Indigenous Control

Paper developed as a result of the Crown-First Nations Gathering, January 23-24, 2012. Discusses general goals as well as those in specific areas: families and communities, rights, self-government, and economic and environmental interests.

Discusses concerns related to funding Aboriginal-controlled institutes and the benefits arising from educational programs that respond to the higher learning needs of Aboriginal peoples.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) commits the university-based research centres to assist the Tangentyere (Australia) Council in taking control of research activities in their own communities.

Reprint two articles, one published in 1985 entitled: Indian Education: Past, Present and Future and a second published in 1998: Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles, Cut the Crap and Cut the Mustard.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1994.

Analyzes governmental response to development of Aboriginal-controlled post secondary institutions by comparing support given to Aboriginal institutions compared to other provincial institutions. Gives recommendations for policy and legislative support.

Examines recommendations relating to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry report of 1991 for the establishment of an Aboriginal Justice College.

Discusses how the Aboriginal community has managed to retain some cultural roots and embrace a unique form of Aboriginal literacy.

Suggests that Aboriginal scholars need to take control of the uses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and the process by which it is used. Contends that removing TEK from its context devalues it.

Looks at academic, financial and social barriers for students. First Nations Studies essay towards (B.A.)--Malaspina University, 2001

Discusses strategies to address barriers and achieve systemic institutional change for Aboriginal students. Related material: 2013 Progress Report. 2014 Progress Report.

Explores the importance of governmental recognition, inclusion and support of Aboriginal institutions for the retention of Aboriginal students. Provides general policy recommendations.

Education Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2012.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Nipissing University, 2007.

Uses Blue Quills First Nations College as a case study.

Describes all the functions assumed by the Navajo community responsible for Rough Rock Demonstration School.

Successful techniques used in citizen workshops to provide people of the Navajo Nation with the basic information and tools needed to actively participate in land use planning.

Saskatchewan's Sturgeon Lake Band builds community school on Reserve.

Educational Policy and Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 1983.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2000.

Examines issues and status of education today, as well as changes being made to renew Native cultures.

Reviews history of higher education and proposes strategies to change and improve conditions.

Author states that incorporation of American Indian culture into the curriculum provides students with the resources to increase retention rates. Psychology Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.

Provides an overview of Tribal Education Departments to support the improvement of educational outcomes for American Indian students, create partnerships and collaborations, and advance research. Includes directories.

Describes the need for, and sketches a vision of an "institution of higher learning both Indian-controlled and Indian-centered".

Overview of Native American women teaching traditional art skills in the South-western United States.

Claims that standardized test measurements of student performance do not adequately measure the quality of instruction and curricula of a school since other factors such as socio-economic status, school attendance and stability within a particular school have an impact on achievement.

Assesses impact of study on a self-managed education program which attempted to balance traditional culture and language retention with contemporary education models.

Looks at features of provincial and reserve school organization for greater completion rates in British Columbia's high schools as compared with other provinces in Canada.

Impact on the local Maori community as they assumed local control of their school.

Anthropology and Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1980.

Book reviews of 7 books: Self-Determination in Native Education in the Circumpolar North, Proceedings of the Seminar: Inuit Control of Inuit Education edited by Malcolm Farrow & David Wilman. Out of the Background: Readings in Canadian Native History edited by Robin Fisher and Kenneth Coates. Indian School Days by Basil H.

Overview of system including history and guiding principles. Duration 13:00

Examines issues related to quality education for First Nations learners; factors which are associated with First Nations control and jurisdiction; overview of how First Nations are looking to build their governments; provisions for education in their treaties; and education provisions in modern day treaties.

Relates the optimism stemming from the enactment of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act which became law in 1975.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, 2010.

Looks at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

Examines whether First Nations have an enforceable right to educate children in their own languages at public expense.

Educational Theory and Policy Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2003.

Questionnaire results show gaps between recommended practices and actual practices, suggesting that partnerships need to be formed to bridge that gap .

Multicultural Teacher and Childhood Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2002.

Education Thesis (Ed.D)--University of South Dakota, 2000.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1982.

Defines and offers a history of self-determination, and cites Rough Rock Demonstration School as the first Native American controlled school.

Focuses on the federal system of education and the changing role of Canada and First Nations people in the delivery and governance of education.

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.

Examines the political and policy contexts of programs developed over several decades and looks at some recent initiatives.

Presents an examination of how Highway's novel wrestles with the terms of the Residential School debate to explore the meaning of the Residential School experience in imaginative, mythic, and spiritual terms. Excerpt from Disability Studies & Indigenous Studies. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 66.