Aboriginal Institutions of Higher Education: A Struggle for the Education of Aboriginal Students, Control of Indigenous Knowledge, and Recognition of Aboriginal Institutions: An Examination of Government Policy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Institutes' Consortium
Description
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.
Aboriginal Peoples and the Environment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne R. Simpson
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 223-237
Description
Report on the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER), which has created a program to perform environmental assessments from an Aboriginal perspective.
Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education: A Think Piece From The Centre For Native Policy and Research
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harvey McCue
Description
Contends that Aboriginal participation rates will lag behind the non-Aboriginal population until major reforms are executed in elementary and secondary school education and the curriculum used in Aboriginal schools.
Academic Indianismo: Social Scientific Research in American Indian Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Talbot
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, 2002, pp. 67-96
Description
Author argues that American Indian Studies is a legitimate discipline, with its own unique perspectives and methodological concerns.
Acting Across Boundaries in Aboriginal Curriculum Development: Examples From Northern British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike Evans
James McDonald
Deanna Nyce
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 190-205
Description
Description of the partnerships undertaken between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and Aboriginal communities at the institutional and individual level.
Actually Existing Indian Nations: Modernity, Diversity, and the Future of Native American Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Richard Lyons
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 294-312
Description
Discusses critical perspectives within American Indian/Native American studies including nationalism, indigenism, cosmopolitanism, and tribal transnationalism.
After This, Nothing Happened: Indigenous Academic Writing and Chickadee Peoples’ Words
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Koptie
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 2009, pp. 144-151
Description
Looks at the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges in academic settings to create academic literature that accurately presents the truth of decolonlization struggles.
Altering Perceptions Through Indigenous Studies: The Effects of Immersion in Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) on Non-Native and Part-Native Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Charles Feinstein
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 477-490
Description
Content analysis of course curricula revealed varied responses and demonstrated the importance of a TEK course to education.
American Indian Autobiography and Written Composition: A Course Proposal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Sudol
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1991, pp. 28-35
Description
Introduces a proposal for a composition course that is based on American Indian autobiography, and is designed for upper-level English majors.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
The American Indian Culture and Research Journal and The American Indian Quarterly: A Citation Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Metoyer-Duran
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, 1993, pp. 25-54
Description
Analysis found that the disciplinary status of American Indian studies, as it was then called, suggested that Indigenous studies could retain its crossdisciplinary status or emerge as a unique discipline.
American Indian / Native American Studies and the American Indian Education Experience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
John W. Tippeconnic III
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 30-45
Description
Exploratory article which examines the ways lessons and information on the history and contemporary state of Indian Education are integrated into American Indian/Native American Studies programs and journals.
American Indian Studies as an Academic Discipline
Alternate Title
Symposium on American Indian Studies, January 1977
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russell Thornton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3-4, January 1, 1978, pp. 10-19
Description
Discusses development of American Indian Studies as a distinct entity within academic institutions by examining criticisms leveled against it and possible directions it might follow.
American Indian Studies: Intellectual Navel Gazing or Academic Discipline?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clara Sue Kidwell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at the history of American Indian Studies programs in the United States; information about the activism among Indian communities; the activism efforts of American Indian college students; the presence of American Indian teachers in United States colleges and universities; and other factors contributing to the growing field of American Indian Studies.
American Indian Studies Programs at the University of Arizona
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jo Tippeconnic Fox
Claudia E. Nelson
and Joseph (Jay) H. Stauss
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 55-69
Description
Profiles five American Indian women who took the first Indian Studies doctoral program.
American Indian Studies Programs: Surviving the '80s, Thriving in the '90s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bobby Wright
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 30, no. 1, October 1990, pp. [17-24]
Description
Examines the importance and increasing prominence of American Indian studies at colleges and universities.
American Indian Studies: Toward an Indigenous Model
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Annette Jaimes
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, 1987, pp. 1-16
Description
Examines the state of affairs within American Indian Studies, including the problems and possible solutions to those problems.
Answering the Call: The 2010 Inventory of Canadian University Programs and Services for Aboriginal Students
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Description
Key findings of the report were an increase in scholarships for Aboriginal students and an increase in institutions offering Native or Aboriginal degree programs.
An Anthropological Perspective of Native American Cultural Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick D. Smith
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 17, no. 3, May 1978, pp. [8-12]
Description
Explores whether Native American cultural programs can be considered revitalization movements and where the initiative for them originated.
As We Come to Being: Indigenous Knowledge, Figurative Language, and Dynamics of Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey P. Lambe
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 77-84, 188
Description
Examines how figurative and symbolic language provide significant ways to make sense of the world. and are common forms of communication across many cultures.
Bachelor of Indigenous Studies: Trauma and Recovery
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gnibi - College of Indigenous Australian Peoples - Division of Health and Applied Sciences Southern Cross University
Lismore
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, July/August 2004, pp. 26-29
Description
Course description of the degree program listing all the classes and outline of how it will provide insights and skills to deal with social trauma.
The Bases Are Loaded: American Indians and American Studies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carter Meland
Joseph Bauerkemper
LeAnne Howe
Heidi Stark
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 391-416
Description
Argues that the field of American Studies would not exist without the presence of Native Americans and that their world view and contributions are both valid and desirable.
Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.
Basic Empowering Strategies for the Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 1/2, Special Issue: Native Experiences in the Ivory Tower, Winter-Spring, 2003, pp. 459-478
Description
Author details several methods for teaching Indigenous Studies in a way that engages both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students which he has developed through 16 years of experience teaching Native history, culture, and current events.
Beyond Cultural Differences and Similarities: Student Teachers Encounter Aboriginal Children's Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynda Ann Curwen Doige
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 24, no. 4, Autumn, 1999, pp. 383-397
Description
Looks at the reaction of teacher education students to a course in Aboriginal Children's Literature. Discusses issues surrounding stereotyping and learning in a multicultural environment.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jo-Ann Thom
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 191-193
Description
Book review of: Voices Under One Sky: Contemporary Native Literature by Trish Fox Roman (Editor). Reviewer recommends for use in grades 10-12 and introductory Aboriginal Literature at university level.
Building Native Nations Through Native Students' Commitment To Their Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiffany S. Lee
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 1, 2009, pp. 19-36
Description
Looks at the goals of a Native American studies department which encourages high academic achievement and student contribution back to the community.
Cautionary Stories of University Indigenization: Institutional Dynamics, Accountability Struggles, and Resilient Settler Colonial Power
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erich Steinman
Scott Scoggins
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 73-96
Description
Interviews with 23 individuals at a Canadian university revealed three main themes: hidden contributions by Indigenous students, faculty, staff and community members; conflicts in accountability between academia and community; and contradictions and uneven application.
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Description
Independent institute working to "restore traditional knowledge through research and education". Includes links to education programs, fourth world papers programs, research, virtual library and media center.
Changing Academic Discourse About Native Education: Using Two Pairs of Eyes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carl Urion
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 23, no. 1, Hands Back, Hands Forward: Revising Aboriginal Voices and Revisioning Aboriginal Research, 1999, pp. 6-15
Description
Overview of trends in academic and First Nations discussions surrounding the issue of Native Education.
Coming in to Indigenous Sovereignty: Relationality and Resurgence
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alex Wilson
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 2, no. 2, Global Solidarity Symposium, 2016
Description
Presentation, by the Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, at the Global Solidarity Symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016.
Duration: 37:07.