Treaty Right to Education

Interviews of the contributing players in the education system serving members of the Treaty 8 region in northern Alberta. Duration: 6:57.

Interviews of the contributing players in the education system serving members of the Treaty 8 region in northern Alberta. Duration: 7:28.

Interviews of the contributing players in the education system serving members of the Treaty 8 region in northern Alberta. Durations: 7:21.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2004.

Paper Commissioned for the Minister's National Working Group on Education, October 2002.

File contains an individual presentation by Marvin Assinewai relating to Aboriginal post-secondary education. He recommends that the Canadian government recognize that all levels of education is an Aboriginal and treaty right, and that funding for post-secondary education increase so that each First Nation community could establish their own post-secondary policy. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.

File contains a presentation by Garry Standing, a post-secondary student from the Wahpeton Dakota Nation. Standing describes himself as someone who has spent his entire life on reserve until the September before the Commission. The purpose of his presentation is to relay his "experiences from the last eight or nine months. Some of them have been positive and some of them have been negative." He discusses attending the University of Regina, but having to withdraw due to financing changes in Indian Affairs policy. He complains of paternalism and condescension in the approach of Indian Affairs.

File contains a presentation by Paul Daignault, President, Student Association. Daignault makes reference to previous presentations during the day and claims that "all of these things I see as the root of the problem is jobs basically. People do not have jobs and which leads to all kinds of social issues." Daignault goes on to discuss funding for Metis and Status Indian post-secondary education, and how he thinks Education should be a top priority in Canadian Constitutional talks.

Looks at legislation to encourage creation of First Nation equivalents of provincial school ministries.

Brief discussion of history as it pertains to treaty rights and the struggle to obtain recognition of them.

Report on First Nations education in Saskatchewan presented to annual general assembly of Chiefs.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.

Children withdrawn from Turtleford school to support demand for a Federal school on the Thunderchild Reserve.

Focuses on the creation and management of the schools prior to the merging of industrial and boarding schools to form residential schools.

Excerpt from: Tradition and Education: Towards a Vision of Our Future by the National Indian Brotherhood and Assembly of First Nations. Produced as part of the National Review of First Nations Education.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1997.

Argues that it is time for Canada to fulfil the Crown's educational obligation to First Nations in order for them to reach parity in academic achievement with other Canadians.

Presents a study looking into educational provisions for Michigan Native Americans contained within treaties made between the United States and the Anishinaabe Three Fires Confederacy governments.

Introduces two new classroom resources for Kindergarten to Grade 6 students which will contribute to the understanding of Treaties for both students and teachers. Article located by scrolling to page 26.

" ... explores the possibilities of treaty education for reconciliation with First Nations people, as corrective to the foundational myth of Canada and as a means of fostering ethically engaged citizenship."

Discusses historical and current understanding of education as a right negotiated between the Crown and First Nations in treaties 1 to 7.

Paper presented 54th Adult Education Research Conference, Changing the Landscape of Lifelong Learning: Charting New Territories and Re-defining Education For Adults, May 2013.

Position paper discusses past treaties and treaty obligations and argues that the Federal government should renegotiate to redress past violations of Aboriginal rights.

Looks at supporters of Shannen Koostachin's dream of education for all Canadian children. Article located by scrolling to page 16.

Discusses the importance and challenges of receiving post-secondary education for First Nations peoples. Article located by scrolling to page 5.

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.

Argues that the Federal government failed to live up to its obligations and used a narrow interpretation, which worked to its advantage, based on the written document, as opposed to the actual intent of those who signed the treaties but could not read them to ensure their best interests were being served.