Curriculum
Grade Eight Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Exploring Treaty Impacts and Alternatives" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Grade Nine Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding Treaties from around the World" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Grade Seven Treaty Education Learning Resource
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Saskatchewan Ministry of Education?]
Description
Includes key questions, outcomes and indicators, "Understanding Treaties in a Contemporary Context" inquiry questions about treaty relationships, spirit and intent, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions, teacher background information, and suggested resources.
Grassroots Suggestions for Linking Native-Language Learning, Native American Studies, and Mainstream Education in Reservation Schools with Mixed Indian and White Student Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Bo-yuen Ngai
Language, Culture and Curriculum, vol. 19, no. 2, 2006, pp. 220-236
Description
Findings based on interviews on the Flathead Indian Reservation with 89 participants, suggests building preK-16 curriculum that frames Indigenous-language learning as part of place-based multicultural education.
Green Stresses Need For Educational Partnerships
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 10, October 2010, p. 24
Description
Looks at Brenda Green, the first Aboriginal Superintendant for the Saskatoon Public School Board, and her goal of providing culturally responsible schools.
Article found by scrolling to page 24.
Guidelines for Respecting Cultural Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of Alaska Native Educators
Description
Guidelines for use by Elders, authors and illustrators, curriculum developers and administrators, educators, editors and publishers, document reviewers, researchers, Aboriginal language specialists, Aboriginal community organizations, and the general public.
Handbook for Aboriginal Language Program Planning in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marianne B. Ignace
Description
Gives assistance to First Nations communities drafting or expanding language revitalization programs.
Accompanying workbook: Aboriginal Language Program Planning Workbook.
Handbook for Culturally Responsive Science Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sydney Stephens
Description
Discusses how to combine Indigenous ways of knowing and traditional teaching methods with Western methodologies to produce a two-eyed seeing approach to science education. Designed for the Alaska context but can be adapted to other regions.
Hawaiian Culture-Based Education and the Montessori Approach: Overlapping Teaching Practices, Values, and Worldview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nanette S. Schonleber
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 50, no. 3, 2011, pp. 5-25
Description
"Qualitative study focused on learning why Hawaiian language immersion and culture-based educators viewed the Montessori approach as an educational model with values, beliefs and teaching strategies similar to their own".
"He Said It All In Navajo!": Indigenous Language Immersion in Early Childhood Classrooms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louise Lockard
Jennie De Groat
International Journal of Multicultural Education, vol. 12, no. 2, 2010, pp. 1-14
Description
Describes historical and social foundations of the Navajo Headstart immersion program.
Healing the "Unhealthy Native:" Encounters With Standards-Based Education in Rural Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timothy E. Jester
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 41, no. 3, Special Issue, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Analysis of one school district's educational reform initiative to improve the academic standing of its students.
Health is Life in Balance: Students and Communities Explore Healthy Lifestyles in a Culturally Based Curriculum
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Aho
Joni Ackerman
Shelley Bointy
Marilyn Cuch
Mary Hindelang ... [et al.]
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 3, Winter, 2010, pp. 151-168
Description
Looks at a curriculum, designed for Tribal Schools, that integrates science and Native American traditions to educate students on the importance of nutrition and physical activity for a healthy lifestyle.
Hearts Around the Fire: First Nations Women Talk about Protecting and Preserving First Nations Cultures in Saskatchewan Public Education
Alternate Title
Research Report (Saskatchewan School Boards Association) ; no. 10-02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura L. M. Whiteman
Description
Summarizes thesis exploring the introduction of Indigenous knowledge into mainstream education systems.
Full Thesis.
Helping Our Children: An Action Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Cheryl Quewezance
Mark Forsythe
Bert McNair
Sheila Carr-Stewart]
Description
Purpose was to increase teachers' knowledge in the area of Aboriginal curriculum, creating a positive learning environment and sense of belonging for students and increasing community involvement in education of students. Involved two schools in Kamsack, Saskatchewan: one run by the province and the other a First Nations School.
High Level Executive Summary: Quality Teaching, Research and Development: Māori Medium
Alternate Title
High Level Executive Summary: Quality Teaching, Research and Development: Maori Medium
Documents & Presentations
Description
Comments on a project with the aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning outcomes for students in Māori medium education.
[High School Program Aims Aboriginal Kids at Health Care Field]
Alternate Title
Trailbreakers ; Episode 300076098
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Don Kelly
Rina Bright
Description
Discusses a unique course of study offered at the Children of the Earth School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Medical Careers Exploration Program gives students "hands-on" experience in various aspects of medical field.
Duration: 27:29.
High School Teachers Working Towards Reconciliation: Examining the Teaching and Learning of Residential Schools
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 270
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tana Mitchell
Jennifer Tupper
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Explores how teachers engaging with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, teach about residential schools, how students understand themselves as Canadians while learning the history, and how classrooms can become a space for reconciliation.
History of Education in the Baffin Region, 1950-75
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David King
The Quint, vol. 4, no. 4, 2012, pp. 5-24
Description
Comments on teaching the same curriculum to students in northern Canada as southern Canada and the arising difficulties.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
Honouring Tradition: Reframing Native Art
Alternate Title
21st Century Learning – Links to Our Collection
Twenty-First Century Learning - Links to Our Collection
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Presents digitized images and lesson plans to enhance teaching and learning about First Nations art.
Hoop Dancing: Literature Circles and Native American Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather E. Bruce
The English Journal, vol. 93, no. 1, Talking Literature, September 2003, pp. 54-59
Description
Author advocates using oral traditions as methods to combat misrepresentations, negative stereotypes and racism.
The Hoop of Learning: A Holistic, Multisystemic Model For Facilitating Educational Resilience Among Indigenous Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret A. Waller
Scott K. Okamoto
Audrey A. Hankerson
Ted Hibbeler
Patricia Hibbleler ... [et al.]
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol. 29, no. 1, Symposium of Native American Wellness, March 2002, pp. 97-116
Description
Looks at The Hoop of Learning Program which was developed as a bridge from middle school through to post-secondary education by addressing cultural discontinuities impacting Native students.