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5,000 Little Indians Went to School: A Survey of the First Four Critical Growth Years of School Starters Enrolled in Federal Schools in 1964

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Education Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Description
Surveys completed by teachers in federal schools from 1964 to 1968. Statistics for: entrance age, grade distribution by age and sex, handicapped children, promotion and non-promotion patterns, reasons for non-promotion, school attendance, fluency in language of instruction, and use of the basic oral English course.
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An Aboriginal Language Pedagogy Framework for Western New South Wales

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tyson Yunkaporta
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 130-136
Description
Report summarizes progress of an Indigenous community research project that is creating an Aboriginal pedagogy framework for teaching First Peoples' languages in Western New South Wales, Australia.
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Aboriginal Young Children's Language Development: Promising Practices and Needs

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 37-44
Description
Highlights the foundational role of language in ensuring long-term academic, social, and economic success. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
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Across Australia...From Health Worker to Health Worker

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sophia Erzay
Dolores O'Sullivan
Jackie Malone
Angela Slattery
Lak Lak
Geradine Tchemjiri
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, June 1983, pp. 33-39
Description
Various Australian Aboriginal health workers from across the country report on health care practices in their local communities.
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An Address to the Institute of Public Administration delivered at Regina, January 18th, 1963 by J.G. McGilp, Regional Supervisor of Indian Agencies, Saskatchewan.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J.G. McGilp
Description
This address deals with three aspects of the Canadian Branch of Indian Affairs: the history and role of the Indian Affairs Branch, the special position of the Indian Canadian relating to treaties and the Indian Act, and with Indians and Indian Affairs in Saskatchewan.
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Adult Mohawk Language Immersion Programming

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Jane Maracle
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 37, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Education: Ways of Knowing, Thinking, and Doing, 2002, pp. 387-404
Description
Looks at study conducted to determine factors keeping adult students in immersion classes.
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Algonquian Linguistic Atlas

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Marie-Odile Junker
Description
Website presents the ability to listen to various phrases spoken in many Algonquian languages such as Cree, Innu, Ojibwe, etc.
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Alive and Well: Native Theatre in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, Fall, 1996, pp. 29-37
Description
Argues that the old culture of storytelling is the reason for the success of Indigenous theatre.
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Anishaabemowin: Ojibwe Language

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
James A. Starkey
Description
Contains links to grammar, dictionaries, lessons, translations of texts and other resources.
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Anishinaabemdaa

Alternate Title
Learn Anishinaabemowin
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Description
Website dedicated to teaching and preserving the Anishinaabemowin language. Features include grammar, everyday terms, culture, legends, history, fun and games, and language camp.
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Anishinaubae Thesaurus

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patricia M. Ningewance
Niigonwedom James Sinclair
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 155-157
Description
Book review of: Anishinaubae Thesaurus> by Basil H. Johnston.
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An Appreciation of Tlingit Ritual Oratory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Thornton
Ishmael Hope
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 99-109
Description
Looks at two speeches given by Tlingit leader, Clarence Jackson.
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Batoche Dinner - Royal Regiment of Canada - Toronto, ON

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at the annual Batoche Dinner of the Royal Regiment of Canada, in which he speaks of the Riel Rebellion and of Indigenous peoples obtaining the right to vote and gaining representation in Parliament.
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The Bear-Walker & Other Stories

Alternate Title
The Bear-Walker and Other Stories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Adrienne Kertzer
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, p. 190
Description
Book review of: The Bear-Walker and Other Stories by Basil Johnston, a collection of translated Ojibwa stories from Sam Ozawamik, Frank Shawbedees and Basil Johnston.
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Bilingual Education in an Aboriginal Context: Examining the Transfer of Language Skills From Inuktitut to English or French

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Esther Usborne
Julie Caouette
Qiallak Qumaaluk
Donald M. Taylor
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, vol. 12, no. 6, 2009, pp. 667-684
Description
Analyzed the language skills of 110 Inuit students participating in a bilingual program in a remote Arctic community.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 179-190
Description
Book reviews of 6 books: Your Fyre Shall Burn No More: Iroquois Policy Toward New France and Its Native Allies to 1701 by José Antonio Brandao. Into the Daylight: A Wholistic Approach to Healing by Calvin Morrisseau. Talking on the Page: Editing Aboriginal Oral Texts by Laura J. Murray and Keren Rice. "Keeping the Lakes' Way:" Reburial and the Re-creation of a Moral World Among an Invisible People by Paul Pryce. Grandmother's Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life by Alma Hogan Snell. Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism by Craig S. Womack.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 183-184
Description
Book review of: Ke-ma-ha: The Omaha Stories of Francis La Flesche by James Parins and Daniel Littlefield.
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