Discusses human capital theory in general which is of particular significance to native education since it has provided the theoretical rationale for changes in native education since the early 1960's. (ERB)

Examines implicit meanings and underlying assumptions evident in the word "native" as used in Canadian academic articles appearing from 1970-1980. Focuses on context elaborate, context explicit, and context implicit meanings. Concludes that writers and readers should have social responsibility to question labels they use, to understand attendant…

Statements during the last decade from many native individuals and communities have underlined the need for a wide range of continuing education experiences that embody native priorities and objectives. An example of Canada's approach of interdependence for Canadian natives is the Pilot Relocation Project at Elliot Lake, Ontario. (ERB)

Presents a modern retelling of a St:lo (Coast Salish) legend about the origin of a tribal treasure, the wondrous Sxwaixwe mask. Discusses the legend's origins, the process of transforming essentially oral sources into an accessible contemporary form, and the educational value of storytelling. Contains 13 references. (SV)

Discusses the responsibility of this generation of Native Americans to learn the cultural teachings of the elders, to strengthen and preserve their culture through ceremonial observances and story telling, and to pass traditions to Native youth through independent culture-based education. Lists several books that transmit Native ancestral voices.…

Describes a research project which resulted in publication, "The Julian Tribe," and showed how lost Micmac tribal heritage was reconstructed from church, census, county, provincial, and federal records when no tribal printed or secondary accounts or oral tradition remained. (NEC)

Looks at the history of the place of Dene languages in education in the Mackenzie Valley of the Northwest Territories. Reference is made to the status of Inuktitut in the Arctic districts, but focuses on the Dene languages--Chipewyan, Slavey, Dogrib, and Loucheux. (ERB)

Describes the Frontier School Division (Manitoba) Social Studies curriculum for native children at the high school level that reflects the history, culture, and the social environment of native children in mainly native communities. (ERB)

The underlying framework for academic discourse about Native education has been the acculturation model, involving the dialectic of two cultures juxtaposed in an asymmetrical relationship. First Nations discourse seeks to elucidate the unifying context to which those in discourse belong. Together, these discourses provide multidimensional views of…

A survey of federal, provincial, and tribally controlled schools serving 53 Native communities in northwestern Ontario examined curriculum source, inclusion of Native cultural component in curriculum, staff employment benefits, staff supervision, and special education services. The three systems, though all providing services, differed…

A Canadian Indigenous researcher discusses the need to link research objectives and methodologies to community needs and context; the meaningful integration of knowledge obtained through research into Indigenous ways of knowing and being; interview methods; and the role of trust and accountability in researcher-interviewee relations. (SV)

Among 86 Indian and non-Indian volleyball competitors, non-Indian players indicated significantly greater preferences for leadership that involved democratic behavior, autocratic behavior, or social support. Indians may adapt their behavior by participating in non-Indian games, without changing their traditional value orientations. Contains 22…

Applies Burke's concept of orientation (relationships developed by contingencies of experiences) to the place of Indians within the Canadian educational system, focusing upon the issues of band controlled schools, residential school systems, and Indian orientations to education. (NEC)

Oftentimes racial/religious/colour/sex stereotypes are more cherished by teachers than getting to know a new pupil by observing carefully for individual strengths and weaknesses in language, academics, health, social skills and self-esteem. (ERB)

Describes an effort to collect information on culturally and linguistically relevant programs in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Discusses possible reasons why northern educators were reluctant to share local curriculum initiatives, and suggests four reasons for the apparent absence of critical discourse around curriculum. (Contains 52…