities are to be a part of the reconciliation process.
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Tracks to Two-Way Learning

Web Sites » Governmental

Program for teaching English as an additional language or dialect (EALD) in the Australian context. Website contains links to facilitator's guide, 12 documents on different focus areas, and sample 4 sample workshops.

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Traditional Elders in Post-Secondary STEM Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Pontes Ferreira
Betty McKenna
Fidji Gendron
International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society, vol. 3, no. [4], November 2014, pp. [1-11]
Looks at STEM (Western science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) trained faculty partnering with Elders to learn about natural health products (NHP) at the First Nations University of Canada.
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Traditional Knowledge is Science

Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Hobson
Northern Perspectives, vol. 20, no. 1, Summer, 1992
Discusses how scientists need to incorporate Indigenous knowledge to help with their Arctic research.
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Transforming Graduate Studies through Decolonization: Sharing the Learning Journey of a Specialized Cohort

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura-Lee Kearns
Joanne Tompkins
Lisa Lunney Borden
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 233-253
Study traces the learning experiences of primarily non-Indigenous educators who created an Indigenous-focused Master of Education program to challenge the legacy of colonization in schools and who have worked to decolonize their practice through their participation in a graduate studies; asserts that decolonizing education means valuing Indigenous people, languages, and land, and building inter-cultural understanding.
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Trials and Triumphs of Teaching Introduction to Native American Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 264-266
Author describe the experience of teaching introductory Native American Studies courses and the complacency and ignorance demonstrated by many of the non-Indigenous students towards the subject.
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Tribal History Connects Spirit and Place

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matt Herman
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
States that in Montana teachers are obligated to teach American Indigenous history and so in response to a need the Stone Child College has created the Rocky Boy Tribal History Project which will allow the people of the past to tell their own story.
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Trickster: Language Stories

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jani Greffe Bélanger
Jan Allard Tremblay
Alessia DeSalis

"A guide of playful, creative, reflective and engaging activities to encourage Indigenous language learning."

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Troubling National Discourses in Anti-Racist Curricular Planning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Schick
Verna St. Denis
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 28, no. 3, Summer, 2005, p. 295
Suggests that the anti-oppressive curriculum on the Canadian prairies must be examined to evaluate how racial identifications are constructed through commonplace national discourses.
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Trusting Story and Reading The Surrounded

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Brown
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 22-27
Looks at McNickle's The Surrounded, and outlines the importance of trust and acknowledgment when reading contemporary Indian literary stories. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Turtle Mountain Teachers Train Change Agents

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carmelita Lamb
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 22, no. 2, Crossing Borders, Winter, 2010
Contends that well trained teachers are the most sought after item on the schools list of wanted items.
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Two Approaches to Acculturation: Bilingual Education and ESL

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Guillermo Bartelt
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 18, no. 3, May 1979, pp. [15-19]
Compares two educational philosophies, bilingual education and English as a second language, and concludes that bilingual instruction is the best approach when more than one culture is involved.
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Two-Eyed Seeing: Building Cultural Bridges for Aboriginal Students

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Annamarie Hatcher
Cheryl Bartlett
Canadian Teacher, May 2010, pp. 14-17
Looks at the challenges affecting performance of Aboriginal students and the benefit of using principles which combine both Indigenous and western perspectives in the classroom.
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A Two-Way Street: Indigenous Knowledge and Science Take a Ride

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy M. Iseke
Leisa Desmoulins
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 54, no. 3, Fall, 2015, pp. 31-53

Looks at integration of western science with Indigenous approaches and perspectives to better accommodate Indigenous youth struggling in the science classroom.  

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Understanding and Finding Our Way: Decolonizing Canadian Education

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Verna St. Denis
Alison Duke
Film highlights Canada's history of racism and injustice toward Indigenous peoples which persists to this day in both the larger society and the educational system and how Indigenous culture and perspectives must be taught and valued in the classroom in order to address inequities and change the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Duration: 32:29.
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Understanding the Heartbeat

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Olson
Jessica Selzer
Education Canada, vol. 52, no. 4, 2012, p. [?]
Looks at the positive outcomes from two secondary school classes which experienced different aspects of Squamish culture.
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Unlearning Colonial Identities While Engaging in Relationality: Settler Teachers’ Education-as-Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Korteweg
Tesa Fiddler
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 254-275
Longstanding teacher-education team who teach a specialized Honours BEd course, entitled Indigenizing Perspectives and Practices in Education, outline the obstacles and struggles in settler teacher education; discuss legacies of colonialism in education and systemic racism in curriculum.
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Unlearning the Legacy of Conquest: Possibilities for Ceremony in the Non-Native Classroom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Virginia Kennedy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Special Issue on Teaching Leslie Marmon Silkos Ceremony, 2004, pp. 75-82
Discusses the use of Leslie Mormom Silko's novel Ceremony in non-Native classrooms to teach the scope of past genocide and awareness of contemporary Native issues.
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Unpacking Our White Privilege: Reflecting on Our Teaching Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Burleigh
Sarah Burm
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 1, Autumn, 2013, pp. 108-119
Explores some of the experiences, challenges and opportunities of teaching and living in a First Nations community.
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Unsettling Fictions: Disrupting Popular Discourses and Trickster Tales In Books for Children

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke-Barnes
Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2009, pp. [24]-57
Looks at the importance of Indigenous stories for children, raises issues with the process of sharing cultural stories from around the world, comments on trickster stories, and critiques the book Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest.
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Unsettling Settler Shame in Schooling: Re-Imagining Responsible Reconciliation in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Koelwyn
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 276-293
Discusses “shame” in different contexts and explores the experience of shame for individuals and groups. Describes how shame was used as a tool of colonization in Indian Residential Schools and how it might be a transformative influence in the process of reconciliation following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Urban Aboriginal Students and ESL

Alternate Title
[McDowell Foundation Research Project] ; no.13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John P.S. Taras
Identifies resources, practices and instructional methods that would support Aboriginal students in the Intermediate-Advanced English as a Second Language Program (ESL) at Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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