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Centre Takes the Frustration Out of Post-Secondary Blues

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 11

Focuses on the three week orientation program offered by the Aboriginal Student Centre and how the centre has helped students make a successful transition into the university community.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.29.

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Changing Winds: Service to Native American Students and Communities in Montana: Final Report of the MSU Native American Support Programs Task Force

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Author/Creator
Native American Support Programs Task Force
Survey results of program assessment found that programs serving students and communities lacked strategic planning for activities, causing concern for quality and effectiveness in future programming. Includes recommendation from the Task force.
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Colonization within the University System

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcelle Marie Gareau
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 196-199
Author details their experience of systemic and personal racism as graduate student and lecturer in the Anthropology department of a University in the United States.
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Color Blindness and Basket Making Are Not the Answers: Confronting the Dilemmas of Race, Culture, and Language Diversity in Teacher Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
American Educational Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, Autumn, 1995, pp. 493-522
Argues that the fundamental changes needed in the way that diversity is dealt with in the classroom could be accomplished by moving from a lesson plan-centered approach to a inquiry-centered approach.
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Coming Full Circle: Looking to Grandmother Moon

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Zinga
Sandra Styres
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. [313-317]
Editorial in special issue discussing historical and contemporary Indigenous education.
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Commentary on the Recruitment and Retention of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in California Postsecondary Education Institutions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Akee
Theresa Stewart-Ambo
Heather Torres
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 113-136
Summarizes findings from group discussions with community members and members of California colleges during the Lighting a Path Forward symposium.
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A Community Based Approach to the Development of a First Nations BSW Program: Community Needs Assessment and Proposed Model

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Harris
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003
Presents the findings of a research project for the development of a First Nations Bachelor of Social Work Program at UBC to be delivered off-campus.
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Compared When? Teaching Indian Law in the Standard Curriculum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Grijalva
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, The Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006, pp. 697-718
Discusses the pros and cons of Indian law integration into law classes and student reaction to integration in property law course.
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Comprehensive School Reform: A Collaboration Between a Native American School District and a College of Education

Alternate Title
Co-Operative Partnerships in Teacher Education: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ATEE Conference, October 21-25 2006, Portorož,, Slovenia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane McCarthy
Virginia Usnick
Larry Wallen
Describes partnership to enhance student learning through linking traditional values and philosophy, improved professional teacher practice and increased parental involvement.
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Conceptualizing the Role of a Strategist for Outreach and Indigenous Engagement to Lead Recruitment and Retention of Indigenous Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Butler
Lois Berry
Heather Exner-Pirot
Nursing Leadership, vol. 31, no. 1, Special Focus on Indigenous Nursing , 2018, pp. 8-17
Looks at the development and implementation of programs at the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing to encourage Indigenous student success.
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Confronting Language Ambivalence and the Language Death: The Roles of the University in Native Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert M. Leavitt
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 262-267
Examines the unique role that universities can play in helping to maintain both the Micmac (Mi'kmaq) and Maliseet languages in Indigenous communities in the Maritimes to assist in the preservation of culture and communication between generations.
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“Counting Experience” among the Least Counted: The Role of Cultural and Community Engagement on Educational Outcomes for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Quinones Akee
Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 119-150
Examines several different factors affecting Native student’s educational success such as financial constraints and lack of education preparation.
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Creating a Path: American Indian/Alaska Native High School Students Pursuing College and a Career in Nursing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet R. Katz
Denise Smart
Robbie Paul
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 7, no. 1, January 2010, p. article no. 22
Examines pre- and post-survey study results of high school students attending a week long residency program by looking at student perception between those on reserve and those off reserve.
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Creating a Tribal Law Practice Clinic in Kansas: Carving the Peg to Fit the Hole

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aliza G. Organick
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, The Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006, pp. 849-862
Looks at creating a tribal court emphasis within an existing clinic curriculum to cover basic principles of federal Indian law and the clinical skills needed to practice in a court setting. Scroll down to page 849 to read article.
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Creating Meaningful Study Abroad Programs for American Indian Postsecondary Students

Alternate Title
Celebrating Tribal Colleges and Universities American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Anne Calhoon
David Wildcat
Cynthia Annett
Raymond Pierotti
Wendy Griswold
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 1, 2003, pp. 46-57
Describes the implementation of an exchange program between Native American and Siberian students.
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A Critique of the Call to "Always Indigenize!"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elina Hill
Peninsula, vol. 2, no. 1, In/Coherence, 2012, pp. 1-24
Discusses decolonizing universities and looking at misinformation presented by past scholarship.
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A Cross-Cultural Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne E. Sowell
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 3, Rethinking the Introductory Art History Survey, Autumn, 1995, pp. 72-75
Comments how course content is arranged to give the student a multicultural introduction to the art of five cultures; those identified as the major ethnic groups in the United States.
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Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety Curriculum for Aboriginal Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
Reports on the initiatives undertaken by six Canadian nursing schools: Langara College, University of Alberta, Laurentian University, Trent University, Nova Scotia Community College, and St. Francis Xavier University in response to the Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in Nursing Education: a Framework for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing document.
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Debates of the Senate

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Lillian Eva Dyck
Address by Lillian Eva (Quan) Dyck on the convocation of 23 students of the new Indigenous Peoples Resource Management Program at the University of Saskatchewan.
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