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Empowered Mi'Kmaw Community Builds a High School of Its Own

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Lewington
Education Canada, vol. 52, no. 5, From Rhetoric to Reality: Meet Some Game Changers, 2012, p. [?]
Looks at Potlotek High School, a community solution to bullying and low graduation rates at off-serve school.
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Empowering Ourselves: Making Education and Schooling One

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda LaFrance
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 19-25
Looks at the development of an experimental program merging western and Mohawk beliefs with a focus on science and math.
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Engaging Literacies Through Ecologically Minded Curriculum: Educating Teachers About Indigenous Knowledges Through an Ecojustice Education Framework

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrejs Kulnieks
Dan Longboat
Kelly Young
In Education, vol. 19, no. 2, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 1, Autumn, 2013, pp. 138-152
Looks at bringing both Indigenous and Western scientific knowledge systems together into teacher education curriculum.
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Engaging Students in Science Courses: Lessons of Change From the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence K. Duffy
Anna Godduhn
Cindy E. Fabbri
Mary Van Muelken
Linda Nicholas-Figueroa ... [et al.]
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 105-136
Comments on the importance of incorporating the local landscape into science courses and focusing on real-world topics to engage students.
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English First Peoples: Grade 10-12 Resource Guide

Alternate Title
FNESC/FNSA English First Peoples 10, 11, and 12 Teacher Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Includes advice for non-Indigenous teachers teaching the class, list of recommended texts, and instruction and assessment units. Course conforms to the British Columbia curriculum, but incorporates literature from across Canada and the United States.
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English First Peoples: The Course We Can't Ignore

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naryn Searcy
English Practice, vol. 57, no. 1, Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education, Fall, 2015, pp. 43-[45]
Provides observations about the challenges of implementing the English First Peoples curriculum. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 43.
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Entrepreneurship Education: A Strength-Based Approach to Substance Use and Suicide Prevention For American Indian Adolescents

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Tingey
Francene Larzelere-Hinton
Novalene Goklish
Allison Ingalls
Todd Craft ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Strength-based Approaches to Wellness in Indian Country, 2016, pp. 248-270
Describes program that promotes protective factors such as connectedness to adults, peers, and self to further youth occupational aspirations, initiative and goal attainment.
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Ethnoculturally Relevant Programming in Northern Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Tim Goddard
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2002, pp. 124-133
Description of information gathered in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan and discussion of why northern educators are reluctant to exchange local initiatives.
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An Ethnographic Analysis of Aboriginal Alternative Programs

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meg Neufeld
Tiffany Gallaher
Lindsay Thompson
Nazmul Hasan
Looks at the failure of the public school system to support the success of Aboriginal students due to funding, assessment, program design, training, curriculum and continuity of goals.
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Examining American Indians' Recall of Cultural Inclusion in School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Freng
Adrienne Freng
Helen Moore
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 46, no. 2, 2007, pp. 42-61
Comments on sixteen American Indians' school experiences, from elementary to high school, and their visions of ideal American Indian education.
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An Exploratory Investigation of the Cultural Content and Language Instruction in American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hope K. Gerde
Jessica V. Barnes
Ann Belleau
Linda Rau
Patricia A. Farrell ... [et al.]
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 2, 2012, pp. 42-65
Findings indicate that no systematic cultural or language curriculum was implemented in the AI/AN Head Start programs observed in this study.
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Exploring Motion-Related Technology Through a First Nations' Game: A Lesson to Support Science 10

Alternate Title
Teaching Materials from the Stewart Resources Centre, Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Hlady

Lesson from the unit in the Science 10 Curriculum Guide entitled Physical Science: Motion in Our World (MW), which can be used as an introduction to the concept of motion. The lesson uses a First Nations’ game, snow snakes, to illustrate motion.

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Exploring Multiple Serendipitous Experiences in a First Nations Setting as the Impetus for Meaningful Literacy Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dolores van der Wey
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 1, Sharing Aboriginal Knowledge and Aboriginal Ways of Knowing, 2001, pp. 51-67
Describes several events that provided incentive to further the learning process and the relevance of life experience. Advocates "teaching of sensitive First Nations issues in a non-Native classroom".
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Exploring the Work of Treaty Catalyst Teachers in Selected Saskatchewan Schools

Alternate Title
Creating a Culturally Responsive Learning Program That Benefits All Learners: Exploring the Work of Catalyst Leadership Teams in Selected Saskatchewan Schools
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 235
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brandon Needham
Michael Cottrell
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Qualitative study involved nine participants drawn from both public and Catholic school divisions, and a First Nations controlled system. Themes which emerged are grouped under strategies, alignments, opportunities and challenges.
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The "Eye of Awareness": Probing the Hidden Dimension of Bilingual Education

Alternate Title
Focus on Middle and High School Issues
National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Student Issues ; 3rd
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edward A. Tennant
Describes a cultural awareness program that uses weekly bulletins to alert teachers to contrasting cultural values and a course for high-school students that teaches them how to recognize and cope with contrasting cultural values.
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Final Report: Development Conference on Aboriginal Learning

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
One World Inc.
Conference to establish parameters and framework for research and knowledge mobilization of an Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre, one of five being established by the Canadian Council on Learning. Includes State of Aboriginal Learning: Background Paper for the "National Dialogue on Aboriginal Learning by Marie Battiste (2005).
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Finding a Place for Race at the Policy Table:Broadening the Indigenous Education Discourse in Canada

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research Series (Institute on Governance)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracy L. Friedel
Aboriginal Policy Research

Scholarly, peer reviewed paper argues the idea that emphasis on "culture" will improve educational outcomes with urban Aboriginal youth is not working and that the issue of race is more important in the urban context.

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