A literacy needs assessment on an aboriginal island reserve in Canada was conducted to address courses to improve the literacy of adult aboriginal students. Fifty-one adults responded to the questionnaire relative to the need to initiate an adult education program. Questionnaire results indicated that secondary school upgrading courses in mathematics and English at the Grade 11 level would serve the needs of the student population. The preferred time was evening to accommodate the students who also worked. The educational goals of students were completing high school and community college. The reading tests indicated that only a small number of students were working above their reading grade level and the majority of students were reading capably to reach their chosen educational goals. The delivery of courses in summer school permitted some secondary school students to make up credits. (Appendixes to the four-page report are the questionnaire, nine graphs, mathematics class selected student journal entries, and statistics for two summer schools.) (YLB)