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INST 301: Indigenous Education (Rev. C2 & C3) Report a Broken Link

This course presents a broad survey of the diverse forms of Indigenous education, highlighting the perspectives of Indigenous peoples and examining the development of new social policy.

Unit 1: Introduction to Indigenous Education

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. (1996). A Thanksgiving address. In Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Volume 1. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

The "Thanksgiving address" resides on pages 1 to 6 of this volume.

Home Page: Library and Archives Canada

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. (1996). Chapter 5: Education. In Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Volume 3: Gathering strength. Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada.

Chapter 5 (Education) starts on page 446 of this volume (Volume 3: Gathering Strength) and continues until page 597.

Home Page: Library and Archives Canada

Unit 2: Indigenous Philosophy and Systems of Knowledge(s)

Little Bear, L. (2000). Jagged world views colliding. In M. Battiste (Ed.), Reclaiming Indigenous voice and vision (pp. 77–85). Vancouver: UBC Press.

Bastien, B. (2004). Blackfoot ways of knowing: The world view of the Siksikaitsitapi. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.

Read pages 77–98.

Cardinal, H., & Hildebrandt., W. (2000). Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our dream is that our peoples will one day be clearly recognized as nations. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.

Read pages 21–42.

Unit 3: Native Science, Medicine Power, and Public Education

Cajete, G. (2000). Tenets of Native philosophy. In Native science: Natural laws of interdependence (pp. 64–83). Sante Fe: Clear Light Publishers.

Battiste, M. (2000). Chapter 15: Maintaining Aboriginal identity, language and culture. In Reclaiming Indigenous voice and vision. UBC Press. Vancouver.

Read pages 192–208.

Currently only four students at a time can have access to the above reading online. We are working to grant access to more students.

Blondin, G. (2006). Trail of the Spirit: The mysteries of medicine power revealed (pp. 7-28). Edmonton: NeWest Press. Reproduced with permission.

Unit 4: Indigenous Approaches to Storytelling

Silko, L. (1996). Interior and exterior landscapes: The Pueblo migration stories. In Yellow woman and a beauty of the spirit: Essays on Native American life today (pp. 25-47). New York: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster.

Home page: University of Idaho

King, T. (2003). A million porcupines crying in the dark. In The truth about stories: A Native narrative (pp. 91–120). Toronto: Anansi Press.

Campbell, C., Boucher, A., Evans, M., Faichney, E., LaCorde, H., & Powder, Z. (2005). Mihkwakamiwi sipisis: Stories and pictures from Métis Elders in Fort McKay. Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute.

Home page: University of Alberta Press

Also available on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/uap_9781772122091/page/55/mode/2up

Unit 5: Teaching, Learning and Sharing Indigenous Knowledge(s)

Cajete, G. (1999). The power of myth and story. In Igniting the sparkle: An Indigenous science education model (pp. 128–138). Skyand, NC: Kivaki Press.

Archibald, J. (2008). Indigenous storywork: Educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit. Vancouver: UBC Press.

Read Pages 83–100, 129–142, and 143–154

(2008). Sharing our gifts: Métis Elders and traditional knowledge. In In the words of our ancestors: Métis health and healing. Ottawa: National Aboriginal Health Organization.

Read pages 13–28.

Unit 6: Aboriginal Students and Residential Schools

Aboriginal Healing Foundation. (2002). The healing has begun. Ottawa.

Home page: Aboriginal Healing Foundation

Campbell, M. (1995). Jacob. In Stories of the road allowance people (pp. 86-104). Penticton, BC: Theytus Books.

Home page: PoemHunter.com

Dion Stout, M. (2008). A survivor reflects on resilience. In From truth to reconciliation: Transforming the legacy of residential schools.Ottawa: Aboriginal Healing Foundation.

Read pages 179–180.

Home page: Aboriginal Healing Foundation

Arnott, J. (2006). Dances with cougar: Learning from traditional parenting skills programs. In D. Memee Lavell-Harvard & J. Corbiere Lavell (Eds.), Until our hearts are on the ground: Aboriginal mothering, oppression, resistance and rebirth (pp. 94–105). Toronto: Demeter Press.

Unit 7: Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenous Education

Aboriginal Education Research Centre. Indigenous Education website.

Barnhardt, R., & Kawagley, A. (2008). Chapter 16: Indigenous knowledge systems and education. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 107(1), 223–241.

Silta Associates. (2007). Indigenous standards in education: A discussion paper for the National Inuit Education Summit. Prepared for Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

Home page: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Unit 8: Developing Curriculum and Policy for Aboriginal Learners

St. Denis, V., & Hampton, E. (2002). Literature review on racism and the effects on Aboriginal Education. Prepared for the Minister’s National Working Group on Education. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Ottawa: INAC.

Read pages 1–42.

Home page: Library and Archives Canada

Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education. (2000). The common curriculum framework for Aboriginal language and culture programs.

Read pages 1–27.

Home page: Western Canadian Protocol for Collaboration in Basic Education

Alberta Learning. (2002). First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education policy framework. Government of Alberta.

Home page: Government of Alberta: Education

Unit 9: Collective Memory, Indigenous Knowledge, and Change

McLeod, N. (2007). Cree narrative memory: From treaties to contemporary times. Saskatoon: Purich Publishing.

Home page: Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures. University of Winnipeg

Little Bear, L. (2009) Naturalizing Indigenous knowledge, synthesis paper. University of Saskatchewan, Aboriginal Education Research Centre, Saskatoon and First Nations and Adult Higher Education Consortium, Calgary.

Home page: Canadian Council on Learning: Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre

Alternative link from AFN site

Alfred, T. (2005). Wasáse: Indigenous pathways of action and freedom. Peterborough: Broadview Press.

Read pages 19–38.

Unit 10: Lifelong Learning, Social Policy, and Indigenous Education

Cappon, P. (2008, May). Measuring success in First Nations, Inuit and Métis learning. Policy Options, 60-66.

Home page: Institute for Research on Public Policy

Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE). (2010). Accord on Indigenous education.

Home page: Trent University

Crey, K., & Perreault, A. (n.d.) What I learned in class today: Aboriginal issues in the classroom. First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program. University of British Columbia.

Home page: First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program. University of British Columbia

INST 301: Indigenous Education (Rev. C2 & C3) Report a Broken Link This course presents a broad survey of the diverse forms of Indigenous education, highlighting the perspectives of Indigenous peoples and examining the development of new social policy.